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Akira Tomisaka

2026-04-21T01:45:24Z

Evan1975:

{{disambig3|Akira}}
'''Akira Tomisaka''' (富坂晶; ''Tomisaka Akira'') ([[November 2]], [[1978]] - ) is a Japanese voice actress. Among her more prominent roles are Kuuya in ''Utawarerumono'', Kate in the ''Red Garden'' franchise, and Kimi in ''Rugrats''. In 2010 she retired and returned to her native Okinawa.

==Voice Roles==
===''[[Transformers: Armada (cartoon)|Legends of the Microns]]''===
*[[Alexis Thi Dang|Alexa]]
*[[Perceptor (Armada)|Bumble]]
*[[High Wire (Armada)|Wheelie]]

===''[[Transformers: Energon (cartoon)|Super Link]]''===
*Alexa

==External links==
*[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=18645 Anime News Network entry]
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1288753/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1 IMDB entry]
*[http://myanimelist.net/people/382/Akira_Tomisaka My Anime List entry]
*[http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Akira-Tomisaka/ Behind The Voice Actors entry]
*[https://anidb.net/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=creator&creatorid=18300 AniDB entry]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tomisaka, Akira}}
[[Category:Japanese voice actors]]

Transformers: All Spark

2026-02-17T03:03:15Z

Evan1975:

{{disambig3|Allspark}}
{{nav-fsrltf|logo=TF All Spark logo.jpg|size=400px}}
{{Comicstory
|seriesissue = ''Transformers: All Spark''
|title =
|image = AllSparkTradeCover.jpg
|publisher = [[Hero-X]]
|written by = [[Naoto Tsushima]]
|art by = [[Naoto Tsushima]]
|colors by = [[Sayuri]]
|date = [[October 24]], [[2017]]
|ISBN = ISBN 4801949118 ISBN 978-4801949119
|pagecount = 433
}}

'''''Transformers: All Spark''''' (トランスフォーマーオールスパーク) is a [[manga]] take on the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|Generation 1 cartoon]], drawn and written by [[Naoto Tsushima]], serializing in the pages of ''[[Kerokero Ace]]'' with the first chapter debuting in the November 2012 issue and ending in the September 2013 issue, which was also the final issue of ''Kerokero Ace''.

''All Spark'' was released in a collected ebook volume in 2017, by [[Hero-X]] through [[w:DMM.com|DMM.com]].

{{chapters
|title=''Transformers: All Spark'' issues
|content=
*[[The Fated Rival, Once Again...|#1]]
*[[To Earth|#2]]
*[[Reunion and Parting|#3]]
*[[Plans of the Emperor of Destruction|#4]]
*[[Another Episode, Part 1]]
*[[Another Episode, Part 2]]
*[[Revenge (All Spark)|#5]]
*[[The False Power|#6]]
*[[Ray of Hope|#7]]
*[[Great Aspirations|#8]]
*[[Conclusion|#9]]
*[[Looming Threat|#10]]
}}

==Overview==
At first glance, ''Transformers: All Spark'' matches up with the advertisement of being a new retelling of the Generation 1 cartoon, such as the Autobots meeting Spike after rescuing him from the Decepticons at an energy plant. However, it is also promoting the Japanese ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]]'' toyline, hence the ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (games)|War for Cybertron]]'' and ''[[Transformers: Fall of Cybertron|Fall of Cybertron]]'' body designs for scenes occurring on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] in the past despite the toys' bios having details representing more of the [[Aligned continuity family]].

{{issuestub}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:All Spark}}
[[Category:All Spark issues| ]]
[[Category:Japanese Generation 1 comic series]]

Daiki Nakamura

2025-10-26T17:50:25Z

Evan1975:

[[Image:Daiki Nakamura.jpg|thumb|right|200px|"Fat Tony is a cancer on this fair city! He is the cancer and I'm the... the... ''Hey, what cures cancer?''"]]
'''Daiki Nakamura''' (中村大樹 ''Nakamura Daiki'') is a Japanese voice actor born [[December 15]], [[1962]] in [[Tokyo]]. He worked for the voice acting agency 81 Produce until he was fired in March 2024.[https://admin.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-03-25/81-produce-agency-ends-voice-actor-daiki-nakamura-contract-over-reported-harassment-at-his-school/.209192] Some of his more well known roles include Seiji Date in ''Ronin Warriors'', Might Gaine in ''[[Brave (franchise)|The Brave Express Might Gaine]]'' and Dayakka in ''Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann''.

He's also dubbed numerous American films, TV shows and cartoons, such as ''[[Power Rangers (franchise)|Mighty Morphin Power Rangers]]'' (as [[Jason Lee Scott]]), the [[TV Tokyo]] dub of ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' (as [[Leonardo]]), ''Donkey Kong Country'' (as Bluster), ''Thomas & Friends'' (as Rheneas and Farmer McColl), ''The Simpsons'' and ''The Simpsons Movie'' (try and guess which character for both).

==Voice roles==
===''Beast Wars''===
* [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]]

===''Beast Wars Metals''===
* Rhinox

===''Beast Wars Metals: Clash! Intense Battle''===
* Rhinox

===''Beast Wars Returns''===
* Rhinox
* [[Tankor (BM)|Tankor]]

===''Animated''===
* [[Mixmaster (Animated)|Mixmaster]]

==Notes==
*[[Yoshikazu Iwanami]] was planning on bringing Nakamura back as [[Rhinox (ROTB)|Rhinox]] for the Japanese dub of [[Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (film)|Rise of the Beasts]] but a lack of actual dialogue in the final cut of the film forced him to abandon that plan.
*Nakamura also shares the roles of Mixmaster, Leonardo and Bluster Kong with [[Luca Semeraro]].

==External links==
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0620124/ Daiki Nakamura] at the Internet Movie Database
*[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=3131 Daiki Nakamura] at Anime News Network

[[Category:Japanese voice actors|Nakamura, Daiki]]

IchirÅ Mizuki

2025-09-08T15:15:34Z

Evan1975:

[[File:Ichiro Mizuki 20070706 Japan Expo 03.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''[[Mazinger Z|Sora ni, sobieru, kurogane no shiro...]]'']]
'''Ichirō Mizuki''' (水木一郎; ''Mizuki Ichirō'') ([[January 7]], [[1948]]–[[December 6]], [[2022]]) was a Japanese musician and occasional actor and voice actor, affectionately nicknamed "''Aniki''" (アニキ, "big brother") of the anime music genre among colleagues and fans. He first became famous for the theme song to ''[[Mazinger Z]]''. He's known for his work with the ''Kamen Rider'' and ''Super Sentai'' franchises among others, and at one point was a member of [[JAM Project]] alongside [[Hironobu Kageyama]] and [[Hiroshi Kitadani]].

He sang the commercial jingles for [[Microman]] and [[Micro Change]].<ref>http://anison.info/data/program/1919.html</ref>

He passed away on December 6, 2022, due to lung cancer.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=【水木一郎スタッフより】いつも応援してくださっているみなさまへとても悲しいご報告になり申し訳ございません。命は尽きるとも、歌と魂は不滅だと信じています。|link=https://twitter.com/aniki_z/status/1602184533524508675|name=Ichiro Mizuki official account|website=Twitter|day=11|month=12|year=2022}}</ref><ref>[https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-12-12/singer-ichiro-mizuki-passes-away-at-74/.192829 Singer Ichiro Mizuki Passes Away at 74] - Anime News Network, 12 Dec 2022</ref>

==Music==
===Zone===
*''"[[Transformer Z no Theme]]"''
*''"[[Ashita no Kimi e]]"''

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External Links==
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0594657/ IMDB entry]
*{{w|Ichirou Mizuki|Wikipedia entry}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mizuki, Ichirō}}
[[Category:Musicians]]

Talk:Mini-spy

2025-08-26T23:17:08Z

Evan1975: /* Character names */

:DW's MtMtE lists them as 'Mini-Spies' w/ a hyphen (capitalization mine, I dunno.) -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 20:23, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

Also- were there not '''two'' kinds of sportscars for 4 types of Mini-Spies? -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 20:27, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

== Mazda type? ==

Was the "Mazda type" minispy ever explicitly named as such or is it just a fan-coined term? Because the original Takara toy was called FX-1 Type, and its altmode is actually an early 80s Toyota concept car, the [http://www.carstyling.ru/car.aspx?car_id=2194 FX-1], not a Mazda car. --[[User:Detour|Detour]] 06:14, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

== First to Have Rubsigns? ==
A question has come up on ATT asking if the Minicars packed with the Mini-Spies ''also'' had rubsigns. I'm reasonably confident that this was not the case (i.e., they still have traditional stickers at this point), but would appreciate evidence one way or the other.--[[User:G.B. Blackrock|G.B. Blackrock]] 00:31, 17 May 2009 (EDT)
:[http://www.geocities.com/soxerboxx4//janvariants2/redbumblebee.jpg This image] would seem to indicate that I was wrong. Do we know if there was more than one batch? Seems unlikely to me....--[[User:G.B. Blackrock|G.B. Blackrock]] 00:40, 17 May 2009 (EDT)
::That link is dead, but in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=df5GGZ3we68 this commercial], Cliffjumper also has a rubsign. Should we remove the "first to have rubsigns" note? - [[User:Starfield|Starfield]] 11:48, 27 October 2010 (EDT)
:::They were the first to have them from their initial release, not added on to a rerelease. --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] 12:11, 27 October 2010 (EDT)
::::I'm not even completely sure that's true. I saw them on Jumpstarters a few months before Mini Spies started showing up.--[[Special:Contributions/76.226.122.95|76.226.122.95]] 14:54, 6 April 2012 (EDT)
I just want to say I love the use of the rubsign as a faction symbol for this page. --[[User:Andrusi|Andrusi not logged in]], 11:21, 15 January 2010 (EST)

== 4WD variants? ==

see http://www.tfu.info/1985/Autobot/4wdType/4wdtype.htm
and http://www.tfu.info/1985/Decepticon/4wdType/4wdtype.htm

The spare tire makes the toy asymmetrical, and it looks like the blue ones were mirror images of the yellow and white ones? or did any of the blue ones have the spare tire on the right knee like the yellow and white, or any of the yellow/white ones have the spare tire on the left knee? or did TFU.info invert its photos for some reason? or was the spare tire a removable piece?

== Character names ==

[[Transformers Generations 2025]] gives them names. They're named after Sherlock Homes stories.
*[[Silver Blaze]]: White Porsche 928
*[[Blanched Soldier]]: White Buggy
*[[Blue Carbuncle]]: Blue Jeep
*[[Yellow Face]]: Yellow FX1 Decepticon spy from the commercial.
:A new character is introduced in this story named [[Deerstalker]], a blue Powered Buggy sidekick to Ultra Magnus, with a personality akin to Sherlock Holmes.
::Feel free to add these guys. I'm not good at starting pages. [[User:Evan1975|Evan1975]] ([[User talk:Evan1975|talk]]) 19:17, 26 August 2025 (EDT)

Talk:Mini-spy

2025-08-26T23:16:43Z

Evan1975: /* Character names */ new section

Talk:Starscream (BW)

2025-08-21T03:43:01Z

Evan1975: /* Rubsign */ new section

Just wanting to know, if all the other Starscreams are in the Hall of Fame, why isn't this one?[[User:Stevo|Stevo]] 13:49, 10 October 2010 (EDT)
:Probably for the same reason [[Optimus Prime (RID)]] isn't - he wasn't in the video Hasbro made to play at the award ceremony. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 15:36, 10 October 2010 (EDT)
::Well, Optimus Prime (RID) is counted as HoF now, so what do we do? He ''is'' a high-ranking evil plane that wants to take over - that sure sounds like a Starscream to me. --[[User:Flicky1991|flicky]][[User talk:Flicky1991|1991]] 12:43, 28 February 2013 (EST)
:::Obsessing over who counts for a pointless award that they only did for three years is probably even less helpful than arguing over whether IDW is G1 or not. [[User:Mimi|Mimi]] 13:06, 28 February 2013 (EST)
:::Just as BW Megatron isn't counted as a Hall of Famer, neither would this guy. Like BW Megatron, he's not an alternate version of the original, he's a guy with the same name who lives in the same universe as the original. --[[User:KilMichaelMcC|KilMichaelMcC]] 18:55, 28 February 2013 (EST)

== Rubsign ==

I just wanted to say that I had a Japanese version that had the rubsign with no indent, and a Korean version with the indent, but no rubsign. I don't know how common that is. [[User:Evan1975|Evan1975]] ([[User talk:Evan1975|talk]]) 23:43, 20 August 2025 (EDT)

Ed Gilbert

2025-08-15T01:24:58Z

Evan1975:

{{disambig3|Ed}}
[[Image:EdGlibert1.jpg|right|300px|thumb|What's crackin', li'l Britches!]]
'''Ed Gilbert''', born '''Edmund Francis Giesbert''' ([[June 29]], [[1931]]–[[May 8]], [[1999]]) was an American voice actor. Some of his more notable voice roles include Baloo from Disney's ''Talespin'', Looten Plunder from ''Captain Planet and the Planeteers'', [[Hawk (G.I. Joe)|General Hawk]] from ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero]]'', [[Metlar]] from ''[[Inhumanoids]]'', El Seed from ''The Tick'' and Emperor Gorganus from ''Tattooed Teenage Alien Fighters from Beverly Hills''.

Gilbert was also a prolific entomologist and published a number of papers under his birth name. In 1999, Gilbert passed away due to lung cancer.

==Voice roles==
===''The Transformers''===
* [[Ali (Sunbow)|Ali]]
* [[Basso Profundo]]
* [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]]
* [[Jero]]
* [[Shawn Berger]]
* [[Sullivan (G1)|Sullivan]]
* [[Superion (G1)|Superion]]
* [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]]

==Notes==
*According to [[Dan Gilvezan]] in his autobiography ''Bumblebee & Me'', Gilbert once brought a dinner plate-sized South American Tarantula to a ''Transformers'' recording session, which at one point managed to escape its container much to the rest of the cast's horror. Gilbert eventually recovered the spider, but [[Wally Burr]] instituted a very firm "no pets" policy from that point on.

==External links==
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0318027/ Ed Gilbert at the Internet Movie Database]
*[http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=6482700 Ed Gilbert at Find-A-Grave]
*[http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi?ssn=351-26-7430 Social Security Death Index]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gilbert, Ed}}
[[Category:English voice actors]]

Ashi Productions

2025-05-20T03:08:53Z

Evan1975: official US title

'''Ashi Productions''' (葦プロダクション ''Ashi Purodakushon'') is a Japanese animation studio based in Suginami, [[Tokyo]]. Their domestic anime work includes such series as ''[[Powered Armor Dorvack]]'', ''Dancougar'', ''{{gb|Machine Robo: Revenge of Cronos (cartoon)|Machine Robo}}'', ''[[Super Dimension Fortress Macross|Macross]] 7'', ''Blue Seed'', and ''F-Zero GP Legend''.

[[File:AshiPro-stickers.jpg|thumb|Ashi Productions' stickers on ''Dorvack'' packaging (left) and ''Transformers'' Deluxe Vehicle packaging (right).]]
They've also worked on Western animated productions as an outsourced studio, including such shows as the Ruby-Spears ''Mega Man'', season 2 of ''[[M.A.S.K.]]'', ''Skysurfer Strike Force'', and ''Diabolik''.

[[Masami Ōbari]], [[Shin Matsuo]], [[Nobuyoshi Habara]], and [[Shinya Ohira]] worked for them during the '80s.

In [[1984]], [[Takatoku Toys]] produced figures based on Ashi Productions' designs for ''Special Armored Battalion Dorvack'' (特装機兵ドルバック, ''Tokusō Kihei Dorubakku'') anime series. Upon Takatoku Toys' bankruptcy, molds of two of the ''Dorvack'' figures were purchased by [[Bandai]] and subsequently licensed to [[Hasbro]] in [[1985]], where they were released as the [[Deluxe Vehicle|Deluxe Vehicles]], [[Roadbuster (G1)#Toys|Roadbuster]] and [[Whirl (G1)#Toys|Whirl]]. As a result of being based on toys from an Ashi Productions anime series, the Hasbro boxed versions of the two Deluxe Vehicles include a small "AP" (Ashi Productions) sticker on the packaging, in addition to an Ashi Production [[Copyright#Copyright markings|copyright marking]] on the figures themselves. This also meant that neither toy could be promoted on the cartoon despite Ashi being involved with both series.

==Transformers series==
* ''[[The Transformers (cartoon)|The Transformers]]'' - Animation services for [[Toei Animation]] for Seasons 1 and 2.
* ''[[Beast Wars II: Super Lifeform Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars II]]''
** ''[[Lio Convoy in Imminent Danger!]]''
* ''[[Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Neo (cartoon)|Beast Wars Neo]]''
* ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (cartoon)|Transformers: Cybertron]]'' - episode and CGI Co-producer with [[GONZO]] for six episodes.

==External links==
* [http://ashipro.jp/index-e.html Ashi Productions' official site]
* {{w|Ashi Productions}} at Wikipedia

[[Category:Animation companies]]

Yoko Kawanami

2025-05-10T14:01:46Z

Evan1975: Redirected page to Yōko Kawanami

#REDIRECT[[Yōko Kawanami]]

Clive Revill

2025-03-27T15:36:07Z

Evan1975: /* Voice roles */

[[Image:Clive Revill.jpg|thumb|right|180px|Grumble grumble. I was the ''original'' Palpatine, and what do they do? Replace me. Kids these days...]]
'''Clive Selsby Revill''' ([[April 18]], [[1930]] - [[March 11]], [[2025]]) was a [[New Zealand]] actor. While he was nominated for a Tony Award twice and a Golden Globe once, his most prominent role was as the voice of the original [[Emperor Palpatine]] in ''The Empire Strikes Back''...or it was, until he was replaced with Ian McDiarmid in the DVD release. He also provided the voice for [[Doctor Doom]] in the video game ''Marvel: Ultimate Alliance.'' (Palpatine and Doom. ''DAMN'')

He made a number of prominent guest appearances on television, on programs like ''Columbo'', ''Dynasty'', and ''The Closer''. He also played Alfred Pennyworth in the first few episodes of ''[[Batman]]: The Animated Series''.

==Voice roles==
===''The Transformers''===
* [[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]]
* Scientist #1 ("[[Traitor (episode)|Traitor]]")

===''Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen'': The Game===
*[[Jetfire (Movie)|Jetfire]]

==External links==
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0720890/ Clive Revill at the Internet Movie Database]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Revill, Clive}}
[[Category:English voice actors]]
[[Category:Activision]]

YÅko Kawanami

2025-03-27T13:40:08Z

Evan1975:

[[File:YokoKawanami.jpg|right|thumb|250px|]]
'''Yōko Kawanami''' (川浪葉子 ''Kawanami Yōko'', [[April 22]], [[1957]] - [[March 18]], [[2025]]) was a Japanese voice actress. She provided voices for various classic anime series during the 80s and early 90s, including ''Sailor Moon'', ''City Hunter'' and ''Mobile Suit Gundam''. But she is likely best know for the roles of Cocona in "Armored Trooper Votoms", Bulma's Mother in ''Dragon Ball Z'', Rumi Koishikawa in ''Marmalade Boy'' and Sarah Bellum in ''Powerpuff Girls Z''.

==Roles==
===''The Transformers: The Movie''===
*[[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]]

===''The Headmasters''===
*Arcee

==External links==
*[http://www.aoni.co.jp/actress/ka/kawanami-yoko.html Profile] at Aoni Production (Japanese)
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0442864/ Yōko Kawanami] at the Internet Movie Database
*[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=2062 Yōko Kawanami] at Anime News Network

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kawanami, Yōko}}
[[Category:Japanese voice actors]]

Transformers: Wild King

2025-03-26T15:11:11Z

Evan1975:

{{nav-WK}}
[[File:TFWildKingAd.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.4|Wild King, you make my heart sing! You make everything groovy, Wild King!]]

'''''Transformers: Wild King''''' (トランスフォーマーワイルドキング ''Toransufōmā Wirudo Kingu'') is a [[TakaraTomy]] franchise launched in [[2025]]. Its primary gimmick involves [[Energy Beast]]s, elementally-charged [[beast mode]] Transformers capable of "[[wildocking]]" with compatible [[Energy Master]]s. The toyline is accompanied by an online web series, which debuted in March 2025.

Its opening [[Japanese themes|theme]], [[Wild King (song)|Wild King]], is performed by [[Nao Anno]].

==Cartoon==
==Characters==
{{featuredcharacters|
|h1=[[Energy Master]]s|c1=
*[[Optimus Prime (WK)|Optimus Prime]] ([[Keita Tada]])
*[[Megatron (WK|Megatron]] ([[Hinata Tadokoro]])

|h2=[[Energy Beast]]s|c2=
*[[Lightlong]] ([[Teppei Uenishi]])
*[[Captain Volca]] ([[Junpei Baba]])
*[[Leafback]] ([[Takashi Saito]])

|nonumbering=true}}

{{comingsoon}}

==Toys==
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 1''' ([[2025]] [[April 26]])
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|WKM-01 [[Optimus Prime (WK)#Toys|Energy Master Optimus Prime]]}}
{{Bp-d1|WKM-02 [[Megatron (WK)#Toys|Energy Master Megatron]]}}
*WKB-01 [[Lightlong#Toys|Lightlong]]
*WKB-02 [[Hydrophant#Toys|Hydrophant]]
*WKB-03 [[Captain Volca#Toys|Captain Volca]]
*WKB-04 [[Leafback#Toys|Leafback]]
|
|width="20%" valign="top"| 
{{Bp-a1|WKS-01 [[Optimus Prime (WK)#Multipack|Optimus Prime]] & [[Lightlong#Multipack|Lightlong]] Wildocking Set}}
{{Bp-d1|WKS-02 [[Megatron (WK)#Multipack|Megatron]] & [[Captain Volca#Multipack|Captain Volca]] Wildocking Set}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|
|width="20%" valign="top" rowspan=2|[[File:Wild King WKB-01 Lightlong.jpg|thumb|[[Lightlong#Toys|Energy Beast Lightlong]]]]
|}
{{comingsoontoy}}

==External links==
*[https://tf.takaratomy.co.jp/tf_wild_king/ Wild King landing page] at the TakaraTomy website

[[Category:Japanese toylines]]
[[Category:Wild King| ]]

Transformers: Wild King

2025-03-26T14:57:26Z

Evan1975: /* Characters */

{{nav-WK}}
[[File:TFWildKingAd.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.4|Wild King, you make my heart sing! You make everything groovy, Wild King!]]

'''''Transformers: Wild King''''' (トランスフォーマーワイルドキング ''Toransufōmā Wirudo Kingu'') is a [[TakaraTomy]] franchise launched in [[2025]]. Its primary gimmick involves [[Energy Beast]]s, elementally-charged [[beast mode]] Transformers capable of "[[wildocking]]" with compatible [[Energy Master]]s. The toyline is accompanied by an online web series, which debuted in March 2025.

It's opening [[Japanese themes|theme]], [[Wildking (song)|Wildking]], is performed by [[Nao Anno]].

==Cartoon==
==Characters==
{{featuredcharacters|
|h1=[[Energy Master]]s|c1=
*[[Optimus Prime (WK)|Optimus Prime]] ([[Keita Tada]])
*[[Megatron (WK|Megatron]] ([[Hinata Tadokoro]])

|h2=[[Energy Beast]]s|c2=
*[[Lightlong]] ([[Teppei Uenishi]])
*[[Captain Volca]] ([[Junpei Baba]])
*[[Leafback]] ([[Takashi Saito]])

|nonumbering=true}}

{{comingsoon}}

==Toys==
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 1''' ([[2025]] [[April 26]])
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|WKM-01 [[Optimus Prime (WK)#Toys|Energy Master Optimus Prime]]}}
{{Bp-d1|WKM-02 [[Megatron (WK)#Toys|Energy Master Megatron]]}}
*WKB-01 [[Lightlong#Toys|Lightlong]]
*WKB-02 [[Hydrophant#Toys|Hydrophant]]
*WKB-03 [[Captain Volca#Toys|Captain Volca]]
*WKB-04 [[Leafback#Toys|Leafback]]
|
|width="20%" valign="top"| 
{{Bp-a1|WKS-01 [[Optimus Prime (WK)#Multipack|Optimus Prime]] & [[Lightlong#Multipack|Lightlong]] Wildocking Set}}
{{Bp-d1|WKS-02 [[Megatron (WK)#Multipack|Megatron]] & [[Captain Volca#Multipack|Captain Volca]] Wildocking Set}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|
|width="20%" valign="top" rowspan=2|[[File:Wild King WKB-01 Lightlong.jpg|thumb|[[Lightlong#Toys|Energy Beast Lightlong]]]]
|}
{{comingsoontoy}}

==External links==
*[https://tf.takaratomy.co.jp/tf_wild_king/ Wild King landing page] at the TakaraTomy website

[[Category:Japanese toylines]]
[[Category:Wild King| ]]

Yoko Ogai

2025-02-11T23:01:13Z

Evan1975: Redirected page to Yōko Ogai

#REDIRECT [[Yōko Ogai]]

Cancer (G1)

2025-02-11T23:00:24Z

Evan1975:

{{factions|decepticon}}
{{disambig3|Cancer}}
{{suite}}
:''Cancer is a [[human]] [[Decepticon]] from the [[Transformers: Super-God Masterforce (franchise)|Super-God Masterforce]] portion of [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''

[[File:Cancer_superdragonfist.jpg|right|thumb|350px|]]
'''Cancer''' (キャンサー ''Kyansā'') isn't a bad kid—he's just been dealt a bad hand. An orphan raised at a martial arts dojo in his home country of [[China]], Cancer was bullied by the other pupils, but was determined to become as strong as he could in order to put the dojo on the map. Unfortunately, that's when the [[Decepticon]]s came along, and Cancer saw joining them as an opportunity to achieve this goal. Alas, Cancer got a little lost in the opportunities he was offered to run wild and be the "tough guy" for the first time, and with the husband-and-wife team of [[Giga]] and [[Mega]] leading the villains, he has found a sense of family in the Decepticons that he had never enjoyed before. But Cancer doesn't really want to ''hurt'' anyone, and the evil of the Decepticons is steadily growing less and less palatable for this troubled youth...

As a Decepticon [[Headmaster Junior]] warrior, Cancer is bonded to a [[Transtector]] from the planet [[Master (planet)|Master]], which takes the form of a bipedal crab monster. He is heir to the powerful martial arts technique known as [[Chōryūken]] ("Super Dragon Fist", which involves... ''kicking'' the opponent), a skill that greatly impresses his doting surrogate mother, Mega. He considers his fellow Headmaster Juniors [[Wilder (G1)|Wilder]] and [[Bullhorn (G1)|Bullhorn]] genuine friends, and is partnered up with the diminutive [[Browning]], who calls him "boss" and follows his every command.

==Fiction==
===Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''Super-God Masterforce'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Yōko Ogai]] (Japanese)|[[Davide Garbolino]] (Italian)}}
[[File:Cancer_and_sensei.jpg|left|thumb|Cancer would later hit his head and forget that he was a Saiyan sent to conquer Earth.]]
Orphaned as an infant, Cancer was taken in by the [[Cancer's sensei|sensei]] of the [[Chōryūken dojo]] and raised as his own son. Although embittered thanks to being bullied by the other students at the dojo simply for being an orphan, Cancer adored his sensei and trained hard in the martial arts, intending to become an expert and raise the dojo's profile. When the [[Decepticon]]s resurfaced on [[Earth]] after years of inactivity, Cancer saw the powerful robots as a means to his ends, and joined up with them. Although Cancer would not discover it until months later, his sensei believed that Cancer left because he had turned his back on his teachings and fell ill, ultimately dying of sadness. {{storylink|God Ginrai - Save Cancer!?}}

[[File:Cancer_armor.jpg|right|thumb|One size fits all.]]

Cancer joined up with the Decepticons alongside maladjusted American biker gang leader Wilder and Mexican street thug Bullhorn, and was bonded to a Transtector stolen from an [[Autobot]] transport ship. Cancer and his fellow ne'er-do-wells were sequestered in the undersea Decepticon headquarters until [[Blood]] finally announced it was time for them to reveal themselves to the world. Alongside some [[Lobclaw]] [[Seacon (Masterforce)|Seacons]], Cancer and the Juniors began causing chaos in a city, soon drawing the attention of the [[Autobot]]s, including their own three recently created Headmaster Juniors. The Autobot Juniors were under orders to stay out of the fight and focus on rescue operations, but Cancer and his compatriots made it tough to follow the order as they pushed and shoved [[Shūta Gō]] around while he tried to rescue a baby from a burning building. Thankfully, [[Metalhawk (G1)|Metalhawk]] arrived to see them off, and the day was saved. {{storylink|Birth! Headmaster Jrs}}

Cancer accompanied Wilder when he sought revenge against the [[Cool Guys]], the biker gang that had crossed [[Jack Boys|his]] in the past, {{storylink|Rage!! Little Devils with No Need for Rules}} and when he tried to force his old friend [[Chris]] to join back up with him. On the latter mission, Cancer showed his dirty side by placing a knife to [[Mary (G1)|Chris's sister]]'s throat, but Chris took him out of the picture by crashing a motorcycle into him. {{storylink|Go, Goshooter - Showdown in the Wasteland}}

Cancer and the Juniors took something of a back seat following the arrival of the powerful [[Godmaster (lifeform)|Godmasters]] Giga, Mega, [[Hydra (G1)|Hydra]] and [[Buster (G1)|Buster]], {{storylink|Super Warriors - The Godmaster Brothers}} although Mega took an immediate liking to Cancer, and had [[Gilmer]] serve as a punching bag to allow Cancer to demonstrate his Chōryūken for her. {{storylink|A Fierce Battle!! The Autobots Are in Trouble}} When the hunt for the next Godmaster began, the three boys put their ears to the ground to search for clues. They wound up unearthing a series of rumors that led to the next Godmaster, named [[Ginrai (human)|Ginrai]], but he sided with the Autobots. {{storylink|A Hero Is Chosen - His Name Is Ginrai}}

[[File:Cancer_captured.jpg|thumb|left|"I'm the devil. Now kindly undo these straps."]]

When Ginrai travelled to Japan to visit the other Autobots, Cancer, Wilder and Bullhorn ambushed him en route to the Autobot base, but Ginrai thrashed all three of them soundly. Cancer was taken captive and brought back to the Autobot base for interrogation, but he refused to say anything, even as the kindly [[Minerva (human)|Minerva]] tended his wounds and offered him a drink. Suspecting foul play, Cancer shattered the glass with a kick, cutting Minerva's hand, but even then, the girl would not allow Shūta and [[Cab (human)|Cab]] to hurt Cancer. When an enraged Ginrai burst into the room and seized Cancer, intending to force whatever information he could from him, Minerva forced him to back down and offered Cancer a drink once more, which the young Decepticon this time gratefully accepted. His resistance worn down, Cancer related to the Autobots the origin of Godmasters as it had been told to him by Giga, and the Autobots agreed to release him. Escorted out of the Autobot base while blindfolded, Cancer was handed over to Hydra and Buster, but they immediately found a homing beacon the Autobots had planted on Cancer's shirt, and attacked the heroes in retribution. Buster seized Minerva and placed his blaster to her head, but Cancer snatched her away to safety, begging the Decepticons not to kill anyone. Startled by this turn of events, Hydra was defeated by Ginrai and ordered a retreat, with Cancer shouting back to Minerva as he ran that his kindness was merely payback for the drink. {{storylink|A Strange Friendship: Cancer and Minerva}}

[[File:Cancer_aimgun.jpg|thumb|You'd think doing this would accomplish something.]]

Desiring a rematch with Ginrai, Cancer and the Juniors combed Japan for him, eventually spotting him in the background of a news report from [[Nagano Prefecture|Nagano]]. After losing the resultant battle, {{storylink|Friend or Foe!? The True Form of the Monster!!}} the trio drowned their sorrows in a bar, where Cancer flipped on the television to an entertainment program, only to discover that Ginrai was making an appearance on the show! Although Bullhorn was ready for another go-around with the Autobot Godmaster, Cancer and Wilder were less than enthused at the notion, and told him to leave the matter to Buster and Hydra. {{storylink|Eliminate the Godmaster Ginrai}}

Later, on an island off the coast of America, Cancer and the Juniors showed off their surfing skills to a group of young boys, and then offered to show them something "even cooler"—their Masterforce powers! They proceeded to kidnap the children as part of a plan by the [[Pretender]]s to draw out Ginrai. When the Autobots attacked, Minerva attempted to appeal to Cancer, only to have Bullhorn strike her down. The trio fled when the Pretenders pulled out of the battle, leaving [[King Poseidon]] to battle Ginrai. {{storylink|Heroism!! The Birth of Super Ginrai}}

[[File:Cancer_beastmode.jpg|thumb|left|It's good to know where Cancer's crotch stands in the war.]]

During the search for the remaining Godmasters, Cancer joined the Decepticons on a mission into the Rocky Mountains which concluded with the Autobots' recruiting the next Godmaster, [[Ranger]]. {{storylink|An Enemy? The Third Godmaster, Ranger}} The continuing quest next led Cancer and the Juniors to France to investigate a story about a retired race car driver whose vehicle miraculously survived every crash it was in. The trio headed for the small village of Dagneux, where they confronted the racer, [[Germain]], but even Cancer's martial arts skills couldn't stand up to Germain, who strong-armed all three of them out of his bar. The Juniors returned in their Transtectors to tear through the town, but were defeated when their suspicions were proven correct: Germain's car had been a Transtector, but he had passed it on to his protégé, [[Road King]], who became the next Autobot Godmaster and aided his new teammates in seeing the Decepticon Juniors off. {{storylink|Assemble! The Four Godmaster Gunmen}}

[[File:Cancer_protectsminerva.jpg|thumb|See?]]

As time went by, the kindness Minerva had shown Cancer weighed on the boy's mind, and Wilder and Bullhorn's continuous teasing did not help the matter. Noticing that Cancer was depressed, Mega called him to her quarters, where she gave him a present: A small gun Transformer named Browning, with whom Cancer quickly made friends. His spirits bolstered by this kindness, Cancer resolved to prove to Wilder and Bullhorn (and perhaps, to himself) that Minerva meant nothing to him by leading them in an attack on a city in hopes of drawing them out. Unfortunately for the three youths, their attack was responded to by the violent [[Sixknight]], who would have killed them all had Browning not teamed up with Minerva to stop him. {{storylink|The Autobot Warrior, Sixknight?!}} Even after this catastrophic affair, however, Bullhorn and Wilder were happy to keep up the ribbing when the Juniors were tasked with burning food storehouses in the heartland of America, mocking Cancer for thinking that they were destroying ''all'' the food in the country. {{storylink|Destroy Godbomber!!}}

[[File:Cancer_and_browning.jpg|left|thumb|Some guys have angels and devils on their shoulders telling them what to do. Cancer has a gun on his.]]

Cancer, Bullhorn and Wilder were not particularly enthusiastic about renewing the search for the final Godmaster, but the quest came to a sudden end when the Godmaster in question, [[Clouder]], actually sought the Decepticons out. {{storylink|Appearance!! The Final Godmaster}} Using his power to transform into two robot modes, Clouder infiltrated the Autobot base as a spy and acquired classified information, which he handed off to Bullhorn and the Juniors to give to Mega and Giga. {{storylink|Secret Orders! Destroy the Autobot Base!!}} Cancer and the Juniors participated in the ensuing Decepticon attack on the Autobot base, which concluded with its destruction. {{storylink|Disaster! The Autobot Base Explodes}}

[[File:Cancer_and_chang.jpg|thumb|Their reunion was marred when they went back to Cancer's house and played with Browning. Chang later died from a gunshot wound.]]

When the powerful Decepticon [[Scorponok (G1)|BlackZarak]] joined the Decepticons on Earth, Cancer and the other Juniors headed into space in preparation for the activation of the evil [[Death Para-Machine]]. As Cancer pointed out to Wilder when he nearly floated away, they couldn't actually participate in the battle with the Autobots that resulted, as they didn't have boosters to help them fly in space. {{storylink|Crisis! The Day of Human Extinction}} Although the Autobots were able to destroy the Death-Para Machine, Cancer had now seen the full extent of Devil Z's evil, and grew even more concerned with his plan to wipe out humanity. Discovering from Wilder that his home town happened to be next on BlackZarak's hit list, the horrified Cancer immediately headed there, running through the streets in his Transtector and shouting for the populous to take refuge in the mountains. Rather than listen to his warnings, however, the crowd simply ran at the sight of him. Amongst the fleeing people, Cancer spotted [[Chang]], an old friend from his days at the dojo, and he disembarked his Transtector to greet him. After Chang calmed down and recognized his friend, the pair had a happy reunion, but the mood darkened when Cancer suggested that they go to their old sensei for help in the evacuation. Chang was forced to reveal that their sensei had died six months prior, but the distraught Cancer could not even grieve for long before he was attacked by two of the dojo's pupils, who blamed him for everything. Browning flattened the thugs, at which point Road King appeared, having overhead Cancer's story. He attempted to empathize with the boy, but the angry Cancer responded by opening fire on him with Browning and escaping. Not long thereafter, BlackZarak arrived in the city and began his attack, and when Cancer's pleas fell on deaf ears, he realized there was truly nothing he could do. About to depart, Cancer's attention was caught by cries from Chang, who had become trapped in a burning building while looking for Cancer. Cancer lifted his friend to safety, but was then inadvertently struck in the back by a stray blast from BlackZarak, and buried beneath a hail of rubble. Browning ran off to find the Autobots who were battling BlackZarak, and at his request, the Autobot Juniors unearthed Cancer while Ginrai battled and defeated BlackZarak. When the battle was over, the Autobots allowed Cancer to leave peacefully, on the basis that he had genuinely tried to save lives, proving that, unlike the other Decepticons, he truly had a heart. {{storylink|God Ginrai - Save Cancer!?}}

[[File:Cancersbetrayal.jpg|left|thumb|Well, consider yourself rescued, I have to go.]]

Later, when Clouder resurfaced on the side of the Autobots and was captured alongside Shūta, his announcement that he was betrayed by [[Turtler]] and left to die in the conflagration of the destroyed Autobot base only served to amplify Cancer's doubts about the Decepticons cause. Finally, when Ginrai arrived at the Decepticon base to rescue Shūta and Clouder, Cancer finally snapped and opened fire on [[King Poseidon]], blowing its arm off and freeing Shūta from his clutches. As the Seacons lunged at the traitorous Cancer, Bullhorn opened fire on the drones and destroyed them, urging Cancer to get away to safety, and he escaped the base with Browning the Autobots. {{storylink|God Ginrai: Showdown at the Decepticon Base}} Cancer proceeded to join up with the Autobots and offer them enough inside information to allow them to perform an all-out attack on the Decepticon base. The battle which ensued came to an end when Devil Z and BlackZarak fused together and collapsed the base, sending the Autobots, along with the Bullhorn and Wilder, tumbling into an undersea chasm. {{storylink|The Ultimate Combination!! BlackZarak, the New Lifeform}}

[[File:Masterforce_turncoats.jpg|thumb|We need Thunderzord power now!]]

Faced with the truth of Devil Z's betrayal, Bullhorn and Wilder turned their backs on the Decepticons, but had no interest in joining the Autobots and fighting "for good", and left Cancer behind. During a later battle, however, when things were looking bad for Cancer and the Autobot Juniors, Bullhorn and Wilder unexpectedly returned to help the one person that they still considered their friend win the day. {{storylink|Battle to the Death!! God Ginrai VS Darkwings Reborn}} Now reunited, the three Juniors, along with Clouder, accompanied the Autobots to the Grand Canyon on a mission to stop the composite Devil Z/BlackZarak entity. During the battle, however, all four of them were struck with a blast of the villain's [[Devil Power]], and were shocked to find their [[Master-Brace]]s had disappeared from their wrists. Devil Z had, in fact, separated them from their Transtectors and brought the robot bodies to life as [[Cancer (robot)|true super-robot lifeforms]], all four of which rejoined the Decepticon side. {{storylink|Autobots! Desperate Attack!!}} Left unable to join in the final battle with the Decepticons on the Matterhorn directly, Cancer and the other three boys helped to rescue civilians and huddled in an underground shelter when Devil Z unleashed his destructive Devil Thunder across Europe. {{storylink|Malevolent and Inhuman! The True Form of Devil Z}} When the Devil Thunder bombardment was halted (thanks to Ginrai engaging BlackZarak in battle), Clouder supplied the group with an armored buggy that would allow them to join in the fight. The boys arrived too late to do anything, cresting the mountain just after God Ginrai destroyed Devil Z, at which point all the other Godmasters and Headmaster Juniors were also separated from their Transtectors. Cancer's living Transtector departed Earth with all the other Deception Transtectors, and was pursued by the Autobots' Transtectors to carry on the Transformers' war in space. {{storylink|A Battle... and Then...}}

{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Panic! Protect the Wild Animals!!}} {{storylink|A Powerful Foe!! Sixknight the Wanderer}} {{storylink|Save the Little Girl! The Chōjin Warriors, the Godmasters}} {{storylink|Super Ginrai Gets Blown Away in the Desert!?}} {{storylink|BlackZarak - Destroyer from Space}}}}

====''Legends''/''Unite Warriors''====
[[File:LegendsManga BonusEdition37 DestronHeadmasterJuniorsLink.jpg|upright=0.6|thumb|left]]
With [[Minerva (human)|Minerva]] and [[Wilder (G1)|Wilder]], the human Cancer surfed near by a group of Autobots led by [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] who were doing "special surfing training". {{storylink|Crossing the Pacific Ocean!?}}

Following the disappearance of their transtectors, Cancer and the other former Decepticon Headmaster Juniors wanted new ones and sneaked aboard an Autobot ship traveling to the transtector factory in [[G Nebula 89]]. [[Grand Maximus|Grand]] granted them new Master-Braces but was unable to ensure their safety in the face of recent Decepticon attacks, and had them sent to the [[Legends World]] where Cancer was reunited with Minerva and her friends. {{storylink|LG24 Shockwave & Cancer Prologue}} He caught the interest of [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]], who thought him a good candidate for a Decepticon pop idol who could better the reputation of the faction, agreeing to the offer on realizing he could spread the word of the Chōryūken dojo as well. When Cancer's first concert was interrupted by [[Skullcruncher (G1)|Skullcruncher]], he used his Headmaster form to team up with Shockwave and blow the intruder away, an incident which reinforced both their friendship and resolve to make the Decepticons a peaceful group. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 24|Bonus Edition Vol. 24}}

While watching fireworks, Cancer and Shockwave mistook [[Scourge (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Scourge]]'s exploding body as part of the show. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 26|Bonus Edition Vol. 26}} He later sang alongside [[Rosanna (KP)|Rosanna]] and [[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]] during a concert set up by [[Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Blaster]], {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 27|Bonus Edition Vol. 27}} and watched [[Weirdwolf (G1)|Weirdwolf]] put up a poster regarding his lost dog/transtector. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 30|Bonus Edition Vol. 30}} Bullhorn and Wilder later talked Cancer into helping them steal three transtectors from the Decepticons, though he wasn't too into the plan, worrying that his idol career would be ruined if anyone found out. When [[T-AI|Ai]] and [[Ravage (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ravage]] tracked them down, Cancer took the [[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]] transtector and tried to flee with Wilder, but Ravage knocked all their heads off before they got anywhere. Being minors, the three got away with a stern talking to, but that didn't stop them from trying to peek on Ai in the bath later. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 37|Bonus Edition Vol. 37}}

The unemployed Bullhorn and [[Shūta Gō|Shūta]] were a bit envious of Cancer and the other Juniors who had found jobs. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 40|Bonus Edition Vol. 40}} Cancer was later among the victims swallowed up by [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] during his attack on the city. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 43|Bonus Edition Vol. 43}} When Giga and Mega were resurrected in the Legends World, the Decepticon Juniors were happy to meet them again, Cancer having a particularly tearful reunion with Mega. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 60|Bonus Edition Vol. 60}} They later joined forces with all the other Masterforce warriors to defeat a returned Devil Z. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Grand Maximus)|Bonus Edition Vol. EX}}
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===''Super-God Masterforce'' comic===
[[File:Cancer_manga.jpg|thumb|I stepped in something!]]

An orphan, Cancer was taken in by the Decepticons. {{storylink|The Battle of Destiny - Children of Good and Evil}} Cancer and the other Decepticon Headmaster Jrs watched their Autobot counterparts' first outing and Cancer warned that the Decepticon boys were coming. {{storylink|The Birth of the Junior Headmasters}}

Cancer and the Decepticon Headmaster Juniors made their debut when Blood lured the Autobot Juniors into a trap to test the power of their Jinchōkon. Bursting up from beneath the ground, the evil trio quickly overpowered their Autobot counterparts, but when Cancer was distracted by some endangered civilians, the heroes were able to exploit the distraction to defeat their foes. Regrouping at the Decepticon base, Cancer was excited when Blood announced that they would be receiving "parents". {{storylink|The Battle of Destiny - Children of Good and Evil}}

Those parents would be unveiled as [[Mega]] and [[Giga]], who promised to hand over the Earth to their adopted children. Cancer took the time to feed the [[Seacon (Masterforce)|Seacons]]. {{storylink|On Scene! Our Savior's Name Is Ginrai!}} After another defeat, Giga and Mega promised that the day that they could live happily ever after would come with the help of Devil Z, which filled Cancer with glee. {{storylink|Burn, Chokon! New Commander Super Ginrai!}} Devil Z would soon take a more hands-on involvement with the Earth Decepticons. {{storylink|The Battle Begins! The Earth-Space Alliance Army}}

Cancer was present when [[Jin (Masterforce)|Jin]] and [[Mirai]] were to be inducted into the Decepticons. However, they had their own plans and ran off after obtaining the "newest Master-Braces". Heartbroken, Cancer attempted to warn the two that the "adults" would lethally retaliate for this offense. {{Storylink|Headmasters VS Masterforce}}

Cancer and his partners took to the front lines again when their leaders, Giga and Mega, unveiled their Transtectors for an attack on [[Tokyo]]. {{storylink|God Ginrai's Amazing Divine Combination!}} The trio were quite happy to watch when the Decepticons captured Shūta and Cab and Blood tortured them in an attempt to force them to join the Decepticons, but Cancer took particular offence when Shūta claimed that the Decepticons weren't a family at all, as they were the only family he had. {{storylink|The Good and Evil Families of Earth}} Cancer and the Juniors later joined [[Overlord (G1)|Overlord]] in attacking various spots on Earth from the top of [[Chomolungma]] with the [[A.O. Laser]], although it was thanks to an insulting comment from Cancer that their fickle new ally Doubleclouder turned on them and foiled their plan. {{storylink|The Decepticons' Great Counterattack!}} Later still, Cancer and the Juniors accompanied Overlord and BlackZarak in attacking another Earth city, only to be stopped by the Autobot super-weapon, the [[VX Bomb]]. {{storylink|Life or Death? The Desperate Divine Combination!}}

[[File:MFcancer bzarak.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Yeah, that will stop him.]]

When Cancer snuck out the Decepticon base and went to a city for the New Year celebrations, Cancer disobeyed him and ran away with Browning. Unfortunately, his New Year holidays coincided with an attack by BlackZarak upon the city, and when the Autobots arrived to engage him, the massive Decepticon seized Cancer to use as a bargaining chip. As BlackZarak pummelled the helpless Autobots, Overlord appeared in the skies above and brutally attacked BlackZarak, outraged at his treatment of Cancer. With BlackZarak weakened, the Autobots were able to defeat him, and Cancer returned to the Decepticon base to discover that the reason he had not been allowed to return home was because the Decepticons had wanted to celebrate with him, and had even made decorations. Cancer was disappointed in himself for not trusting his family, but Mega forgave him, and Browning noted that running away never solves anything. {{storylink|The Great Turnabout of the Autobots}}

In the final battle, Devil Z turned against his Decepticon minions, and they united with the Autobots against him. Cancer joined with all the other Transformers in combining his energy into the "Perfect Transform Attack," destroying Devil Z once and for all. With Devil Z's death, the bond he had forged between the humans and their Transtectors was severed, and the Transtectors themselves were truly brought to life. Giga and Mega were revealed to have also been sustained by Devil Z's energies, and his death brought about their own passing, to which Cancer reacted tearfully. [[Cancer (robot)|Cancer's Transtector]] subsequently departed for space along with all the others. {{storylink|The Birth of the Super Life-Forms}}

===Renegade Rhetoric===
Special Agent "Cancer" was an expert martial artist with knowledge of mysticism. He joined the [[People's Liberation Army Paranormal Taskforce]] to protect China from exotic threats. He worked alongside [[Shaoshao Li]] and [[Zilong Qian]] in repelling a Decepticon raid in Wuhan. They cautiously accepted the aid of the Autobot [[Spychanger|Spy Changers]] as well. {{storylink|Transformers: Renegade Rhetoric|Renegade Rhetoric (2), 2016/07/14}}

==Toys==
===''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers''===
{{anchor|Super-God Masterforce}}
[[File:MF-toy Cancer.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.66|The position of Jupiter says you should spend the rest of the week face down in the mud.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Cancer''' (Headmaster Junior Monster, [[1988]])}}</ul>
:*''ID number:'' '''D-303'''
:*''Accessories:'' Transtector, "Aqua Blaster", "Tail Sword"

: Released in the fourth year of Takara's ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (toyline)|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers]]'' line under the ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (toyline)#1988 (Super-God Masterforce)|Super-God Masterforce]]'' banner, Cancer is identical to the [[Hasbro]]-release [[Lokos#Toys|Lokos]]; a small armored humanoid that transforms into a robot head compatible with any Headmaster body.

: He comes with his Headmaster Transtector, which is identical to the Hasbro-release [[Squeezeplay (G1)#Toys|Squeezeplay]], transforming into a monstrous bipedal crab-cobra-creature-thing. The Cancer Headmaster figure fits in a cockpit in the Transtector's stomach in its beast mode. The creature's tail disconnects and becomes a weapon for robot mode that sure as heck ''looks'' like a double-barrelled gun, but which is referred to as a sword in Cancer's [[Tech Spec]]s.

: Like all Headmaster toys, Cancer's robot mode features a spring-loaded mini-Tech Spec meter in its chest, which gives readings for Speed, Strength and Intelligence (although he and the other Decepticon Junior molds are unique in that their meters are not covered by flip-down panels). The meter is activated when Cancer (or any other Headmaster unit) is plugged into the neck socket; as a small Headmaster, all three readings are on a single tumbler, so any head plugged in will result in the same stats.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1988/Decepticon/Squeezeplay/squeezeplay.htm More information on Cancer/Squeezeplay at TFU.info]''
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===''Legends''===
[[File:TF-Legends-LG24-Cancer.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Try not to shove a roll of duct tape up your nose while taking your driver's test.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Shockwave & Cancer''' ([[2016]])}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''LG24'''
:*''Release date'': [[August 27]], 2016

: Released in the thirteenth wave of TakaraTomy's ''[[Transformers Legends (franchise)|Legends]]'' toys, Cancer is a redeco of ''[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]'' [[Squeezeplay (G1)#Generations|Crashbash]], transforming into a head for select toys from the ''Legends'' and ''Titans Return'' lines. As a redeco of the Titan Master figure, Cancer is also compatible with any of the vehicle partners from that line (such as Crashbash's accessory).

: He was only available packed in with [[Shockwave (G1)/toys#Legends|Shockwave]], who he can awkwardly ride in gun mode.

::*''[http://higekumatoytoy.blog60.fc2.com/blog-entry-2670.html Legends Shockwave & Cancer at Alfes's Blog]''
{{TRCrashbashMold}}
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===''Legacy''===
[[File:TF-Legacy-United-VS-Squeezeplay.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67| "Browning? Never heard of him. I'm your new bestest friend, '''Silver'''ing!"]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{bp-multi|'''Prime Universe Cliffjumper VS Beast Wars Universe Tarantulas, G1 Universe Squeezeplay, Cyberverse Universe Tarn''' (Multi-pack, [[2024]])}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': tail/mace, blaster
{{toydesigner|[[Mark Maher]] (Hasbro), [[Shogo Hasui]] (TakaraTomy)}}<ref>[[March 28]], [[2024]]'s [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlrpW_ZFKvE Hasbro Pulse | Transformers 40th Anniversary Fanstream | March 28, 2024] on YouTube, with [[Ben MacCrae]], [[Evan Brooks]], [[Mark Maher]], [[Kelly Rose]], and [[Matt Ferguson]].</ref>

:Presented as an incarnation of Cancer in the [[Hasbro Pulse]] livestream, "G1 Universe Squeezeplay" is a ''heavy'' retool of ''[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]'' [[Mindwipe (G1)#Titans Return|Mindwipe]], turning into a crustacean-esque monster. He (of course) includes "[[Lokos#Legacy|G1 Universe Lokos]]" as his ''[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]''-style Headmaster, though it is not a reuse of his previous ''Legends'' Headmaster figure. His weapons include a mace, and a blaster that represents [[Browning]] (though with it being silver instead of bronze). The figure itself contains off-white plastics with a slightly blue-tinged face, mimicking details that Cancer has in the ''[[Transformers: Super-God Masterforce (cartoon)|Super-God Masterforce]]'' cartoon.

:Squeezeplay is packed in a 4-pack with [[Tarantulas (BW)/toys#United|Beast Wars Tarantulas]], [[Cliffjumper (WFC)#Legacy|Prime Universe Cliffjumper]], and [[Tarn (Cyberverse)#Legacy|Cyberverse Universe Tarn]]. Said 4-pack was [[exclusive]] to [[Target]].

::*''[https://www.instagram.com/p/C52AN8xMxYI/ Designer commentary on ''Legacy'' "Cancer aka Squeezeplay" from Mark Maher on Instagram]''
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==Notes==
*According to his supplementary [[bio]] card, Cancer is 11 years old, which possibly puts his birth date in [[2009]].<ref>Contemporary ''Masterforce'' media never gave a date. Decades after the fact, a [[Seacons comic 5|''Generations Selects Special Comic'' story]] by [[Hayato Sakamoto]] laid down that the ''Masterforce'' anime transpired in [[2020]].</ref>

===Foreign names===
*''English:'' '''Squeezeplay''' ([[Omni Productions]] dub, [[Shout! Factory]] sub), '''Plague''' (Shout! Factory sub)
*''Italian:'' '''Prudox'''
*''Mandarin:'' '''Dúxiē''' (China, 毒蝎, "Scorpion"), '''Jùxiè ''' (China, 巨蟹, "Cancer")
*''Russian:'' '''Pronyra''' (Проныра, "Wriggler")
*''Spanish:'' '''Kid''' (America)

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Headmasters]]
[[Category:Japanese-original Transformers]]
[[Category:Legends Decepticons]]
[[Category:Legends humans]]
[[Category:Martial artists]]
[[Category:Super-God Masterforce Decepticons]]
[[Category:Super-God Masterforce humans]]
[[Category:Unite Warriors humans]]

YÅko Ogai

2025-02-11T22:59:51Z

Evan1975:

{{picsneeded}}
'''Yōko Ogai''' (小粥よう子 ''Ogai Yōko''), AKA '''Akari Hibino''' (日比野朱里 ''Hibino Akari''), born on [[July 5]], [[1959]], is a Japanese voice actress. Among her past roles are the title characters of ''Captain Tsubasa'' and ''Wrestler Gundan Seisenshi Robin Jr.'', and for some time she was married to Yōichi Takahashi, the creator of ''Captain Tsubasa''.

==Roles==
===''Super-God Masterforce''===
* [[Cancer (G1)|Cancer]]

==External links==
* [https://www.facebook.com/yoko.ogai.75 Facebook] (Japanese)
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0382534/ Yōko Ogai] at the Internet Movie Database
* [http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=10421 Yōko Ogai] at Anime News Network

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ogai, Yoko}}
[[Category:Japanese voice actors]]

Akari Hibino

2025-02-11T22:57:54Z

Evan1975: Evan1975 moved page Akari Hibino to Yōko Ogai: She has changed her name back

#REDIRECT [[Yōko Ogai]]

YÅko Ogai

2025-02-11T22:57:53Z

Evan1975: Evan1975 moved page Akari Hibino to Yōko Ogai: She has changed her name back

{{picsneeded}}
'''Akari Hibino''' (日比野朱里 ''Hibino Akari''), born '''Yōko Ogai''' (小粥よう子 ''Ogai Yōko'') on [[July 5]], [[1959]], is a Japanese voice actress. Among her past roles are the title characters of ''Captain Tsubasa'' and ''Wrestler Gundan Seisenshi Robin Jr.'', and for some time she was married to Yōichi Takahashi, the creator of ''Captain Tsubasa''.

==Roles==
===''Super-God Masterforce''===
* [[Cancer (G1)|Cancer]]

==External links==
* [http://ameblo.jp/hibi881 Hibino's blog] (Japanese)
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0382534/ Yōko Ogai] at the Internet Movie Database
* [http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=5080 Akari Hibino] at Anime News Network

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hibino, Akari}}
[[Category:Japanese voice actors]]

Eiji Yanagisawa

2024-11-23T07:43:00Z

Evan1975:

[[File:EijiYanagisawa.jpg‎|right|thumb|200px]]
'''Eiji Yanagisawa''' (柳沢栄治, ''Yanagisawa, Eiji'', [[August 22]] 1961-[[November 12]] 2024), was a Japanese voice actor. He was affiliated with Production Baobab. Though he mostly played bit and incidental parts, some of Yanagisawa's more recognizable roles include Kiyosumi Morimura and Mr. Okabe from ''The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya'', Genzō from ''Naruto'', Takayanagi from ''Genshiken'', Worm the Trailmon from ''Digimon Frontier'' and Professor Ulen Hibiki from ''Mobile Suit Gundam Seed''.

In terms for dubbing, he has played Black Doug (Mike Epps) from ''The Hangover'' series, Marcus Temple (Courtney B. Vance) from ''Extraordinary Measures'', Tyre (Tim Blake Nelson) from ''The Thin Red Line'' and the Parasite from the ''Justice League'' TV series.

==Roles==
===''The Transformers''===

{{note|Yanagisawa portrayed these characters '''only''' for ''[[The Rebirth]]'' which was released in Japan under the American ''The Transformers'' branding to distinguish it from the continuity of ''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers''.}}

*[[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]]
*[[Firebolt (G1)|Firebolt]]
*[[Bumblebee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Goldbug]]
*[[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]]
*[[Nightstick (G1)|Nightstick]]
*[[Recoil (G1)|Recoil]]
*[[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]]
*[[Vortex (G1)|Vortex]]

==External links==
*[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=2140 Eiji Yanagisawa at Anime News Network]
*[http://pro-baobab.jp/men/yanagisawa_e/index.html Production Baobab Profile]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Yanagisawa, Eiji}}
[[Category:Japanese voice actors]]

YÅji Ueda

2024-09-22T17:20:43Z

Evan1975: /* Transformers One */

[[File:UedaYoji.jpg‎|right|thumb|250px|Even Speedwagon is Afraid.]]
'''Yōji Ueda''' (上田燿司 ''Ueda Yōji'', born [[August 7]], [[1971]]) is a Japanese voice actor. Some of his better known anime roles include Robert E. O. Speedwagon in ''JoJo's Bizarre Adventure'', Kisaragi Saemon in ''Basilisk'', Drei in ''Hiiro no Kakera - The Tamayori Princess Saga'', Gamakichi in ''Naruto'', and Mitsuhiko Nagafukada in ''Robotics;Notes''.

In the realm of dubbing, he has played [[Kirby Morrow|Cyclops]] in ''[[X-Men|X-Men: Evolution]]'', Magic Man in ''Adventure Time'', Sheriff Silverstar in ''[[My Little Pony|My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic]]'' and [[Marcelo Pissardini|Squid]][[Daoiz Cabezudo|ward]] [[Mario Scarabelli|Tentacles]] in ''[[Tom Kenny|The Spongebob Movie:]] Sponge out of Water''.

==Roles==
===''Legends of the Microns''===
*Decepticon Commander ("[[Dash (episode)|Dash]]")
===''Go!''===
*[[Dragotron]]
*[[Bakudora]]
*[[Sekishūsai Tatewaki]]
===''Cyberverse''===
* [[Soundwave (Cyberverse)|Soundwave]]
* [[Wheeljack (Cyberverse)|Wheeljack]]
* [[Maccadam]]
* [[Ratchet (Cyberverse)|Ratchet]]
* [[Alpha Trion (Cyberverse)|Alpha Trion]]
* [[Acid Storm (Cyberverse)|Acid Storm]]
* [[Drift (Cyberverse)|Drift]]
* [[Ramjet (Cyberverse)|Ramjet]]
* [[Red Five]]
* [[Teletraan-X (Cyberverse)|Teletraan-X]]
* TV male voice ("[[Whiteout]]")
* [[Seeker (Cyberverse)|Seeker]] ("[[Shadowstriker (episode)|Shadowstriker]]")
===''[[Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (film)|Transformers: Beast Awakening]]''===
* [[Receptionist]] (Frank Marrs)
===''EarthSpark''===
* [[Wheeljack (ES)|Wheeljack]]
===''[[Transformers One (film)|Transformers One]]''===
*[[Zeta Prime (One)|Zeta Prime]]
*[[Soundwave (One)|Soundwave]] [https://tf-movie.jp/#staff-cast]

==Notes==
*Coincidentally he and [[Olivier Cuvellier]] also shares the role of Wheeljack, Soundwave and Ratchet in their respective dubs of Transformers: Cyberverse

==External links==
* [http://www.mausu.net/talent/tpdb_view.cgi?UID=82 Mausu Promotion Profile]
* [http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=17705 ANN Profile]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ueda, Yoji}}
[[Category:Japanese voice actors]]

Soundwave (One)

2024-09-22T17:17:46Z

Evan1975: Itaru Yamamoto was fired from the film.

{{factions|decepticon|hofsilver}}
{{disambig3|Soundwave}}
:''Soundwave is a [[Decepticon]] from [[Transformers One (franchise)|One]].''

[[File:One Soundwave.jpg|right|250px|thumb]]

'''Soundwave''' is a high-ranking member of the [[High Guard]] and one of [[Starscream (One)|Starscream]]'s top lieutenants. A bot of few words compared to his comrades, he possesses powerful sonic abilities and can scan the electrical impulses of other Cybertronians' brains, which allows him to detect any lie or deception.

{{bigquote|High Guard, eject!|Soundwave does what he does best|''[[Transformers One (film)|One]]''}}

==Fiction==
===''One'' film===
{{voiceactor|[[Jon Bailey]] (English), [[Yōji Ueda]] (Japanese)|[[Domenic Strobel]] (German)}}

[[File:TFoneStarscreamSoundwaveShockwaveInterrogation.jpg|left|250px|thumb]]

{{spoiler|Transformers One (film)|October 20, 2024}}
Flanking Starscream alongside [[Shockwave (One)|Shockwave]], Soundwave stood in attendance as Starscream interrogated [[Optimus Prime (One)|a]] [[Megatron (One)|quartet]] [[Bumblebee (One)|of]] [[Elita-1 (One)|trespassers]]. He scanned the electrical impulses of [[Optimus Prime (One)|Orion Pax]]'s brain and informed Starscream that Orion was speaking the truth, but Starscream rebuked him and claimed it only meant Orion believed what he was saying. He then received a complaint from Shockwave that they should have applied a stronger gag when [[Bumblebee (One)|B-127]] managed to get it off his mouth, though he did not respond. When things went sour and a fight broke out between Starscream and [[Megatron (One)|D-16]], Soundwave silently stopped Shockwave from intervening with a single gesture.

Though the duel ended with D-16 victorious and Starscream's life spared, that was when a swarm of Sentinel's [[Death Tracker]]s led by [[Airachnid (One)|Airachnid]] descended upon them. Soundwave fought bravely against them and managed to avoid being captured himself, but could not prevent the numerically superior enemy from carrying off many prisoners including Starscream, D-16, and B-127. In the aftermath of the battle, Soundwave ordered the remaining High Guard to prepare for battle once [[Elita-1 (One)|Elita-1]] had 'convinced' Shockwave to join forces.

Soundwave took part in the assault on Sentinel's tower, piloting the energon transport train carrying the High Guard warriors and commanding them into battle. Once the train had breached Sentinel's tower, he swooped through the air in vehicle mode and fired a sonic pulse that disabled all the prisoners' [[stasis cuffs]], allowing them to join the fight as well. He watched and cheered as Megatron tore Sentinel in half, only to be interrupted by a returned Orion - now rechristened Optimus Prime. He then rushed in to engage the Prime in combat when Megatron commanded his men to attack, but got bashed in the head with a missile by Optimus for his troubles. Soundwave and his fellow High Guard officers chose to follow Megatron and retreat after Optimus exiled Megatron and all his followers from Iacon.

Later, Soundwave received a new [[insignia|brand]] on his chest alongside all of Megatron's other followers. He watched and applauded as Megatron officially announced the formation of the [[Decepticon]]s. {{storylink|Transformers One (film)|One}}

==Notes==
===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Soundwave''' (サウンドウェーブ ''Saundowēbu'')

[[Category:One Decepticons]]

Victor Dal Chele

2024-09-18T04:56:59Z

Evan1975:

{{picsneeded}}
'''Egidio Victor Dal Chele''' is a storyboard artist and director. He is sometimes credited in different ways, and was credited on ''[[The Transformers (cartoon)|The Transformers]]'' as '''Vic Dachele'''. During his career, he storyboarded on many many series, including ''C.O.P.S.'', ''He Man and the Masters of the Universe'', ''Exosquad'' and ''The Real Ghostbusters''. He was also a producer and director on ''RoboCop: Alpha Commando'' and a director on ''Static Shock''.

He was fired from Transformers for being unable to decipher [[Nelson Shin]]'s accent. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZJFEZXvNX0]

==Episodes directed==
===''Transformers: Go-Bots''===
*"[[Typhoon Twister]]" (with [[John Grusd]])
*"[[Arctic Oil Spill]]" (also with John Grusd)

==Storyboarding==
===''The Transformers''===
*''[[More than Meets the Eye, Part 1]]'' (Act III)

===''Transformers: Rescue Bots''===
*"[[Did You See What I Thaw?]]"
*"[[Pirates Ahoy]]"
*"[[Rescue Bots Academy (episode)|Rescue Bots Academy]]"
*"[[More than Meets the Eye (RB)|More than Meets the Eye]]"

==External links==
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0155037/ Victor Dal Chele] at the IMDB.
*[https://vicdalchele.blogspot.com/ Vic Dal Chele's Things]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dal Chele}}
[[Category:Directors]]
[[Category:Storyboard artists]]

User:Evan1975

2024-08-06T02:35:21Z

Evan1975: /* Things I'd love translated */

Hello, Transfans

I grew up with ''G1'' and know and love it best, but while going to college in Japan I got acquainted with some of the new toylines there like Beast Wars II, Beast Wars Neo, and Car Robot. Around the time of Car Robot the G1 reissues began, much to my enjoyment.

I used to contribute a lot to ''Wikipedia'', but got disillusioned after having some articles removed by deletionists (as "non-notable") and experiencing some crazed Wiki-stalking by a few individuals. I hope that the fact we all have a common interest in Transformers will prevent that from happening here. If you really hate something I wrote, I'd rather you re-write it in a way you like or ask for me for sources/clarification than just deleting the whole thing.

==Revoltech==
Check out the old [[Revoltech]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Revoltech&oldid=426660234 entry from Wikipedia] before it was deleted by Wikinazis.

==Japanese Voice Actors (Seiyū)==
This is something I know a lot about and have received some praise for my knowledge here. If anyone needs to know anything about this just post the question in ''my talk'' and I'll put the info in.

I've already put up a lot of seiyū info in places like [http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=2597 Anime News Network] and also the [http://akas.imdb.com/find?q=Transformers;s=tt Internet Movie Database].

==Things I'd love translated==
[[Image:Runes1.jpg]] [[Image:Runes2.jpg]] 
Some of these at least seem to be real runes. I'm wondering if it says "Transformers" or some thing because the first two are '''ᛏᚱ''' and the next may very likely be '''ᚫ'''.

==Known Korean Knockoff Cartoons==
:Yeah, I know everyone else in the fandom hates these, but I went to a lot of trouble to nail down the Korean titles for them.
*[http://www.kmdb.or.kr/eng/vod/vod_basic.asp?nation=K&p_dataid=05591 Phoenix King] [http://www.kmdb.or.kr/movie/md_basic.asp?nation=K&p_dataid=05591 불사조 로보트 피닉스 킹] (Defenders of Space)
: Features [[Inferno (G1)]]
*[http://www.kmdb.or.kr/eng/vod/vod_basic.asp?nation=K&p_dataid=10383 Robot King Sun Shark] [http://www.kmdb.or.kr/movie/md_basic.asp?nation=K&p_dataid=10383 로보트왕 썬샤크] (Solar Adventure)
: Features [[Reflector (G1)]], [[Whirl (G1)]]
*[http://www.kmdb.or.kr/eng/vod/vod_basic.asp?nation=K&p_dataid=05341 Space Gundam-V] [http://www.kmdb.or.kr/movie/md_basic.asp?nation=K&p_dataid=05341 스페이스 간담브이]
: Features [[Jetfire (G1)]]
*[http://archive.org/details/Micro-commandoDiatron-5 Micro-Commando Diatron-5] [http://www.kmdb.or.kr/eng/vod/vod_basic.asp?nation=K&p_dataid=05315 마이크로특공대 다이야 트론 5] ([http://www.archive.org/details/SpaceTransformer Space Transformers])
: Features Battle Buffalo, Big Powered, Warudaros

Images for wiki use:
[[Image:Choroqvw a8.jpg|thumb|left]]
[[Image:Cqporche.jpg|thumb|left]]
[[Image:Cqfamilia.jpg|thumb|left]]

Armored Insect Corps Beetras

2024-07-03T01:58:00Z

Evan1975:

[[File:Beetras logo.png|right]]
'''''Armored Insect Corps Beetras''''' (機甲虫隊ビートラス ''Kikō Chūtai Beetras'')<ref>The translation is often given as "Armored Insect Battalion Beetras" in English secondary sources, but the only official English given, found on model kit packaging, is "Incect Armored Corps Beetras" {{sic}}. This article retains the wording, but rearranges the order to match the Japanese title.</ref> is a short-lived [[1984]] toyline and franchise produced by [[Takatoku Toys]], with designs from [[Artmic]]. The franchise included a regular line of toys, model kits by third party Imai, coloring books, and a serialized comic.

''Beetras'' did not live for long, as Takatoku closed down soon after they began the line, leaving toys beyond the third figure unreleased. In [[1987]] thereabouts, Artmic attempted to continue the franchise in another form, as '''''Beet Seven''''' (ビートセブン), but this produced even more scant media and merchandise. Ultimately, the ''Beetras'' toyline was acquired by [[Bandai]] and its molds were lent to Hasbro for use in ''[[The Transformers (toyline)|The Transformers]]''.

==Origins==
The idea for ''Armored Insect Corps Beetras'' seems to have began when creator [[Shinji Aramaki]] (yet to work at Artmic) proposed a line of robots transforming into more realistic bugs, after seeing the overly robotic Insect Robo produced by [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] for ''Diaclone'',<ref>{{citesocial|name=Necronomitron|quote=In an interview for “Artmic Design Works”, Beetras creator Shinji Aramaki described the impetus of the series: “Toy company T_____ released some toys called ‘Insect Robo’, and I thought ‘Wouldn’t it be great if they turned into more realistic bugs?’|site=Twitter|year=2022|month=07|day=12|link=https://twitter.com/_necronomitron_/status/1546995313465909248}}</ref><ref>{{citesocial|quote=Takara produced a similar series of toys that were sold as the “Insecticons” in America. Your “Beetras” designs were eventually sold in the U.S. as “Deluxe Insecticons,” upping the ante a little. Was there a sense of friendly rivalry with the Takara designers there?|name=Matt Alt}} {{citesocial|link=https://altjapan.typepad.com/my_weblog/2007/10/beet-it.html|quote=At the time, definitely. The original Insecticons are wonderful toys, but they don’t really look like insects.|name=Shinji Aramaki|year=2007|month=10|day=22|site=AltJapan|title=Beet It}}</ref> to Artmic President Toshimichi Suzuki in [[1983]]. From there, they worked in conjunction with Takatoku Toys, who was seeking to develop a toyline and went to Artmic for ideas.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=Was it based in some sort of television show proposal?|name=Matt Alt}} {{citesocial|link=https://altjapan.typepad.com/my_weblog/2007/10/beet-it.html|quote=No, nothing like that. A toy company called Takatoku approached Artmic and asked if we had any interesting designs that they could merchandise. We asked them if they were interested in something insect-themed. They liked it and asked us to go with it. I designed them.|name=Shinji Aramaki|year=2007|month=10|day=22|site=AltJapan|title=Beet It}}</ref> They developed at least five designs to sell as action figures of robots that could convert into insects (which, despite the name's implication, are not all beetles).

==Story==
The fictional setting of the franchise takes place in in [[2007]], where inhabitants of Komun (コムン), an advanced city hidden within [[Earth]] in a "{{w|Hollow Earth|hollow world}}", are split into two tribes—the Ekim (エキム),<ref>Based on an odd reading of "beneficial insect" (益虫 ''ekichū'') as ''ekimushi''.</ref> a peaceful offshoot of the Mayans who migrated underground and developed mental, spiritual, and physical strength beyond that of surface [[human]]s, and the Gaim (ガイム),<ref>Based on an odd reading of "pest" (益虫 ''gaichū'') as ''gaimushi''.</ref> who were once like the Ekim, but their selfish natures corrupted them into monsters. The two tribes are initially at peace (or the Gaim are under the control of the Ekim), but ecological destruction on the surface world causes turmoil in the world within. The Gaim, led by Great Gaim, take the opportunity to invade the world above with their monstrous Mecha Insects (メカ昆虫 ''Meka Konchū''), while five elite soldiers of Ekim (granted the noble title of "Beet") led by Karimu arrive to save humanity as the Armored Insect Corps Beetras—Battle Expert Emergency Task Ranger Anthromobile System. Accompanying the Ekim is human Mamoru Daichi, who later replaces Karimu after his death.

Versions of the backstory are given in pamphlets included with the toys and model kits. ''Beetras'' had a six-chapter comic published in ''[[TV-kun]]'' created by Gaku Miyao (宮尾岳氏), who made the finalized designs for the non-mecha characters. Initial character design was by Shin'ichi Kuruma (来留間慎一).

==Mecha==
[[File:Beet-Papil.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|Beet-Papil. Or Beet-Leide. We pick the name that makes sense.]]

All media under the ''Beetras'' name uses five Insecter (インセクター) mecha, with corresponding pilots, listed below. They feature two different modes: Beet-Attacker (robot mode), Beet-Mobile (insect mode). Beet-Gadol and Beet-Zeguna also possess the ability for Beet-Hover (an in-between mode).
*Beet-Gadol (ビート・ガドル),<ref>From ''kabutomushi'' (カブトムシ, "rhinoceros beetle").</ref> rhinoceros beetle piloted by Beet-Karimu (ビート・カリム) and later Beet-Aron (ビート・アロン)
**Improved model is Heracles-Gadol (ヘラクレス・ガドル), Hercules beetle piloted by Mamoru Daichi (大地守)
**Was used for [[Barrage (Insecticon)|Barrage]].
*Beet-Gugal (ビート・グガル),<ref>From ''kuwagatamushi'' (クワガタムシ, "stag beetle").</ref> stag beetle piloted by Beet-Karuma (ビート・カルマ)
**Improved model is Hyper-Gugal (ハイパー・グガル), alternatively named Great-Gugal (グレート・グガル)
**Was used for [[Chop Shop (G1)|Chop Shop]]
*Beet-Zeguna (ビート・ゼグナ),<ref>From ''semi'' (セミ, "cicada").</ref> cicada piloted by Beet-Torumo (ビート・トルモ)
**Was used for [[Venom (G1)|Venom]]
*Beet-Vadam (ビート・バダム),<ref>From ''batta'' (バッタ, "grasshopper").</ref> grasshopper piloted by Beet-Kirumo (ビート・キルロ)
**Toy was unreleased in Japan. Color scheme is unfinalized between mecha art and toy photography.
**Was used for [[Ransack (G1)|Ransack]]
*Beet-Papil (ビート・パピル),<ref name="papillon">From ''papillon'' (パピヨン), French for "butterfly".</ref> ladybug piloted by Beet-Ramiru (ビート・ラミル)
**No toy release, unlikely to have one planned.
**Named Beet-Leide (ビート・レイデ)<ref>From "ladybug" (レディバグ).</ref> in ''Beet Seven''

''Beet Seven'' incorporates two more mecha, but their provenance is unclear. The name confusion regarding Beet-Papil seems to imply that those two were designs not finalized for at least the initial push of the franchise, or that the butterfly was further developed into the ladybug and then reused for ''Beet Seven''.

*Beet-Papil (ビート・パピル),<ref name="papillon"/> butterfly
*Beet-Bigal (ビート・ビガル),<ref>From ''hikari'' (ヒカリ, "light").</ref> firefly

A second series of ''Beetras'' was planned, which would have included a hornet, a spider, a dragonfly, and another one, all designed by Aramaki. They reached the prototype stage.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=Actually, on that note, we planned out a second series, and there was an actual hornet in that.|name=Shinji Aramaki}} {{citesocial|quote=A second series of Beetras toys!?|name=Matt Alt}} {{citesocial|link=https://altjapan.typepad.com/my_weblog/2007/10/beet-it.html|quote=They were never actually produced as toys, but there were prototypes. One of them was a hornet. There was also a spider, and a dragonfly, and another one. I designed those, too. Since it was a second series, it was decided to give them a new gimmick in addition to transforming, and so they incorporated little wind-up motors that would carry them across a taut piece of string.|name=Shinji Aramaki|year=2007|month=10|day=22|site=AltJapan|title=Beet It}}</ref>

==''Beetras'' in ''Transformers''==
[[File:1985EuroCatalogInsecticons.jpg|thumb|They bully the regular Insecticons.]]
After managing to release at least three figures, Takatoku collapsed as a company, halting any further plans for ''Beetras'' (although the comic was completed). Their assets would soon be bought out by [[Bandai]], who then subsequently loaned the four ''Beetras'' molds to [[Hasbro]], who was desperately needing molds to fill out the [[1985]] product line of the unexpectedly popular ''Transformers''. All four were given new color schemes as the "Deluxe [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]]", although early art and photography uses the ''Beetras'' decos for most of the Deluxe Insecticons. As Bandai at the time was only concerned about business in Japan, Hasbro was free to sell the molds as ''Transformers'' figures in non-Japan markets, but couldn't use the Deluxe Insecticons in [[The Transformers (cartoon)|the accompanying cartoon]], as to not step on the toes of Bandai or Artmic with the cartoon also airing in Japan. (Artmic's mark is still visible on the Deluxe Insecticons, as [[:File:Artmic-stickers.jpg|the studio's logo is found on the toys' packaging]].) They were also not included in [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|the contemporary comic]] in the United States and only made inconsistent appearances as individuals, not as a group, in more minor media.

In later times, the Deluxe Insections have made more appearances, eventually even getting modern toys in the ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]]'' toyline. References to ''Beetras'' itself in ''Transformers'' are scant, beyond name references like [[Beet-Chit]] and [[Beet-Chop]].

==Notes==
*In the '80s, the Beet-Vadam and Beet-Gadol molds underwent a pile-up of licensed uses by a variety of companies. Thus, it was possible to encounter the ''Transformers'' releases of those molds and those other releases on shelves at the same time.
**In the United States, Canada, and Australia, Select released the two molds as part of the "Insectors" subline in ''Convertors''. Beet-Gadol was colored blue and named "Crawler", while Beet-Vadam was colored gold as "Morphus".
**In Europe, Mark released the two ''Convertors'' decos under ''Robot Changers'' as "Battle Beetle" and "Locust Marauder", respectively.
**''Bird Robo vs Zectron'' by Mark in Japan and releases of the model kits by Jam as candy toys are also attested, but scant evidence of those lines exist.
*On the model kit side of things, Imai rereleased their model kits (Beet-Vadam, Beet-Zeguna, and Beet-Gadol) under the ''Konchū Robo Series'' (昆虫ロボシリーズ, "Insect Robo Series"). They also featured deco changes but were labeled with generic names meaning "Cicada Robo", etc.
*A rare ''Insectbot'' "Lady Bug" [[knockoff]] released by Prohoton exists that modifies Beet-Gadol into a ladybug that transforms into a robot with [[Twin Twist (G1)#The Transformers|Twin Twist]]'s head.

==References==
{{reflist|2}}

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Beet Seven lineup.jpg|Lineup for ''Beet Seven''. Note different color schemes and the addition of two mecha
</gallery>

==External links==
*[https://t-machine.jp/web-bungei/64944/ Comprehensive overview of ''Armored Insect Corps Beetras''] (Japanese)
*[https://twitter.com/_necronomitron_/status/1546997665262555141 Translation of ''Armored Insect Corps Beetras'' comic]
*[http://diaclone.net/gattaioh/beet/ ''Armored Insect Batallion Beetras'' at Diaclone.net]

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[[Category:Non-Transformers toylines]]

Pat Lee

2024-02-20T02:59:51Z

Evan1975: /* After Dreamwave */

{{disambig2|Pat Lee, the superstar comic book artist|the uncredited artist who actually drew all his stuff for negligible pay|Alex Milne}}
[[Image:Patlee.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Strength and Honor.<ref>[http://patleeart.deviantart.com/ PatLeeArt] at deviantART</ref>]]
'''Patrick "Pat" Lee''' (李志健 ''Lee Chi-Kin''<ref>https://ol.mingpao.com/ldy/cultureleisure/culture/20231201/1701365038545</ref>) is a Canadian artist. He was the president of [[Dreamwave Productions]] and (allegedly) drew some of their ''Transformers'' comics, until most of his employees noticed he wasn't paying them. Subsequently, he was also the president of Dream Engine until all its employees noticed he wasn't paying them either. After that, he founded his own company, Pat Lee Productions, and either worked for or headed a variety of Hong Kong-based companies, which all appear to have gone out of business since. He also (allegedly) continues doing comic work for increasingly obscure publishers that have no shame.

:''Known titles, aliases and nicknames:'' '''Mr. Mecha''',<ref name="wizardbig80s">[http://www.tfbrasil.net/curiosidades_Wizard5.jpg "Big 80s" feature from issue 111 of ''Wizard Magazine''], October 2000</ref> '''Paticus''',<ref name="litgtfspec">[http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=14153 Lying in the Gutters ''Transformers'' Special], July 2002</ref> "'''Transman'''",<ref name="transman">[http://toynewsi.com/news.php?catid=102&itemid=1490 Dreamwave press release]</ref> '''Superstar Artist''',<ref name="creators">[http://old.brokenfrontier.com/headlines/p/detail/dreamwave-adds-transformers-creators The infamous "Dreamwave adds Transformers' creators" press release]</ref> '''Mr. Talented'''<ref name="talented">[http://www.alivenotdead.com/rosannewong/A+MASTER+IN+DISGUISE-ANDREW+LIN+vs+PAT+LEE-MR.+TALENTED+(round+2-2)-profile-113669.html Rosanne Wong about Pat Lee painting a mural on her apartment wall]</ref>

{{bigquote|Over my dead body.|[[Simon Furman]] on if Pat Lee will do work for [[IDW Publishing|IDW]]|[[BotCon 2008]]}}

==History==
===Before the Transformers===
[[Image:Dreamwave.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Chillingly prophetic.]]
Pat Lee was born in Montreal on [[June 28]], [[1975]],<ref name="bio">[http://www.angelfire.com/pa/infrarred/infrarred2.html Pat Lee's own biography on his old Angelfire website]</ref> and raised in Toronto. At the age of 16 (or 17),<ref name="patwizarddraw">[http://www.alivenotdead.com/patlee/How-to-draw-Transformers-Wizard-Magazine-profile-678562.html Pat Lee using an old Wizard article about himself as a reason to ponder about he got into the comic book industry]</ref> right after graduating from high school, Lee was eager to find a job as a "proffesional"{{sic}} in the comic book industry,<ref name="patwizarddraw"/> sending over 150 pages of sample artworks to [[Marvel Comics|Marvel]] and [[DC Comics|DC]]. Unfortunately for Lee, both publishers realized what a shoddy artist he was. Unfortunately for the rest of the world, however, Lee eventually managed to catch the attention of infamous [[Image Comics]] co-founder [[Rob Liefeld]] at a Toronto convention in 1994, who would hire Lee (now aged 19) to work as a penciller on various titles for Liefeld's Image studio {{w|Awesome Comics|Extreme Studios}}. After that, Pat Lee would also work for [[Jim Lee]]'s Image studio {{w|Wildstorm Productions}}, as well as accepting work-for-hire assignments from Marvel (who had now apparently changed their mind regarding his artwork).

In 1996, Pat and his brother [[Roger Lee|Roger]] decided to start their own studio within Image Comics, [[Dreamwave Productions]], with Pat acting as the company's president. With Dreamwave, Lee would continue accepting contractual work for other publishers (such as the four-issue limited series ''Wolverine/Punisher: Revelation'' for Marvel), but also started to publish his own <s>blatantly plagiarized</s> originally created titles such as ''{{w|Ghost in the Shell|Darkminds}}'' and ''{{w|Record of Lodoss War|Warlands}}''. Collaborations with various magazines and advertising campaigns helped to further advance Dreamwave's reputation. Initially, the "hook" for Dreamwave's financial success was Pat's drawing style, which many readers viewed as "manga-like" (although readers of actual manga had a different opinion on this matter).

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===Transformers by Dreamwave===
[[Image:Big80sWizard.jpg|right|150px|thumb|His art only went downhill from here.]]In 2000, Pat and Dreamwave submitted a contribution for a feature named "Big 80s" that was published in issue #111 of ''Wizard: The Comics Magazine'', depicting Pat's own take on one of his favorite properties from his childhood days, the ''Transformers''. Proving to be a huge hit among fans, [[Hasbro]] would consider the general art style a benchmark when they were offering the license for a new ''Transformers'' comic a year later.<ref name="litgtfspec"/> Unsurprisingly, it was Dreamwave themselves who finally acquired said license, commemorating this as a turning point in the history of their company by officially cutting all ties with Image and becoming an independent publisher on their own.

[[Image:Fallenpatlee.jpg|left|150px|thumb|Why do Pat Lee's Transformers look like they're about to take a poop?]]
In addition to providing the art for various adverts, [[posters]] and covers, Pat would draw the first two ''Generation 1'' limited series, [[Prime Directive|Vol. 1]] (aka "Prime Directive") and [[War and Peace|Vol. 2: War and Peace]]. Subsequently, he would concentrate on controlling Dreamwave as its president and spend more time on his biggest hobby, fast cars, assigning art jobs to other artists (many of them hired directly out of the fandom) instead. Lee's only other major contribution in terms of art would ultimately be some of the character profiles published in the eight-issue [[Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More than Meets the Eye]] limited series.

Despite having dominated Diamond's sales charts for several subsequent months with the ''Transformers'', Dreamwave eventually ended up in dire financial circumstances. Coinciding with rumors of unpaid freelancers, Pat Lee started to accept contractual work for Marvel and DC again, such as issues of ''House of M'' or ''[[Superman]]/[[Batman]]''. Dreamwave eventually declared bankruptcy on January 4, 2005, blaming the weak United States Dollar and other scapegoats for the company's failure.<ref>[http://www.tformers.com/article.php?sid=4053 Dreamwave's final press release]</ref>

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===After Dreamwave===
With Dream Engine, Lee would work on various projects such as an ''[[X-Men]]/[[Fantastic Four]]'' crossover for Marvel, issues for the ''Batman/Superman'' series for DC and a relaunch of ''{{w|Cyberforce}}'' for {{w|Top Cow Productions|Top Cow}}, another Image studio.

Eventually, Pat Lee parted ways with Dream Engine again and started his new enterprise, Pat Lee Productions.<ref name="plp">[http://www.patleeproductions.com/ Pat Lee Productions website, no longer functioning]</ref> He was also listed as the "director" of a Hong Kong-based company named DeepSky Pictures, and alongside his brother Roger, he headed a company named Triple Eye Productions, both of which are no longer in business. Pat Lee is currently residing in Hong Kong, where he acts as one of the heads of an IP development company named Secret Lab, Ltd., which at this time holds the questionable record of being the Pat Lee-run company to remain in business for the longest period of time.<ref name="linkedin">[https://hk.linkedin.com/in/patleeart Pat Lee's Linkedin profile].</ref>

In 2011, Pat Lee was connected as a designer on ''Train Heroes'', a cartoon produced by TV Tokyo and China-based Carloon Animation.<ref>[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2011-01-28/tv-tokyo-pat-lee-china-carloon-make-train-hero-show TV Tokyo, Pat Lee, China's Carloon Make Train Hero Show]</ref> It later turned out that the show had similarities with the earlier [[Tomy]] anime ''[[w:Hikarian|Chō Tokkyū Hikarian]]'', both featuring trains that turned into super-deformed robots.<ref>[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2011-07-17/chinese-show-similarities-with-hikarian-anime-identified Chinese Show's Similarities With Hikarian Anime Identified]</ref>
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===Return to official ''Transformers'' work===
In mid-2008, three and a half years since the collapse of Dreamwave, Lee was commissioned to do a series of illustrations for Hasbro Hong Kong to use for promotional purposes as part of their appearance at Ani-Con 2008.<ref>[http://www.alivenotdead.com/patlee/Transform+and+ROLL+OUT--profile-225643.html Pat Lee showcases his illustrations for Hasbro on his blog.]</ref> Let's hope that art stays in Hong Kong.

In spite of the [[Transformers (film)|movie]] having been out for about a year, he couldn't even be bothered to look up recent art and stills and drew [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] with his unused concept art head.

==Published Transformers works with Pat Lee credit==
===Comics===
[[Image:OptimusPrimeWarAndPeacePreview.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|Now try to imagine what the truck mode looks like.]]
* ''[[Prime Directive|Transformers: Generation 1 (vol. 1)]]'': [[Prime Directive Preview|Preview]], [[Prime Directive issue 1|#1]], [[Prime Directive issue 2|#2]], [[Prime Directive issue 3|#3]], [[Prime Directive issue 4|#4]], [[Prime Directive issue 5|#5]], [[Prime Directive issue 6|#6]]
* ''[[War and Peace|Transformers: Generation 1 vol. 2: War and Peace]]'': [[Transformers Volume 2 Preview|Preview]], [[New World Order|#1]], [[Brothers' Burden|#2]], [[Cold War (issue)|#3]], [[Passive Aggression|#4]], [[Countdown to Extinction (issue)|#5]], [[Revelation (War and Peace)|#6]]
* ''[[Transformers: More than Meets the Eye]]'' #1, #3, #6 (assorted profiles)
* ''[[Transformers: Armada (Dreamwave)|Transformers: Armada]]'': [[Dreamwave Armada issue 6|#6]], [[Dreamwave Armada issue 7|#7]]
* ''[[More than Meets the Eye: Transformers: Armada|Transformers Armada: More Than Meets The Eye]]'': #1, #2, #3 (assorted profiles)
* ''20th Anniversary Transformers Summer Special'': Individual story "[[Welcome to the Jungle]]"
* assorted covers for nearly all the Dreamwave Transformers series
* ''[[Transformers: Matrix Quest]]'' (Titan Books, hardcover) cover image
* ''[[Transformers/G.I. Joe: Divided Front]]'': [[Targets of Opportunity|#1]]

{{note|With the revelation of [[Alex Milne]] ghosting for Pat Lee on Top Cow's ''Cyberforce'', artist [[Edwin Garcia]] being credited for "backgrounds" on the ''Generation 1'' titles, [[Sigmund Torre]] being rumored to have ghosted on parts of the first ''Generation 1'' volume, [[Nick Kilislian]] being credited for "breakdowns" for ''Divided Front'' #1, and several of his covers actually being done by ghost artists, it's uncertain how much of the art credited to Pat Lee has actually been his work at all.

Various artworks originally created by Lee for the covers of the first ''Generation 1'' limited series were also used by both [[Hasbro]] and [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] for their "[[The Transformers: Generation One Commemorative Series|Generation One Commemorative Series]]" and "[[The Transformers Collection]]" series of reissues. Following the demise of Dreamwave, Hasbro would also continue to use cover artwork drawn by Lee for promotional images and various pieces of merchandise, such as a ''[[Monopoly|Transformers Monopoly]]'' board game. The reason for this is simply because the art has already been paid for, and is therefore cheaper to use for Hasbro than newly solicited artwork.}}
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===Packaging art===
====Alternators====
* [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]]
* [[Sideswipe (G1)|Side Swipe]]

{{note|The packaging artwork for [[Transformers: Alternators|Alternators]] Smokescreen was also used for the profile card of Takara's ''Binaltech'' counterpart.}}
====Commemorative Series====
* Series III [[Jazz (G1)/toys|Autobot Jazz]]
* Series IV [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]]
* Series IV [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]]
* Series V [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]]
* Series V [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]]
* Series VI [[Grapple (G1)|Autobot Grapple]]
* Series VII [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]]
* Series VII [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]]
* Series VIII [[Sideswipe (G1)|Side Swipe]]

{{note|The artwork for Hoist, Inferno, Grapple, Rodimus Prime and Dirge was done specifically for these reissues; the rest was recycled from covers of Dreamwave's first ''Generation 1'' limited series.}}

====The Transformers Collection====
* No.0 [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys|Convoy]] (Optimus Prime)
* No.1 Meister (Jazz)
* No.2 Prowl
* No.6 [[Megatron (G1)/toys|Megatron]]
* No.7 Lambor (Sideswipe)
* No.10 [[Soundwave (G1)/toys|Soundwave]]
* No.12 [[Mini Vehicle|Minibot Team]]
* No.16 [[Insecticon (G1)|Insectrons]] (Insecticons)

{{note|None of these artworks were created specifically for these reissues, but were instead recycled from old promotional posters or covers of Dreamwave's first ''Generation 1'' limited series.}}

===Other===
* Hasbro Hong Kong Ani-Con 2008 [[Transformers (2007 toyline)|Movie]] Commemorative boxset certificate

==Criticism and controversy==
===Art style===
[[Image:Patleehowtodrawoptimus.jpg|left|250px|thumb|1) Draw a circle. 2) Draw Optimus Prime. 3) Give him scraplets. 4) Give him leprosy.]]
Pat Lee's artwork has often been the target of criticism among fans. While he was initially praised by many fans for his "manga-like" drawing style (which is heavily inspired by the character designs and visual cues used by [[Studio OX]]), others criticized his tendency for exaggerated proportions, emphasis on rounded robot body parts, making the characters look "inflated" and marshmallow-like, hands reaching out to the reader [https://shortpacked.com/comic/detail "as if you just stole his purse"], a general lack of sequential storytelling skills and the overall look of his human characters (see "[[dull surprise]]" for more on ''that''). Even his critics often admitted that his work for covers and posters was better than his actual comic book interior artwork; however, that would change soon when even his cover artwork saw a severe decline in quality starting with the [[War and Peace|second ''Generation 1'' limited series]]. The introduction of [[Don Figueroa|other]] [[Guido Guidi|artists]] who drew Transformers characters in a similar style, while avoiding many of the problems Lee was criticized for, would further shift the public opinion against Lee's artwork.

[[Image:DWPrimewhatthe.jpg|right|200px|thumb|When you're being compared to [[Rob Liefeld]], maybe it's time to quit.<ref name="leefeld">[https://shortpacked.com/comic/buttons]</ref>]]
Lee's response to that was enforcing an internal "house style" that would force other artists to follow Pat Lee's own style more closely. [[Don Figueroa]] confirmed in an interview having received such requests from Dreamwave art director [[Rob Ruffolo]], a guideline which Figueroa declined.<ref name="dontrans">[https://web.archive.org/web/20090916000843/http://transfans.co.uk:80/interviews_figueroa.php Interview with Don Figueroa at TransFans.co.uk]</ref> Fellow artist [[Guido Guidi]] confirmed having received similar requests.<ref name="guidtrans">[https://web.archive.org/web/20090916000926/http://transfans.co.uk/interviews_guido.php Interview with Guido Guidi at TransFans.co.uk]</ref> Ruffolo himself also later confirmed the existence of an internal "house style", without specifically referring to Lee.<ref name="ruftrans">[https://web.archive.org/web/20111114125042/http://transfans.co.uk/interviews_ruffolo.php Interview with Rob Ruffolo at TransFans.co.uk]</ref>

Even though many fans preferred other artists over Pat Lee, official Dreamwave press releases and solicitations would often refer to the company's president as a "superstar artist".<ref name="dwadds">[http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/comics-16/dreamwave-adds-transformers-creators-2492/ The infamous "Dreamwave Adds Transformers Creators" press release]</ref>

===Business practices===
The demise of Dreamwave didn't come overnight. The first rumors of freelancers not getting paid date back as far as October 2003.<ref name="litgffreel">[http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=14548 Lying in the Gutters reporting on early rumors of Dreamwave artists not getting paid]</ref> Following the closure of Dreamwave, former freelance writers [[Adam Patyk]] and [[James McDonough]] reiterated their claims that Dreamwave (not explicitly referring to Lee himself) had stopped paying them even before declaring bankruptcy. They had then filed a lawsuit against their former employer, and when that became public, they had allegedly also heard from other Dreamwave employees and freelancers who were supposedly also complaining about not being paid anymore.<ref name="pmdnram">[http://web.archive.org/web/20090329225039/http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=39073 Newsarama Interview with writers Adam Patyk and James McDonough] (archive copy)</ref>

Aside from Patyk and McDonough, no other former Dreamwave employees or freelancers were nearly as explicit on the issue. Artist Don Figueroa only stated that Dreamwave was "getting really behind with the check" and pointed out that he "was also assured everything was cool" when he met Pat Lee in person only a month prior to the closing of Dreamwave.<ref name="dontrans"/> The latter complaint was also repeated by writer [[Simon Furman]].<ref name="furmtrans">https://web.archive.org/web/20120303025903/http://transfans.co.uk/interviews_furman3.php Interview with Simon Furman at TransFans.co.uk]</ref> Likewise, artist [[Guido Guidi]] merely accused Dreamwave of a lack of "[g]ood communication", and even revealed an ambivalent attitude towards Pat Lee and his brother Roger.<ref name="guidtrans"/> Artist James Raiz, meanwhile, claimed that he was "one of the very few who came out of Dreamwave with all [his] money".<ref name="raiztrans">[https://web.archive.org/web/20090916001311/http://transfans.co.uk/interviews_raiz.php Interview with James Raiz at TransFans.co.uk]</ref>

Prior to declaring bankruptcy, Pat and his brother Roger had spent four months secretly transferring most of Dreamwave's assets to a new company named Dream Engine, whose website domain was registered to Roger's name.<ref name="litgdreame">[http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=14844 Lying in the Gutters discovering the existence of Dream Engine]</ref> In addition, it would turn out that Lee had made sure to transfer ownership of his formerly company-owned Porsche to himself before giving up Dreamwave,<ref name="porsche">[http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=14968 Lying in the Gutters reporting on the Pat Lee Porsche story]</ref> and had spent half a million Canadian dollars on a new luxury apartment even before the Dreamwave bankruptcy.<ref name="apartment">[http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&col=1&old=1&column=litg&article=2203 Lying in the Gutters reporting on Pat Lee's new apartment]</ref> The overall amount of Dreamwave's debt was far over a million dollars.<ref name="litgmillion">[http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=14886 Lying in the Gutters' list of Dreamwave's creditors]</ref>

A former Dreamwave employee later suggested that Pat and Roger had known about the looming demise of Dreamwave a full year before declaring bankruptcy, but instead of coming clean to their employees, they named their parents secured creditors and then kept the company going for another year, because Canadian law required people to be named secured creditors for at least a year before bankruptcy in order to be given priority over other creditors (this is meant to prevent someone being given secured creditor status a week before bankruptcy and then getting away with all the company's money). Teddy and Anne Lee were granted $141,000 for alleged "furniture lease", even though they were financially supported by their sons for most of their adult lives.<ref name="parents">[http://web.archive.org/web/20121025181935/http://www.bleedingcool.com/forums/comic-book-forum/17163-pat-lee-starts-interview-tour-forgiveness-5.html#post83125 Allegations by a former Dreamwave employee (Archived)], May 2010</ref>

In addition, Guido Guidi and Don Figueroa later confirmed that they were additionally charged by FedEx for having shipped artwork to Dreamwave prior to the company's closure.<ref name="fedex">[http://web.archive.org/web/20050507073425/http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/thread73039.html Archived TFW2005 thread with Guido Guidi and Don Figueroa confirming the FedEx story]</ref>

Pat Lee himself gave several interviews following the closing of Dreamwave, presenting himself as a victim of circumstance while completely dodging the issue of unpaid creators and the existence of Dream Engine.<ref name="patwiz">[http://web.archive.org/web/20061120012852/http://www.wizarduniverse.com/magazine/wizard/000230624.cfm Archived Wizard interview with Pat Lee]</ref><ref name="patnram">[http://web.archive.org/web/20100516222500/http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=39738 Newsarama interview with Pat Lee] (archive copy)</ref><ref name="jazma">[http://web.archive.org/web/20080120005126/http://www.jazmaonline.com/interviews/interviews2.asp?intID=318 Jazma Online interview with Pat Lee, April 2006] (archive copy)</ref>

While working with Dream Engine, Pat Lee spent a significant amount of the company's funds on the campaign of his girlfriend {{w|Aimee Chan}}, who would eventually win the title of Miss Hong Kong in 2006. This ultimately resulted in Pat being asked by Dream Engine and his brother Roger to leave the company.<ref>[http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=15349 Lying in the Gutters reporting on Pat Lee's involvement with Aimee Chan]</ref> In the fall of 2007, Aimee Chan changed her status on her alivenotdead social networking page<ref>http://www.alivenotdead.com/aimeechan/details.html</ref> to "single". Oops!

Following that, he was listed as the "director" of a Hong Kong-based company named DeepSky Pictures. The company apparently no longer exists, and it's unclear if it ever actually produced anything. Likewise, the companies Triple Eye Productions and Secret Lab Ltd. he had reportedly founded don't exactly have a high-profile output either, and it's difficult to find out whether they are even in business anymore.

In December 2010, Pat Lee ''finally'' agreed to give an interview to Rich Johnston, one of his most outspoken critics. While Johnston asked a lot of hard-hitting questions, often referring to personal conversations he had with people like Simon Furman and Alex Milne, Lee gave very half-hearted non-answers, claimed not to remember certain details or avoided answering questions entirely. Lee did announce he had started a "Creative Refund Movement" project to pay former Dreamwave artists.<ref name="interviewrich">[http://www.bleedingcool.com/2010/12/20/pat-lee-talks-to-bleeding-cool-via-a-dabel-brother/ Rich Johnston interviewing Pat Lee] at Bleeding Cool Comics, December 2010</ref> As of twelve years later, no artist has confirmed any kind of repayment, and one artist confirmed they received nothing within the first two years of its announcement.<ref>[http://callmepo.deviantart.com/journal/Hello-karma-you-out-there-345770376 Entry on Ferd Poblete's DeviantArt]</ref>

In 2018, he (allegedly) designed rather scary-looking half-dissected "{{W|Looney Tunes}} Get Animated" vinyl figures of {{W|Bugs Bunny}} and {{W|Tweety}} for Soap Studio and Sideshow. While not necessarily ''morally'' questionable, these things are the stuff of ''nightmares''.<ref name="bugs">[https://toysrevil.blogspot.com/2018/09/get-animated-tweety-bugs-bunny-by-pat.html 'Get Animated' Tweety & Bugs Bunny by Pat Lee x ToyQube for Sept 20th Release"] at TOYSREVIL, September 2018.</ref> In 2021, he got involved in the ''totally not scammy'' field of {{W|Non-fungible_token|NFT}}s.<ref name="nft">[https://bitcoinist.com/nft-game-god-temple-launches-token-sale-play-to-earn-model/ "NFT Game God Temple Launches Token Sale & Play-to-earn Model"] at Bitcoinist.com, July 2021.</ref> Official press releases continued to praise him as "one of the most famous artists in the North American comics industry" and a "celebrity artist."

===Failure to give proper credit===
During the Dreamwave days, several artists confirmed that Pat Lee had only been drawing the robot characters, leaving the backgrounds entirely to (credited) assistants such as [[Edwin Garcia]]. However, comic book journalist Rich Johnston reported rumors that [[Sigmund Torre]] had been ghosting for Pat, who was too busy with promotion and signing tours, as early as July 2002, when [[Prime Directive|''Generation 1'' vol. 1]] was still in production.<ref name="litgtfspec"/>

Another Dreamwave artist named [[Nick Kilislian]], who is credited for doing the "breakdowns" for Dreamwave's ''[[Transformers/G.I. Joe: Divided Front]]'' [[Targets of Opportunity|issue 1]], allegedly also ghosted for Pat on the ''X-Men/Fantastic Four'' limited series Dreamwave did for [[Marvel Comics|Marvel]] at the same time.<ref name="litgghostmost">[http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=14767 Lying in the Gutters reporting on the rumor of Nick Kilislian ghosting for Pat], September 2004.</ref>

In 2007, it turned out that Lee's personal involvement in his girlfriend's beauty pageant campaign had resulted in him being unable to meet deadlines for issues of Top Cow's ''Cyberforce'' series. As a consequence, Pat had asked [[Alex Milne]] to draw those issues in his stead. After a few issues, what little credit was initially given to Milne was dropped entirely, with Pat submitting the artwork under his own name instead, paying Milne merely a fragment of the money Top Cow was paying him.<ref name="litgmilne1">[http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=15355 Lying in the Gutters reporting on Alex Milne ghosting for Pat Lee]</ref> In addition, Lee later asked Milne to draw artwork for DC's ''Superman/Batman'' #34 as well, again giving his underpaid ghost artist no credit.<ref name="litgmilne2">[http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=15547 Lying in the Gutters reporting on Alex Milne ghosting for Pat Lee even more]</ref> Eventually, Top Cow found out, resulting in Pat Lee not paying Milne ''at all'' for over 20 pages of artwork.<ref name="deviantmilne">[http://hombreimaginario.deviantart.com/art/Interviews-06-Alex-Milne-64254823 Interview with Alex Milne on DeviantArt]</ref>

In late 2008, former Dreamwave editor [[Matt Moylan]] confirmed that the Silver Snail exclusive variant cover for Dreamwave's [[Transformers: Generation 1 (Dreamwave)|''Generation One'' (ongoing)]] [[Night of the Combaticons|issue 1]] that had been credited to Pat Lee had actually been drawn by a ghost artist as well.<ref name="g1ghost">[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-general-discussion/190059-pat-lees-mushy-art-5.html#post2407689 Matt Moylan confirming that the Silver Snail exclusive G1 vol. 3 #1 cover had been drawn by a ghost artist too.]</ref> In early 2012, Moylan became more specific, now confirming that the cover had been drawn by [[Rob Ruffolo]]. In addition, he confirmed that an [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] lithograph had been drawn by [[Rob Armstrong]] but credited to Pat Lee, the [[Transformers: War Within: The Dark Ages|''War Within'' vol. 2]] [[Fragmentation (G1)|issue 1]] incentive cover had been drawn by Rob Ruffolo as well, and the ''Generation 1'' vol. 3 issue 1 retailer incentive cover had been started by Pat Lee but finished by Rob Ruffolo because Lee was suffering from appendicitis at the time.<ref name="artistdisguise">[https://web.archive.org/web/20120828054042/http://www.lilformers.com/blog/page/4/ "DREAMSLAVES #2: Artists in Disguise"] by Matt Moylan.</ref>

Lee's official artist bio has included the ''blatant lie'' that he "created the original North American series of Transformers comics" since at least 2018.<ref name="bugs"/><ref name="nft"/>

===Attempts at cover-up===
In March and April 2008, a newly registered Wikipedia user repeatedly tried to remove any reference to the controversies surrounding Pat Lee in his own article, instead replacing them with more PR-friendly resume details.<ref>{{w|Special:Contributions/Hyrocomics|Contributions by Wikipedia user "Hyrocomics"}}</ref><ref>{{w|Special:Contributions/219.78.200.95|Contributions by IP 209.70.200.95}}</ref> (The critical content in the Wikipedia article ''was'' later purged for other reasons, but not reverted to the blatant self-advertising Pat's own version was.)

==Notes==
* Before the launch of Dreamwave's ''Transformers'' comic books, Pat expressed a certain level of ignorance with regard to the brand's history. For example, he claimed that, in retrospect, the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|Transformers cartoon]] was so amazing that it was only a matter of time before the [[The Transformers (toyline)|toys]] were made.<ref name="animefringe">[http://www.animefringe.com/magazine/01.03/feature/2/index.php3 Interview with animefringe.com]</ref> In the same interview, he also admitted liking [[The Transformers (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]], whom he considers a "wicked character", regretting that he "died" in the [[The Transformers: The Movie|movie]].<ref name="animefringe"/>
[[Image:FuNaNa.jpg|right|216px|thumb|Those fancy Japanese characters look AWESOME. Too bad I can't read them.]]
* Fans discovered an old personal website Pat had set up prior to the big breakthrough with Dreamwave.<ref name="infrarred">[http://www.angelfire.com/pa/infrarred/ Infrarred] {{sic}} Pat Lee's Angelfire homepage</ref> In retrospect, many of the quotes and graphics featured on the site would prove to be either hilariously ironic or frighteningly prophetic, such as a promotional image depicting Pat, his brother Roger and then-Dreamwave exec Alvin Lee walking away from a nuclear explosion (see [[:Image:Dreamwave.jpg|Image:Dreamwave.jpg]]); or a header graphic that features his name, "Patrick Lee", replaced by random Katakana characters (ミチヤメノテヒフナナ), which read "''Michiyamenotehi Funana''". Soon, this would become his new nickname among fans, used exclusively in a mocking manner. The cause for this is almost certainly a character-replacement Katakana font (WordPerfect TrueType Japanese to be exact), as used by someone who has no damn clue how Katakana works, never mind an ability to read it. The correct katakana would be パトリック・リー (''Patorikku Rī'').
* After the launch of Dream Engine, Lee's resume at the company's website claimed that he was responsible for relaunching "X-Men, Batman and more", thereby implying that those franchises had long lingered in a near-dead state until Superstar Funana blessed them with his divine reanimating powers.<ref>Pat's resume at the now defunct Dreamengine website.</ref>
* Comic book gossip journalist Rich Johnston, who has done a fair share of coverage on the subject of Pat Lee, has made use of the fact that the URL Deepskypictures.com was a dead link (since the "company" Pat briefly served for as a "director" is now apparently defunct), but still linked to on several of Pat's social networking pages... by purchasing the URL and redirecting it to his coverage of Pat's past and involvement with Dynamite Entertainment at Bleeding Cool Comics for a while.<ref name="badman">[http://www.bleedingcool.com/2010/06/05/punking-pat-lee/ Bleeding Cool Comics]</ref>
* One of the self-applied nicknames of Pat Lee is "the Transman", to indicate a deep love of the ''Transformers'' franchise. Apparently he was not aware that the term "trans man" is actually used by transgender people who identify as male.<ref>{{w|Trans_man|The Wikipedia page on "Trans man"}}</ref>
* Pat Lee once set a hill on fire.<ref name="infrarred"/>
* All of the above is ''absolutely true''. We're not kidding.
*This very article was cited by Valent Wang as the reason why he ultimately ended up starting his toy company, the Mecha Workshop, together with Don Figueroa, despite having initially approached Pat Lee about a partnership instead. Looking up his name led him to TFWiki, where he not only learned more about Lee's business practices, but also found out about Don, leading to a (hopefully) more promising partnership.<ref name="arma">[http://www.poeghostal.com/2013/04/interview-valent-wang-and-don-figueroa-on-armarauders.html Interview with Valent Wang and Don Figueroa on ARMARAUDERS] at Poe Ghostal's Points of Articulation.</ref>

==Memorable quotes by and about Pat Lee==
{{bigquote|It is a mistake to suppose that men succeed through success; they much oftener succeed through failures.|Pat Lee must be the most successful man on the planet!<ref name="jazma" />}}

{{bigquote|If he ever wants out of comics, Pat Lee's got a heck of a career as an auto mechanic.|''Wizard Magazine''<ref>Verbatim quote from a <s>[http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v472/dailyraider/patlee.jpg butt-kissing advert]</s> article published in an issue of ''Wizard Magazine''.</ref>}}

{{bigquote|I remember working with Pat Lee and how kind of disappointed I was to find how little of the art was actually him. He gave me an original art page of Armada, and there’s so little art on it!|Simon Furman<ref>Talking about memorable experiences, "[http://forum.idwpublishing.com/viewtopic.php?p=42871#42871 Simon Furman Q&A Volume 2 LIVE!]"</ref>}}

{{bigquote|If Pat had been some faceless bureaucrat it maybe wouldn’t now seem such an acute betrayal, but he looked me square in the eye and said everything’s hunky-dory. That’s what still, even now, burns.|Simon Furman<ref>Online interview talking about the collapse of Dreamwave</ref>}}

{{bigquote|Probably the richest guy I know.|Don Figueroa <ref>Word Association with the name "Pat Lee" from an [https://web.archive.org/web/20090916000843/http://transfans.co.uk:80/interviews_figueroa.php interview] with TransFans.co.uk</ref>}}

{{bigquote|A guy that really knows how to pitch himself.|Guido Guidi<ref>Word Association with the name "Pat Lee" from an [https://web.archive.org/web/20090916000926/http://transfans.co.uk/interviews_guido.php interview] with TransFans.co.uk</ref>}}

{{bigquote|Cars are expensive.|Guido Guidi<ref>Word Association with the name "Dreamwave" from an [https://web.archive.org/web/20090916000926/http://transfans.co.uk/interviews_guido.php interview] with TransFans.co.uk</ref>}}

{{bigquote|Can we get our money?|Adam Patyk<ref>Patyk's response to the question "If you could talk to Pat directly right now, what would you ask of him?" in an [http://web.archive.org/web/20090329225039/http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=39073 interview] with Newsarama (archive copy).</ref>}}

{{bigquote|Some of the shapes and lines are a little misshapen. When you draw your lines, sketch them out in layout mode, and try to get as accurate as possible before making any final lines.|Pat Lee, not practicing what he preaches.<ref>[http://s104.photobucket.com/user/PatLeeProductions/media/page3.jpg.html Quote from Pat Lee's "How to draw Mecha" article from Wizard #118, July 2001.]</ref>}}

{{bigquote|To anyone who wants to break into comics- learn to love drawing backgrounds and study technical work, never have an ego, and treat your fans with respect!|Pat Lee, still not practicing what he preaches.<ref>[http://asylums.insanejournal.com/scans_daily/796425.html#cutid1 Parting words from Pat Lee in "Extreme Scenes" from Extreme Comics.]</ref>}}

{{bigquote|Please don't believe anything that comes out of this man's mouth. I did, and look where it got me!|Simon Furman in 2010 <ref>[http://www.bleedingcool.com/forums/comic-book-forum/32106-pat-lee-talks-bleeding-cool-via-dabel-brother-3.html#post144857 Furman post at Bleeding Cool, 22 December 2010]</ref>}}

==See also==
* [[Dull surprise]]

==External links==
* [http://www.angelfire.com/pa/infrarred/infrarred2.html Infrarred]
* [http://www.myspace.com/patleeart PatLeeArt] at MySpace
* [http://www.alivenotdead.com/patlee Pat Lee's alivenotdead profile blog site]
* [http://patleeart.deviantart.com/ Pat Lee's deviantART page.]
* [http://www.youtube.com/user/PatLeeArt Pat Lee's Youtube account]
* [http://twitter.com/patleeart Pat Lee's Twitter feed]
* [https://www.resonanceartistry.com/ RESONANCE “Art of Vibrations”]

==References==
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Pat Lee

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[[Image:Patlee.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Strength and Honor.<ref>[http://patleeart.deviantart.com/ PatLeeArt] at deviantART</ref>]]
'''Patrick "Pat" Lee''' (李志健 ''Lee Chi-Kin''<ref>https://ol.mingpao.com/ldy/cultureleisure/culture/20231201/1701365038545</ref>) is a Canadian artist. He was the president of [[Dreamwave Productions]] and (allegedly) drew some of their ''Transformers'' comics, until most of his employees noticed he wasn't paying them. Subsequently, he was also the president of Dream Engine until all its employees noticed he wasn't paying them either. After that, he founded his own company, Pat Lee Productions, and either worked for or headed a variety of Hong Kong-based companies, which all appear to have gone out of business since. He also (allegedly) continues doing comic work for increasingly obscure publishers that have no shame.

:''Known titles, aliases and nicknames:'' '''Mr. Mecha''',<ref name="wizardbig80s">[http://www.tfbrasil.net/curiosidades_Wizard5.jpg "Big 80s" feature from issue 111 of ''Wizard Magazine''], October 2000</ref> '''Paticus''',<ref name="litgtfspec">[http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=14153 Lying in the Gutters ''Transformers'' Special], July 2002</ref> "'''Transman'''",<ref name="transman">[http://toynewsi.com/news.php?catid=102&itemid=1490 Dreamwave press release]</ref> '''Superstar Artist''',<ref name="creators">[http://old.brokenfrontier.com/headlines/p/detail/dreamwave-adds-transformers-creators The infamous "Dreamwave adds Transformers' creators" press release]</ref> '''Mr. Talented'''<ref name="talented">[http://www.alivenotdead.com/rosannewong/A+MASTER+IN+DISGUISE-ANDREW+LIN+vs+PAT+LEE-MR.+TALENTED+(round+2-2)-profile-113669.html Rosanne Wong about Pat Lee painting a mural on her apartment wall]</ref>

{{bigquote|Over my dead body.|[[Simon Furman]] on if Pat Lee will do work for [[IDW Publishing|IDW]]|[[BotCon 2008]]}}

==History==
===Before the Transformers===
[[Image:Dreamwave.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Chillingly prophetic.]]
Pat Lee was born in Montreal on [[June 28]], [[1975]],<ref name="bio">[http://www.angelfire.com/pa/infrarred/infrarred2.html Pat Lee's own biography on his old Angelfire website]</ref> and raised in Toronto. At the age of 16 (or 17),<ref name="patwizarddraw">[http://www.alivenotdead.com/patlee/How-to-draw-Transformers-Wizard-Magazine-profile-678562.html Pat Lee using an old Wizard article about himself as a reason to ponder about he got into the comic book industry]</ref> right after graduating from high school, Lee was eager to find a job as a "proffesional"{{sic}} in the comic book industry,<ref name="patwizarddraw"/> sending over 150 pages of sample artworks to [[Marvel Comics|Marvel]] and [[DC Comics|DC]]. Unfortunately for Lee, both publishers realized what a shoddy artist he was. Unfortunately for the rest of the world, however, Lee eventually managed to catch the attention of infamous [[Image Comics]] co-founder [[Rob Liefeld]] at a Toronto convention in 1994, who would hire Lee (now aged 19) to work as a penciller on various titles for Liefeld's Image studio {{w|Awesome Comics|Extreme Studios}}. After that, Pat Lee would also work for [[Jim Lee]]'s Image studio {{w|Wildstorm Productions}}, as well as accepting work-for-hire assignments from Marvel (who had now apparently changed their mind regarding his artwork).

In 1996, Pat and his brother [[Roger Lee|Roger]] decided to start their own studio within Image Comics, [[Dreamwave Productions]], with Pat acting as the company's president. With Dreamwave, Lee would continue accepting contractual work for other publishers (such as the four-issue limited series ''Wolverine/Punisher: Revelation'' for Marvel), but also started to publish his own <s>blatantly plagiarized</s> originally created titles such as ''{{w|Ghost in the Shell|Darkminds}}'' and ''{{w|Record of Lodoss War|Warlands}}''. Collaborations with various magazines and advertising campaigns helped to further advance Dreamwave's reputation. Initially, the "hook" for Dreamwave's financial success was Pat's drawing style, which many readers viewed as "manga-like" (although readers of actual manga had a different opinion on this matter).

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===Transformers by Dreamwave===
[[Image:Big80sWizard.jpg|right|150px|thumb|His art only went downhill from here.]]In 2000, Pat and Dreamwave submitted a contribution for a feature named "Big 80s" that was published in issue #111 of ''Wizard: The Comics Magazine'', depicting Pat's own take on one of his favorite properties from his childhood days, the ''Transformers''. Proving to be a huge hit among fans, [[Hasbro]] would consider the general art style a benchmark when they were offering the license for a new ''Transformers'' comic a year later.<ref name="litgtfspec"/> Unsurprisingly, it was Dreamwave themselves who finally acquired said license, commemorating this as a turning point in the history of their company by officially cutting all ties with Image and becoming an independent publisher on their own.

[[Image:Fallenpatlee.jpg|left|150px|thumb|Why do Pat Lee's Transformers look like they're about to take a poop?]]
In addition to providing the art for various adverts, [[posters]] and covers, Pat would draw the first two ''Generation 1'' limited series, [[Prime Directive|Vol. 1]] (aka "Prime Directive") and [[War and Peace|Vol. 2: War and Peace]]. Subsequently, he would concentrate on controlling Dreamwave as its president and spend more time on his biggest hobby, fast cars, assigning art jobs to other artists (many of them hired directly out of the fandom) instead. Lee's only other major contribution in terms of art would ultimately be some of the character profiles published in the eight-issue [[Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More than Meets the Eye]] limited series.

Despite having dominated Diamond's sales charts for several subsequent months with the ''Transformers'', Dreamwave eventually ended up in dire financial circumstances. Coinciding with rumors of unpaid freelancers, Pat Lee started to accept contractual work for Marvel and DC again, such as issues of ''House of M'' or ''[[Superman]]/[[Batman]]''. Dreamwave eventually declared bankruptcy on January 4, 2005, blaming the weak United States Dollar and other scapegoats for the company's failure.<ref>[http://www.tformers.com/article.php?sid=4053 Dreamwave's final press release]</ref>

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===After Dreamwave===
With Dream Engine, Lee would work on various projects such as an ''[[X-Men]]/[[Fantastic Four]]'' crossover for Marvel, issues for the ''Batman/Superman'' series for DC and a relaunch of ''{{w|Cyberforce}}'' for {{w|Top Cow Productions|Top Cow}}, another Image studio.

Eventually, Pat Lee parted ways with Dream Engine again and started his new enterprise, Pat Lee Productions.<ref name="plp">[http://www.patleeproductions.com/ Pat Lee Productions website, no longer functioning]</ref> He was also listed as the "director" of a Hong Kong-based company named DeepSky Pictures, and alongside his brother Roger, he headed a company named Triple Eye Productions, both of which are no longer in business. Pat Lee is currently residing in Hong Kong, where he acts as one of the heads of an IP development company named Secret Lab, Ltd., which at this time holds the questionable record of being the Pat Lee-run company to remain in business for the longest period of time.<ref name="linkedin">[https://hk.linkedin.com/in/patleeart Pat Lee's Linkedin profile].</ref>

In 2011, Pat Lee was connected as a designer on ''Train Heroes'', a cartoon produced by TV Tokyo and China-based Carloon Animation.<ref>[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2011-01-28/tv-tokyo-pat-lee-china-carloon-make-train-hero-show TV Tokyo, Pat Lee, China's Carloon Make Train Hero Show]</ref> It later turned out that the show had similarities with the earlier anime ''[[w:Hikarian|Chō Tokkyū Hikarian]]'', both featuring trains that turned into super-deformed robots.<ref>[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2011-07-17/chinese-show-similarities-with-hikarian-anime-identified Chinese Show's Similarities With Hikarian Anime Identified]</ref>
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===Return to official ''Transformers'' work===
In mid-2008, three and a half years since the collapse of Dreamwave, Lee was commissioned to do a series of illustrations for Hasbro Hong Kong to use for promotional purposes as part of their appearance at Ani-Con 2008.<ref>[http://www.alivenotdead.com/patlee/Transform+and+ROLL+OUT--profile-225643.html Pat Lee showcases his illustrations for Hasbro on his blog.]</ref> Let's hope that art stays in Hong Kong.

In spite of the [[Transformers (film)|movie]] having been out for about a year, he couldn't even be bothered to look up recent art and stills and drew [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] with his unused concept art head.

==Published Transformers works with Pat Lee credit==
===Comics===
[[Image:OptimusPrimeWarAndPeacePreview.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|Now try to imagine what the truck mode looks like.]]
* ''[[Prime Directive|Transformers: Generation 1 (vol. 1)]]'': [[Prime Directive Preview|Preview]], [[Prime Directive issue 1|#1]], [[Prime Directive issue 2|#2]], [[Prime Directive issue 3|#3]], [[Prime Directive issue 4|#4]], [[Prime Directive issue 5|#5]], [[Prime Directive issue 6|#6]]
* ''[[War and Peace|Transformers: Generation 1 vol. 2: War and Peace]]'': [[Transformers Volume 2 Preview|Preview]], [[New World Order|#1]], [[Brothers' Burden|#2]], [[Cold War (issue)|#3]], [[Passive Aggression|#4]], [[Countdown to Extinction (issue)|#5]], [[Revelation (War and Peace)|#6]]
* ''[[Transformers: More than Meets the Eye]]'' #1, #3, #6 (assorted profiles)
* ''[[Transformers: Armada (Dreamwave)|Transformers: Armada]]'': [[Dreamwave Armada issue 6|#6]], [[Dreamwave Armada issue 7|#7]]
* ''[[More than Meets the Eye: Transformers: Armada|Transformers Armada: More Than Meets The Eye]]'': #1, #2, #3 (assorted profiles)
* ''20th Anniversary Transformers Summer Special'': Individual story "[[Welcome to the Jungle]]"
* assorted covers for nearly all the Dreamwave Transformers series
* ''[[Transformers: Matrix Quest]]'' (Titan Books, hardcover) cover image
* ''[[Transformers/G.I. Joe: Divided Front]]'': [[Targets of Opportunity|#1]]

{{note|With the revelation of [[Alex Milne]] ghosting for Pat Lee on Top Cow's ''Cyberforce'', artist [[Edwin Garcia]] being credited for "backgrounds" on the ''Generation 1'' titles, [[Sigmund Torre]] being rumored to have ghosted on parts of the first ''Generation 1'' volume, [[Nick Kilislian]] being credited for "breakdowns" for ''Divided Front'' #1, and several of his covers actually being done by ghost artists, it's uncertain how much of the art credited to Pat Lee has actually been his work at all.

Various artworks originally created by Lee for the covers of the first ''Generation 1'' limited series were also used by both [[Hasbro]] and [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] for their "[[The Transformers: Generation One Commemorative Series|Generation One Commemorative Series]]" and "[[The Transformers Collection]]" series of reissues. Following the demise of Dreamwave, Hasbro would also continue to use cover artwork drawn by Lee for promotional images and various pieces of merchandise, such as a ''[[Monopoly|Transformers Monopoly]]'' board game. The reason for this is simply because the art has already been paid for, and is therefore cheaper to use for Hasbro than newly solicited artwork.}}
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===Packaging art===
====Alternators====
* [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]]
* [[Sideswipe (G1)|Side Swipe]]

{{note|The packaging artwork for [[Transformers: Alternators|Alternators]] Smokescreen was also used for the profile card of Takara's ''Binaltech'' counterpart.}}
====Commemorative Series====
* Series III [[Jazz (G1)/toys|Autobot Jazz]]
* Series IV [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]]
* Series IV [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]]
* Series V [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]]
* Series V [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]]
* Series VI [[Grapple (G1)|Autobot Grapple]]
* Series VII [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]]
* Series VII [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]]
* Series VIII [[Sideswipe (G1)|Side Swipe]]

{{note|The artwork for Hoist, Inferno, Grapple, Rodimus Prime and Dirge was done specifically for these reissues; the rest was recycled from covers of Dreamwave's first ''Generation 1'' limited series.}}

====The Transformers Collection====
* No.0 [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys|Convoy]] (Optimus Prime)
* No.1 Meister (Jazz)
* No.2 Prowl
* No.6 [[Megatron (G1)/toys|Megatron]]
* No.7 Lambor (Sideswipe)
* No.10 [[Soundwave (G1)/toys|Soundwave]]
* No.12 [[Mini Vehicle|Minibot Team]]
* No.16 [[Insecticon (G1)|Insectrons]] (Insecticons)

{{note|None of these artworks were created specifically for these reissues, but were instead recycled from old promotional posters or covers of Dreamwave's first ''Generation 1'' limited series.}}

===Other===
* Hasbro Hong Kong Ani-Con 2008 [[Transformers (2007 toyline)|Movie]] Commemorative boxset certificate

==Criticism and controversy==
===Art style===
[[Image:Patleehowtodrawoptimus.jpg|left|250px|thumb|1) Draw a circle. 2) Draw Optimus Prime. 3) Give him scraplets. 4) Give him leprosy.]]
Pat Lee's artwork has often been the target of criticism among fans. While he was initially praised by many fans for his "manga-like" drawing style (which is heavily inspired by the character designs and visual cues used by [[Studio OX]]), others criticized his tendency for exaggerated proportions, emphasis on rounded robot body parts, making the characters look "inflated" and marshmallow-like, hands reaching out to the reader [https://shortpacked.com/comic/detail "as if you just stole his purse"], a general lack of sequential storytelling skills and the overall look of his human characters (see "[[dull surprise]]" for more on ''that''). Even his critics often admitted that his work for covers and posters was better than his actual comic book interior artwork; however, that would change soon when even his cover artwork saw a severe decline in quality starting with the [[War and Peace|second ''Generation 1'' limited series]]. The introduction of [[Don Figueroa|other]] [[Guido Guidi|artists]] who drew Transformers characters in a similar style, while avoiding many of the problems Lee was criticized for, would further shift the public opinion against Lee's artwork.

[[Image:DWPrimewhatthe.jpg|right|200px|thumb|When you're being compared to [[Rob Liefeld]], maybe it's time to quit.<ref name="leefeld">[https://shortpacked.com/comic/buttons]</ref>]]
Lee's response to that was enforcing an internal "house style" that would force other artists to follow Pat Lee's own style more closely. [[Don Figueroa]] confirmed in an interview having received such requests from Dreamwave art director [[Rob Ruffolo]], a guideline which Figueroa declined.<ref name="dontrans">[https://web.archive.org/web/20090916000843/http://transfans.co.uk:80/interviews_figueroa.php Interview with Don Figueroa at TransFans.co.uk]</ref> Fellow artist [[Guido Guidi]] confirmed having received similar requests.<ref name="guidtrans">[https://web.archive.org/web/20090916000926/http://transfans.co.uk/interviews_guido.php Interview with Guido Guidi at TransFans.co.uk]</ref> Ruffolo himself also later confirmed the existence of an internal "house style", without specifically referring to Lee.<ref name="ruftrans">[https://web.archive.org/web/20111114125042/http://transfans.co.uk/interviews_ruffolo.php Interview with Rob Ruffolo at TransFans.co.uk]</ref>

Even though many fans preferred other artists over Pat Lee, official Dreamwave press releases and solicitations would often refer to the company's president as a "superstar artist".<ref name="dwadds">[http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/comics-16/dreamwave-adds-transformers-creators-2492/ The infamous "Dreamwave Adds Transformers Creators" press release]</ref>

===Business practices===
The demise of Dreamwave didn't come overnight. The first rumors of freelancers not getting paid date back as far as October 2003.<ref name="litgffreel">[http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=14548 Lying in the Gutters reporting on early rumors of Dreamwave artists not getting paid]</ref> Following the closure of Dreamwave, former freelance writers [[Adam Patyk]] and [[James McDonough]] reiterated their claims that Dreamwave (not explicitly referring to Lee himself) had stopped paying them even before declaring bankruptcy. They had then filed a lawsuit against their former employer, and when that became public, they had allegedly also heard from other Dreamwave employees and freelancers who were supposedly also complaining about not being paid anymore.<ref name="pmdnram">[http://web.archive.org/web/20090329225039/http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=39073 Newsarama Interview with writers Adam Patyk and James McDonough] (archive copy)</ref>

Aside from Patyk and McDonough, no other former Dreamwave employees or freelancers were nearly as explicit on the issue. Artist Don Figueroa only stated that Dreamwave was "getting really behind with the check" and pointed out that he "was also assured everything was cool" when he met Pat Lee in person only a month prior to the closing of Dreamwave.<ref name="dontrans"/> The latter complaint was also repeated by writer [[Simon Furman]].<ref name="furmtrans">https://web.archive.org/web/20120303025903/http://transfans.co.uk/interviews_furman3.php Interview with Simon Furman at TransFans.co.uk]</ref> Likewise, artist [[Guido Guidi]] merely accused Dreamwave of a lack of "[g]ood communication", and even revealed an ambivalent attitude towards Pat Lee and his brother Roger.<ref name="guidtrans"/> Artist James Raiz, meanwhile, claimed that he was "one of the very few who came out of Dreamwave with all [his] money".<ref name="raiztrans">[https://web.archive.org/web/20090916001311/http://transfans.co.uk/interviews_raiz.php Interview with James Raiz at TransFans.co.uk]</ref>

Prior to declaring bankruptcy, Pat and his brother Roger had spent four months secretly transferring most of Dreamwave's assets to a new company named Dream Engine, whose website domain was registered to Roger's name.<ref name="litgdreame">[http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=14844 Lying in the Gutters discovering the existence of Dream Engine]</ref> In addition, it would turn out that Lee had made sure to transfer ownership of his formerly company-owned Porsche to himself before giving up Dreamwave,<ref name="porsche">[http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=14968 Lying in the Gutters reporting on the Pat Lee Porsche story]</ref> and had spent half a million Canadian dollars on a new luxury apartment even before the Dreamwave bankruptcy.<ref name="apartment">[http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&col=1&old=1&column=litg&article=2203 Lying in the Gutters reporting on Pat Lee's new apartment]</ref> The overall amount of Dreamwave's debt was far over a million dollars.<ref name="litgmillion">[http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=14886 Lying in the Gutters' list of Dreamwave's creditors]</ref>

A former Dreamwave employee later suggested that Pat and Roger had known about the looming demise of Dreamwave a full year before declaring bankruptcy, but instead of coming clean to their employees, they named their parents secured creditors and then kept the company going for another year, because Canadian law required people to be named secured creditors for at least a year before bankruptcy in order to be given priority over other creditors (this is meant to prevent someone being given secured creditor status a week before bankruptcy and then getting away with all the company's money). Teddy and Anne Lee were granted $141,000 for alleged "furniture lease", even though they were financially supported by their sons for most of their adult lives.<ref name="parents">[http://web.archive.org/web/20121025181935/http://www.bleedingcool.com/forums/comic-book-forum/17163-pat-lee-starts-interview-tour-forgiveness-5.html#post83125 Allegations by a former Dreamwave employee (Archived)], May 2010</ref>

In addition, Guido Guidi and Don Figueroa later confirmed that they were additionally charged by FedEx for having shipped artwork to Dreamwave prior to the company's closure.<ref name="fedex">[http://web.archive.org/web/20050507073425/http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/thread73039.html Archived TFW2005 thread with Guido Guidi and Don Figueroa confirming the FedEx story]</ref>

Pat Lee himself gave several interviews following the closing of Dreamwave, presenting himself as a victim of circumstance while completely dodging the issue of unpaid creators and the existence of Dream Engine.<ref name="patwiz">[http://web.archive.org/web/20061120012852/http://www.wizarduniverse.com/magazine/wizard/000230624.cfm Archived Wizard interview with Pat Lee]</ref><ref name="patnram">[http://web.archive.org/web/20100516222500/http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=39738 Newsarama interview with Pat Lee] (archive copy)</ref><ref name="jazma">[http://web.archive.org/web/20080120005126/http://www.jazmaonline.com/interviews/interviews2.asp?intID=318 Jazma Online interview with Pat Lee, April 2006] (archive copy)</ref>

While working with Dream Engine, Pat Lee spent a significant amount of the company's funds on the campaign of his girlfriend {{w|Aimee Chan}}, who would eventually win the title of Miss Hong Kong in 2006. This ultimately resulted in Pat being asked by Dream Engine and his brother Roger to leave the company.<ref>[http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=15349 Lying in the Gutters reporting on Pat Lee's involvement with Aimee Chan]</ref> In the fall of 2007, Aimee Chan changed her status on her alivenotdead social networking page<ref>http://www.alivenotdead.com/aimeechan/details.html</ref> to "single". Oops!

Following that, he was listed as the "director" of a Hong Kong-based company named DeepSky Pictures. The company apparently no longer exists, and it's unclear if it ever actually produced anything. Likewise, the companies Triple Eye Productions and Secret Lab Ltd. he had reportedly founded don't exactly have a high-profile output either, and it's difficult to find out whether they are even in business anymore.

In December 2010, Pat Lee ''finally'' agreed to give an interview to Rich Johnston, one of his most outspoken critics. While Johnston asked a lot of hard-hitting questions, often referring to personal conversations he had with people like Simon Furman and Alex Milne, Lee gave very half-hearted non-answers, claimed not to remember certain details or avoided answering questions entirely. Lee did announce he had started a "Creative Refund Movement" project to pay former Dreamwave artists.<ref name="interviewrich">[http://www.bleedingcool.com/2010/12/20/pat-lee-talks-to-bleeding-cool-via-a-dabel-brother/ Rich Johnston interviewing Pat Lee] at Bleeding Cool Comics, December 2010</ref> As of twelve years later, no artist has confirmed any kind of repayment, and one artist confirmed they received nothing within the first two years of its announcement.<ref>[http://callmepo.deviantart.com/journal/Hello-karma-you-out-there-345770376 Entry on Ferd Poblete's DeviantArt]</ref>

In 2018, he (allegedly) designed rather scary-looking half-dissected "{{W|Looney Tunes}} Get Animated" vinyl figures of {{W|Bugs Bunny}} and {{W|Tweety}} for Soap Studio and Sideshow. While not necessarily ''morally'' questionable, these things are the stuff of ''nightmares''.<ref name="bugs">[https://toysrevil.blogspot.com/2018/09/get-animated-tweety-bugs-bunny-by-pat.html 'Get Animated' Tweety & Bugs Bunny by Pat Lee x ToyQube for Sept 20th Release"] at TOYSREVIL, September 2018.</ref> In 2021, he got involved in the ''totally not scammy'' field of {{W|Non-fungible_token|NFT}}s.<ref name="nft">[https://bitcoinist.com/nft-game-god-temple-launches-token-sale-play-to-earn-model/ "NFT Game God Temple Launches Token Sale & Play-to-earn Model"] at Bitcoinist.com, July 2021.</ref> Official press releases continued to praise him as "one of the most famous artists in the North American comics industry" and a "celebrity artist."

===Failure to give proper credit===
During the Dreamwave days, several artists confirmed that Pat Lee had only been drawing the robot characters, leaving the backgrounds entirely to (credited) assistants such as [[Edwin Garcia]]. However, comic book journalist Rich Johnston reported rumors that [[Sigmund Torre]] had been ghosting for Pat, who was too busy with promotion and signing tours, as early as July 2002, when [[Prime Directive|''Generation 1'' vol. 1]] was still in production.<ref name="litgtfspec"/>

Another Dreamwave artist named [[Nick Kilislian]], who is credited for doing the "breakdowns" for Dreamwave's ''[[Transformers/G.I. Joe: Divided Front]]'' [[Targets of Opportunity|issue 1]], allegedly also ghosted for Pat on the ''X-Men/Fantastic Four'' limited series Dreamwave did for [[Marvel Comics|Marvel]] at the same time.<ref name="litgghostmost">[http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=14767 Lying in the Gutters reporting on the rumor of Nick Kilislian ghosting for Pat], September 2004.</ref>

In 2007, it turned out that Lee's personal involvement in his girlfriend's beauty pageant campaign had resulted in him being unable to meet deadlines for issues of Top Cow's ''Cyberforce'' series. As a consequence, Pat had asked [[Alex Milne]] to draw those issues in his stead. After a few issues, what little credit was initially given to Milne was dropped entirely, with Pat submitting the artwork under his own name instead, paying Milne merely a fragment of the money Top Cow was paying him.<ref name="litgmilne1">[http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=15355 Lying in the Gutters reporting on Alex Milne ghosting for Pat Lee]</ref> In addition, Lee later asked Milne to draw artwork for DC's ''Superman/Batman'' #34 as well, again giving his underpaid ghost artist no credit.<ref name="litgmilne2">[http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=15547 Lying in the Gutters reporting on Alex Milne ghosting for Pat Lee even more]</ref> Eventually, Top Cow found out, resulting in Pat Lee not paying Milne ''at all'' for over 20 pages of artwork.<ref name="deviantmilne">[http://hombreimaginario.deviantart.com/art/Interviews-06-Alex-Milne-64254823 Interview with Alex Milne on DeviantArt]</ref>

In late 2008, former Dreamwave editor [[Matt Moylan]] confirmed that the Silver Snail exclusive variant cover for Dreamwave's [[Transformers: Generation 1 (Dreamwave)|''Generation One'' (ongoing)]] [[Night of the Combaticons|issue 1]] that had been credited to Pat Lee had actually been drawn by a ghost artist as well.<ref name="g1ghost">[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-general-discussion/190059-pat-lees-mushy-art-5.html#post2407689 Matt Moylan confirming that the Silver Snail exclusive G1 vol. 3 #1 cover had been drawn by a ghost artist too.]</ref> In early 2012, Moylan became more specific, now confirming that the cover had been drawn by [[Rob Ruffolo]]. In addition, he confirmed that an [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] lithograph had been drawn by [[Rob Armstrong]] but credited to Pat Lee, the [[Transformers: War Within: The Dark Ages|''War Within'' vol. 2]] [[Fragmentation (G1)|issue 1]] incentive cover had been drawn by Rob Ruffolo as well, and the ''Generation 1'' vol. 3 issue 1 retailer incentive cover had been started by Pat Lee but finished by Rob Ruffolo because Lee was suffering from appendicitis at the time.<ref name="artistdisguise">[https://web.archive.org/web/20120828054042/http://www.lilformers.com/blog/page/4/ "DREAMSLAVES #2: Artists in Disguise"] by Matt Moylan.</ref>

Lee's official artist bio has included the ''blatant lie'' that he "created the original North American series of Transformers comics" since at least 2018.<ref name="bugs"/><ref name="nft"/>

===Attempts at cover-up===
In March and April 2008, a newly registered Wikipedia user repeatedly tried to remove any reference to the controversies surrounding Pat Lee in his own article, instead replacing them with more PR-friendly resume details.<ref>{{w|Special:Contributions/Hyrocomics|Contributions by Wikipedia user "Hyrocomics"}}</ref><ref>{{w|Special:Contributions/219.78.200.95|Contributions by IP 209.70.200.95}}</ref> (The critical content in the Wikipedia article ''was'' later purged for other reasons, but not reverted to the blatant self-advertising Pat's own version was.)

==Notes==
* Before the launch of Dreamwave's ''Transformers'' comic books, Pat expressed a certain level of ignorance with regard to the brand's history. For example, he claimed that, in retrospect, the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|Transformers cartoon]] was so amazing that it was only a matter of time before the [[The Transformers (toyline)|toys]] were made.<ref name="animefringe">[http://www.animefringe.com/magazine/01.03/feature/2/index.php3 Interview with animefringe.com]</ref> In the same interview, he also admitted liking [[The Transformers (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]], whom he considers a "wicked character", regretting that he "died" in the [[The Transformers: The Movie|movie]].<ref name="animefringe"/>
[[Image:FuNaNa.jpg|right|216px|thumb|Those fancy Japanese characters look AWESOME. Too bad I can't read them.]]
* Fans discovered an old personal website Pat had set up prior to the big breakthrough with Dreamwave.<ref name="infrarred">[http://www.angelfire.com/pa/infrarred/ Infrarred] {{sic}} Pat Lee's Angelfire homepage</ref> In retrospect, many of the quotes and graphics featured on the site would prove to be either hilariously ironic or frighteningly prophetic, such as a promotional image depicting Pat, his brother Roger and then-Dreamwave exec Alvin Lee walking away from a nuclear explosion (see [[:Image:Dreamwave.jpg|Image:Dreamwave.jpg]]); or a header graphic that features his name, "Patrick Lee", replaced by random Katakana characters (ミチヤメノテヒフナナ), which read "''Michiyamenotehi Funana''". Soon, this would become his new nickname among fans, used exclusively in a mocking manner. The cause for this is almost certainly a character-replacement Katakana font (WordPerfect TrueType Japanese to be exact), as used by someone who has no damn clue how Katakana works, never mind an ability to read it. The correct katakana would be パトリック・リー (''Patorikku Rī'').
* After the launch of Dream Engine, Lee's resume at the company's website claimed that he was responsible for relaunching "X-Men, Batman and more", thereby implying that those franchises had long lingered in a near-dead state until Superstar Funana blessed them with his divine reanimating powers.<ref>Pat's resume at the now defunct Dreamengine website.</ref>
* Comic book gossip journalist Rich Johnston, who has done a fair share of coverage on the subject of Pat Lee, has made use of the fact that the URL Deepskypictures.com was a dead link (since the "company" Pat briefly served for as a "director" is now apparently defunct), but still linked to on several of Pat's social networking pages... by purchasing the URL and redirecting it to his coverage of Pat's past and involvement with Dynamite Entertainment at Bleeding Cool Comics for a while.<ref name="badman">[http://www.bleedingcool.com/2010/06/05/punking-pat-lee/ Bleeding Cool Comics]</ref>
* One of the self-applied nicknames of Pat Lee is "the Transman", to indicate a deep love of the ''Transformers'' franchise. Apparently he was not aware that the term "trans man" is actually used by transgender people who identify as male.<ref>{{w|Trans_man|The Wikipedia page on "Trans man"}}</ref>
* Pat Lee once set a hill on fire.<ref name="infrarred"/>
* All of the above is ''absolutely true''. We're not kidding.
*This very article was cited by Valent Wang as the reason why he ultimately ended up starting his toy company, the Mecha Workshop, together with Don Figueroa, despite having initially approached Pat Lee about a partnership instead. Looking up his name led him to TFWiki, where he not only learned more about Lee's business practices, but also found out about Don, leading to a (hopefully) more promising partnership.<ref name="arma">[http://www.poeghostal.com/2013/04/interview-valent-wang-and-don-figueroa-on-armarauders.html Interview with Valent Wang and Don Figueroa on ARMARAUDERS] at Poe Ghostal's Points of Articulation.</ref>

==Memorable quotes by and about Pat Lee==
{{bigquote|It is a mistake to suppose that men succeed through success; they much oftener succeed through failures.|Pat Lee must be the most successful man on the planet!<ref name="jazma" />}}

{{bigquote|If he ever wants out of comics, Pat Lee's got a heck of a career as an auto mechanic.|''Wizard Magazine''<ref>Verbatim quote from a <s>[http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v472/dailyraider/patlee.jpg butt-kissing advert]</s> article published in an issue of ''Wizard Magazine''.</ref>}}

{{bigquote|I remember working with Pat Lee and how kind of disappointed I was to find how little of the art was actually him. He gave me an original art page of Armada, and there’s so little art on it!|Simon Furman<ref>Talking about memorable experiences, "[http://forum.idwpublishing.com/viewtopic.php?p=42871#42871 Simon Furman Q&A Volume 2 LIVE!]"</ref>}}

{{bigquote|If Pat had been some faceless bureaucrat it maybe wouldn’t now seem such an acute betrayal, but he looked me square in the eye and said everything’s hunky-dory. That’s what still, even now, burns.|Simon Furman<ref>Online interview talking about the collapse of Dreamwave</ref>}}

{{bigquote|Probably the richest guy I know.|Don Figueroa <ref>Word Association with the name "Pat Lee" from an [https://web.archive.org/web/20090916000843/http://transfans.co.uk:80/interviews_figueroa.php interview] with TransFans.co.uk</ref>}}

{{bigquote|A guy that really knows how to pitch himself.|Guido Guidi<ref>Word Association with the name "Pat Lee" from an [https://web.archive.org/web/20090916000926/http://transfans.co.uk/interviews_guido.php interview] with TransFans.co.uk</ref>}}

{{bigquote|Cars are expensive.|Guido Guidi<ref>Word Association with the name "Dreamwave" from an [https://web.archive.org/web/20090916000926/http://transfans.co.uk/interviews_guido.php interview] with TransFans.co.uk</ref>}}

{{bigquote|Can we get our money?|Adam Patyk<ref>Patyk's response to the question "If you could talk to Pat directly right now, what would you ask of him?" in an [http://web.archive.org/web/20090329225039/http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=39073 interview] with Newsarama (archive copy).</ref>}}

{{bigquote|Some of the shapes and lines are a little misshapen. When you draw your lines, sketch them out in layout mode, and try to get as accurate as possible before making any final lines.|Pat Lee, not practicing what he preaches.<ref>[http://s104.photobucket.com/user/PatLeeProductions/media/page3.jpg.html Quote from Pat Lee's "How to draw Mecha" article from Wizard #118, July 2001.]</ref>}}

{{bigquote|To anyone who wants to break into comics- learn to love drawing backgrounds and study technical work, never have an ego, and treat your fans with respect!|Pat Lee, still not practicing what he preaches.<ref>[http://asylums.insanejournal.com/scans_daily/796425.html#cutid1 Parting words from Pat Lee in "Extreme Scenes" from Extreme Comics.]</ref>}}

{{bigquote|Please don't believe anything that comes out of this man's mouth. I did, and look where it got me!|Simon Furman in 2010 <ref>[http://www.bleedingcool.com/forums/comic-book-forum/32106-pat-lee-talks-bleeding-cool-via-dabel-brother-3.html#post144857 Furman post at Bleeding Cool, 22 December 2010]</ref>}}

==See also==
* [[Dull surprise]]

==External links==
* [http://www.angelfire.com/pa/infrarred/infrarred2.html Infrarred]
* [http://www.myspace.com/patleeart PatLeeArt] at MySpace
* [http://www.alivenotdead.com/patlee Pat Lee's alivenotdead profile blog site]
* [http://patleeart.deviantart.com/ Pat Lee's deviantART page.]
* [http://www.youtube.com/user/PatLeeArt Pat Lee's Youtube account]
* [http://twitter.com/patleeart Pat Lee's Twitter feed]
* [https://www.resonanceartistry.com/ RESONANCE “Art of Vibrations”]

==References==
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Pat Lee

2024-02-20T02:54:29Z

Evan1975: True Cantonese name.

{{disambig2|Pat Lee, the superstar comic book artist|the uncredited artist who actually drew all his stuff for negligible pay|Alex Milne}}
[[Image:Patlee.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Strength and Honor.<ref>[http://patleeart.deviantart.com/ PatLeeArt] at deviantART</ref>]]
'''Patrick "Pat" Lee''' (李志健 ''Lee Chi-Kin''<ref>https://ol.mingpao.com/ldy/cultureleisure/culture/20231201/1701365038545</ref>) is a Canadian artist. He was the president of [[Dreamwave Productions]] and (allegedly) drew some of their ''Transformers'' comics, until most of his employees noticed he wasn't paying them. Subsequently, he was also the president of Dream Engine until all its employees noticed he wasn't paying them either. After that, he founded his own company, Pat Lee Productions, and either worked for or headed a variety of Hong Kong-based companies, which all appear to have gone out of business since. He also (allegedly) continues doing comic work for increasingly obscure publishers that have no shame.

:''Known titles, aliases and nicknames:'' '''Mr. Mecha''',<ref name="wizardbig80s">[http://www.tfbrasil.net/curiosidades_Wizard5.jpg "Big 80s" feature from issue 111 of ''Wizard Magazine''], October 2000</ref> '''Paticus''',<ref name="litgtfspec">[http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=14153 Lying in the Gutters ''Transformers'' Special], July 2002</ref> "'''Transman'''",<ref name="transman">[http://toynewsi.com/news.php?catid=102&itemid=1490 Dreamwave press release]</ref> '''Superstar Artist''',<ref name="creators">[http://old.brokenfrontier.com/headlines/p/detail/dreamwave-adds-transformers-creators The infamous "Dreamwave adds Transformers' creators" press release]</ref> '''Mr. Talented'''<ref name="talented">[http://www.alivenotdead.com/rosannewong/A+MASTER+IN+DISGUISE-ANDREW+LIN+vs+PAT+LEE-MR.+TALENTED+(round+2-2)-profile-113669.html Rosanne Wong about Pat Lee painting a mural on her apartment wall]</ref>

{{bigquote|Over my dead body.|[[Simon Furman]] on if Pat Lee will do work for [[IDW Publishing|IDW]]|[[BotCon 2008]]}}

==History==
===Before the Transformers===
[[Image:Dreamwave.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Chillingly prophetic.]]
Pat Lee was born in Montreal on [[June 28]], [[1975]],<ref name="bio">[http://www.angelfire.com/pa/infrarred/infrarred2.html Pat Lee's own biography on his old Angelfire website]</ref> and raised in Toronto. At the age of 16 (or 17),<ref name="patwizarddraw">[http://www.alivenotdead.com/patlee/How-to-draw-Transformers-Wizard-Magazine-profile-678562.html Pat Lee using an old Wizard article about himself as a reason to ponder about he got into the comic book industry]</ref> right after graduating from high school, Lee was eager to find a job as a "proffesional"{{sic}} in the comic book industry,<ref name="patwizarddraw"/> sending over 150 pages of sample artworks to [[Marvel Comics|Marvel]] and [[DC Comics|DC]]. Unfortunately for Lee, both publishers realized what a shoddy artist he was. Unfortunately for the rest of the world, however, Lee eventually managed to catch the attention of infamous [[Image Comics]] co-founder [[Rob Liefeld]] at a Toronto convention in 1994, who would hire Lee (now aged 19) to work as a penciller on various titles for Liefeld's Image studio {{w|Awesome Comics|Extreme Studios}}. After that, Pat Lee would also work for [[Jim Lee]]'s Image studio {{w|Wildstorm Productions}}, as well as accepting work-for-hire assignments from Marvel (who had now apparently changed their mind regarding his artwork).

In 1996, Pat and his brother [[Roger Lee|Roger]] decided to start their own studio within Image Comics, [[Dreamwave Productions]], with Pat acting as the company's president. With Dreamwave, Lee would continue accepting contractual work for other publishers (such as the four-issue limited series ''Wolverine/Punisher: Revelation'' for Marvel), but also started to publish his own <s>blatantly plagiarized</s> originally created titles such as ''{{w|Ghost in the Shell|Darkminds}}'' and ''{{w|Record of Lodoss War|Warlands}}''. Collaborations with various magazines and advertising campaigns helped to further advance Dreamwave's reputation. Initially, the "hook" for Dreamwave's financial success was Pat's drawing style, which many readers viewed as "manga-like" (although readers of actual manga had a different opinion on this matter).

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===Transformers by Dreamwave===
[[Image:Big80sWizard.jpg|right|150px|thumb|His art only went downhill from here.]]In 2000, Pat and Dreamwave submitted a contribution for a feature named "Big 80s" that was published in issue #111 of ''Wizard: The Comics Magazine'', depicting Pat's own take on one of his favorite properties from his childhood days, the ''Transformers''. Proving to be a huge hit among fans, [[Hasbro]] would consider the general art style a benchmark when they were offering the license for a new ''Transformers'' comic a year later.<ref name="litgtfspec"/> Unsurprisingly, it was Dreamwave themselves who finally acquired said license, commemorating this as a turning point in the history of their company by officially cutting all ties with Image and becoming an independent publisher on their own.

[[Image:Fallenpatlee.jpg|left|150px|thumb|Why do Pat Lee's Transformers look like they're about to take a poop?]]
In addition to providing the art for various adverts, [[posters]] and covers, Pat would draw the first two ''Generation 1'' limited series, [[Prime Directive|Vol. 1]] (aka "Prime Directive") and [[War and Peace|Vol. 2: War and Peace]]. Subsequently, he would concentrate on controlling Dreamwave as its president and spend more time on his biggest hobby, fast cars, assigning art jobs to other artists (many of them hired directly out of the fandom) instead. Lee's only other major contribution in terms of art would ultimately be some of the character profiles published in the eight-issue [[Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More than Meets the Eye]] limited series.

Despite having dominated Diamond's sales charts for several subsequent months with the ''Transformers'', Dreamwave eventually ended up in dire financial circumstances. Coinciding with rumors of unpaid freelancers, Pat Lee started to accept contractual work for Marvel and DC again, such as issues of ''House of M'' or ''[[Superman]]/[[Batman]]''. Dreamwave eventually declared bankruptcy on January 4, 2005, blaming the weak United States Dollar and other scapegoats for the company's failure.<ref>[http://www.tformers.com/article.php?sid=4053 Dreamwave's final press release]</ref>

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===After Dreamwave===
With Dream Engine, Lee would work on various projects such as an ''[[X-Men]]/[[Fantastic Four]]'' crossover for Marvel, issues for the ''Batman/Superman'' series for DC and a relaunch of ''{{w|Cyberforce}}'' for {{w|Top Cow Productions|Top Cow}}, another Image studio.

Eventually, Pat Lee parted ways with Dream Engine again and started his new enterprise, Pat Lee Productions.<ref name="plp">[http://www.patleeproductions.com/ Pat Lee Productions website, no longer functioning]</ref> He was also listed as the "director" of a Hong Kong-based company named DeepSky Pictures, and alongside his brother Roger, he headed a company named Triple Eye Productions, both of which are no longer in business. Pat Lee is currently residing in Hong Kong, where he acts as one of the heads of an IP development company named Secret Lab, Ltd., which at this time holds the questionable record of being the Pat Lee-run company to remain in business for the longest period of time.<ref name="linkedin">[https://hk.linkedin.com/in/patleeart Pat Lee's Linkedin profile].</ref>

In 2011, Pat Lee was connected as a designer on ''Train Heroes'', a cartoon produced by TV Tokyo and China-based Carloon Animation.<ref>[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2011-01-28/tv-tokyo-pat-lee-china-carloon-make-train-hero-show TV Tokyo, Pat Lee, China's Carloon Make Train Hero Show]</ref> It later turned out that the show had similarities with the earlier anime ''[[w:Hikarian|Chō Tokkyū Hikarian]]'', both featuring trains that turned into super-deformed robots.<ref>[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2011-07-17/chinese-show-similarities-with-hikarian-anime-identified Chinese Show's Similarities With Hikarian Anime Identified]</ref>
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===Return to official ''Transformers'' work===
In mid-2008, three and a half years since the collapse of Dreamwave, Lee was commissioned to do a series of illustrations for Hasbro Hong Kong to use for promotional purposes as part of their appearance at Ani-Con 2008.<ref>[http://www.alivenotdead.com/patlee/Transform+and+ROLL+OUT--profile-225643.html Pat Lee showcases his illustrations for Hasbro on his blog.]</ref> Let's hope that art stays in Hong Kong.

In spite of the [[Transformers (film)|movie]] having been out for about a year, he couldn't even be bothered to look up recent art and stills and drew [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] with his unused concept art head.

==Published Transformers works with Pat Lee credit==
===Comics===
[[Image:OptimusPrimeWarAndPeacePreview.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|Now try to imagine what the truck mode looks like.]]
* ''[[Prime Directive|Transformers: Generation 1 (vol. 1)]]'': [[Prime Directive Preview|Preview]], [[Prime Directive issue 1|#1]], [[Prime Directive issue 2|#2]], [[Prime Directive issue 3|#3]], [[Prime Directive issue 4|#4]], [[Prime Directive issue 5|#5]], [[Prime Directive issue 6|#6]]
* ''[[War and Peace|Transformers: Generation 1 vol. 2: War and Peace]]'': [[Transformers Volume 2 Preview|Preview]], [[New World Order|#1]], [[Brothers' Burden|#2]], [[Cold War (issue)|#3]], [[Passive Aggression|#4]], [[Countdown to Extinction (issue)|#5]], [[Revelation (War and Peace)|#6]]
* ''[[Transformers: More than Meets the Eye]]'' #1, #3, #6 (assorted profiles)
* ''[[Transformers: Armada (Dreamwave)|Transformers: Armada]]'': [[Dreamwave Armada issue 6|#6]], [[Dreamwave Armada issue 7|#7]]
* ''[[More than Meets the Eye: Transformers: Armada|Transformers Armada: More Than Meets The Eye]]'': #1, #2, #3 (assorted profiles)
* ''20th Anniversary Transformers Summer Special'': Individual story "[[Welcome to the Jungle]]"
* assorted covers for nearly all the Dreamwave Transformers series
* ''[[Transformers: Matrix Quest]]'' (Titan Books, hardcover) cover image
* ''[[Transformers/G.I. Joe: Divided Front]]'': [[Targets of Opportunity|#1]]

{{note|With the revelation of [[Alex Milne]] ghosting for Pat Lee on Top Cow's ''Cyberforce'', artist [[Edwin Garcia]] being credited for "backgrounds" on the ''Generation 1'' titles, [[Sigmund Torre]] being rumored to have ghosted on parts of the first ''Generation 1'' volume, [[Nick Kilislian]] being credited for "breakdowns" for ''Divided Front'' #1, and several of his covers actually being done by ghost artists, it's uncertain how much of the art credited to Pat Lee has actually been his work at all.

Various artworks originally created by Lee for the covers of the first ''Generation 1'' limited series were also used by both [[Hasbro]] and [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] for their "[[The Transformers: Generation One Commemorative Series|Generation One Commemorative Series]]" and "[[The Transformers Collection]]" series of reissues. Following the demise of Dreamwave, Hasbro would also continue to use cover artwork drawn by Lee for promotional images and various pieces of merchandise, such as a ''[[Monopoly|Transformers Monopoly]]'' board game. The reason for this is simply because the art has already been paid for, and is therefore cheaper to use for Hasbro than newly solicited artwork.}}
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===Packaging art===
====Alternators====
* [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]]
* [[Sideswipe (G1)|Side Swipe]]

{{note|The packaging artwork for [[Transformers: Alternators|Alternators]] Smokescreen was also used for the profile card of Takara's ''Binaltech'' counterpart.}}
====Commemorative Series====
* Series III [[Jazz (G1)/toys|Autobot Jazz]]
* Series IV [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]]
* Series IV [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]]
* Series V [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]]
* Series V [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]]
* Series VI [[Grapple (G1)|Autobot Grapple]]
* Series VII [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]]
* Series VII [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]]
* Series VIII [[Sideswipe (G1)|Side Swipe]]

{{note|The artwork for Hoist, Inferno, Grapple, Rodimus Prime and Dirge was done specifically for these reissues; the rest was recycled from covers of Dreamwave's first ''Generation 1'' limited series.}}

====The Transformers Collection====
* No.0 [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys|Convoy]] (Optimus Prime)
* No.1 Meister (Jazz)
* No.2 Prowl
* No.6 [[Megatron (G1)/toys|Megatron]]
* No.7 Lambor (Sideswipe)
* No.10 [[Soundwave (G1)/toys|Soundwave]]
* No.12 [[Mini Vehicle|Minibot Team]]
* No.16 [[Insecticon (G1)|Insectrons]] (Insecticons)

{{note|None of these artworks were created specifically for these reissues, but were instead recycled from old promotional posters or covers of Dreamwave's first ''Generation 1'' limited series.}}

===Other===
* Hasbro Hong Kong Ani-Con 2008 [[Transformers (2007 toyline)|Movie]] Commemorative boxset certificate

==Criticism and controversy==
===Art style===
[[Image:Patleehowtodrawoptimus.jpg|left|250px|thumb|1) Draw a circle. 2) Draw Optimus Prime. 3) Give him scraplets. 4) Give him leprosy.]]
Pat Lee's artwork has often been the target of criticism among fans. While he was initially praised by many fans for his "manga-like" drawing style (which is heavily inspired by the character designs and visual cues used by [[Studio OX]]), others criticized his tendency for exaggerated proportions, emphasis on rounded robot body parts, making the characters look "inflated" and marshmallow-like, hands reaching out to the reader [https://shortpacked.com/comic/detail "as if you just stole his purse"], a general lack of sequential storytelling skills and the overall look of his human characters (see "[[dull surprise]]" for more on ''that''). Even his critics often admitted that his work for covers and posters was better than his actual comic book interior artwork; however, that would change soon when even his cover artwork saw a severe decline in quality starting with the [[War and Peace|second ''Generation 1'' limited series]]. The introduction of [[Don Figueroa|other]] [[Guido Guidi|artists]] who drew Transformers characters in a similar style, while avoiding many of the problems Lee was criticized for, would further shift the public opinion against Lee's artwork.

[[Image:DWPrimewhatthe.jpg|right|200px|thumb|When you're being compared to [[Rob Liefeld]], maybe it's time to quit.<ref name="leefeld">[https://shortpacked.com/comic/buttons]</ref>]]
Lee's response to that was enforcing an internal "house style" that would force other artists to follow Pat Lee's own style more closely. [[Don Figueroa]] confirmed in an interview having received such requests from Dreamwave art director [[Rob Ruffolo]], a guideline which Figueroa declined.<ref name="dontrans">[https://web.archive.org/web/20090916000843/http://transfans.co.uk:80/interviews_figueroa.php Interview with Don Figueroa at TransFans.co.uk]</ref> Fellow artist [[Guido Guidi]] confirmed having received similar requests.<ref name="guidtrans">[https://web.archive.org/web/20090916000926/http://transfans.co.uk/interviews_guido.php Interview with Guido Guidi at TransFans.co.uk]</ref> Ruffolo himself also later confirmed the existence of an internal "house style", without specifically referring to Lee.<ref name="ruftrans">[https://web.archive.org/web/20111114125042/http://transfans.co.uk/interviews_ruffolo.php Interview with Rob Ruffolo at TransFans.co.uk]</ref>

Even though many fans preferred other artists over Pat Lee, official Dreamwave press releases and solicitations would often refer to the company's president as a "superstar artist".<ref name="dwadds">[http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/comics-16/dreamwave-adds-transformers-creators-2492/ The infamous "Dreamwave Adds Transformers Creators" press release]</ref>

===Business practices===
The demise of Dreamwave didn't come overnight. The first rumors of freelancers not getting paid date back as far as October 2003.<ref name="litgffreel">[http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=14548 Lying in the Gutters reporting on early rumors of Dreamwave artists not getting paid]</ref> Following the closure of Dreamwave, former freelance writers [[Adam Patyk]] and [[James McDonough]] reiterated their claims that Dreamwave (not explicitly referring to Lee himself) had stopped paying them even before declaring bankruptcy. They had then filed a lawsuit against their former employer, and when that became public, they had allegedly also heard from other Dreamwave employees and freelancers who were supposedly also complaining about not being paid anymore.<ref name="pmdnram">[http://web.archive.org/web/20090329225039/http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=39073 Newsarama Interview with writers Adam Patyk and James McDonough] (archive copy)</ref>

Aside from Patyk and McDonough, no other former Dreamwave employees or freelancers were nearly as explicit on the issue. Artist Don Figueroa only stated that Dreamwave was "getting really behind with the check" and pointed out that he "was also assured everything was cool" when he met Pat Lee in person only a month prior to the closing of Dreamwave.<ref name="dontrans"/> The latter complaint was also repeated by writer [[Simon Furman]].<ref name="furmtrans">https://web.archive.org/web/20120303025903/http://transfans.co.uk/interviews_furman3.php Interview with Simon Furman at TransFans.co.uk]</ref> Likewise, artist [[Guido Guidi]] merely accused Dreamwave of a lack of "[g]ood communication", and even revealed an ambivalent attitude towards Pat Lee and his brother Roger.<ref name="guidtrans"/> Artist James Raiz, meanwhile, claimed that he was "one of the very few who came out of Dreamwave with all [his] money".<ref name="raiztrans">[https://web.archive.org/web/20090916001311/http://transfans.co.uk/interviews_raiz.php Interview with James Raiz at TransFans.co.uk]</ref>

Prior to declaring bankruptcy, Pat and his brother Roger had spent four months secretly transferring most of Dreamwave's assets to a new company named Dream Engine, whose website domain was registered to Roger's name.<ref name="litgdreame">[http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=14844 Lying in the Gutters discovering the existence of Dream Engine]</ref> In addition, it would turn out that Lee had made sure to transfer ownership of his formerly company-owned Porsche to himself before giving up Dreamwave,<ref name="porsche">[http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=14968 Lying in the Gutters reporting on the Pat Lee Porsche story]</ref> and had spent half a million Canadian dollars on a new luxury apartment even before the Dreamwave bankruptcy.<ref name="apartment">[http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&col=1&old=1&column=litg&article=2203 Lying in the Gutters reporting on Pat Lee's new apartment]</ref> The overall amount of Dreamwave's debt was far over a million dollars.<ref name="litgmillion">[http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=14886 Lying in the Gutters' list of Dreamwave's creditors]</ref>

A former Dreamwave employee later suggested that Pat and Roger had known about the looming demise of Dreamwave a full year before declaring bankruptcy, but instead of coming clean to their employees, they named their parents secured creditors and then kept the company going for another year, because Canadian law required people to be named secured creditors for at least a year before bankruptcy in order to be given priority over other creditors (this is meant to prevent someone being given secured creditor status a week before bankruptcy and then getting away with all the company's money). Teddy and Anne Lee were granted $141,000 for alleged "furniture lease", even though they were financially supported by their sons for most of their adult lives.<ref name="parents">[http://web.archive.org/web/20121025181935/http://www.bleedingcool.com/forums/comic-book-forum/17163-pat-lee-starts-interview-tour-forgiveness-5.html#post83125 Allegations by a former Dreamwave employee (Archived)], May 2010</ref>

In addition, Guido Guidi and Don Figueroa later confirmed that they were additionally charged by FedEx for having shipped artwork to Dreamwave prior to the company's closure.<ref name="fedex">[http://web.archive.org/web/20050507073425/http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/thread73039.html Archived TFW2005 thread with Guido Guidi and Don Figueroa confirming the FedEx story]</ref>

Pat Lee himself gave several interviews following the closing of Dreamwave, presenting himself as a victim of circumstance while completely dodging the issue of unpaid creators and the existence of Dream Engine.<ref name="patwiz">[http://web.archive.org/web/20061120012852/http://www.wizarduniverse.com/magazine/wizard/000230624.cfm Archived Wizard interview with Pat Lee]</ref><ref name="patnram">[http://web.archive.org/web/20100516222500/http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=39738 Newsarama interview with Pat Lee] (archive copy)</ref><ref name="jazma">[http://web.archive.org/web/20080120005126/http://www.jazmaonline.com/interviews/interviews2.asp?intID=318 Jazma Online interview with Pat Lee, April 2006] (archive copy)</ref>

While working with Dream Engine, Pat Lee spent a significant amount of the company's funds on the campaign of his girlfriend {{w|Aimee Chan}}, who would eventually win the title of Miss Hong Kong in 2006. This ultimately resulted in Pat being asked by Dream Engine and his brother Roger to leave the company.<ref>[http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=15349 Lying in the Gutters reporting on Pat Lee's involvement with Aimee Chan]</ref> In the fall of 2007, Aimee Chan changed her status on her alivenotdead social networking page<ref>http://www.alivenotdead.com/aimeechan/details.html</ref> to "single". Oops!

Following that, he was listed as the "director" of a Hong Kong-based company named DeepSky Pictures. The company apparently no longer exists, and it's unclear if it ever actually produced anything. Likewise, the companies Triple Eye Productions and Secret Lab Ltd. he had reportedly founded don't exactly have a high-profile output either, and it's difficult to find out whether they are even in business anymore.

In December 2010, Pat Lee ''finally'' agreed to give an interview to Rich Johnston, one of his most outspoken critics. While Johnston asked a lot of hard-hitting questions, often referring to personal conversations he had with people like Simon Furman and Alex Milne, Lee gave very half-hearted non-answers, claimed not to remember certain details or avoided answering questions entirely. Lee did announce he had started a "Creative Refund Movement" project to pay former Dreamwave artists.<ref name="interviewrich">[http://www.bleedingcool.com/2010/12/20/pat-lee-talks-to-bleeding-cool-via-a-dabel-brother/ Rich Johnston interviewing Pat Lee] at Bleeding Cool Comics, December 2010</ref> As of twelve years later, no artist has confirmed any kind of repayment, and one artist confirmed they received nothing within the first two years of its announcement.<ref>[http://callmepo.deviantart.com/journal/Hello-karma-you-out-there-345770376 Entry on Ferd Poblete's DeviantArt]</ref>

In 2018, he (allegedly) designed rather scary-looking half-dissected "{{W|Looney Tunes}} Get Animated" vinyl figures of {{W|Bugs Bunny}} and {{W|Tweety}} for Soap Studio and Sideshow. While not necessarily ''morally'' questionable, these things are the stuff of ''nightmares''.<ref name="bugs">[https://toysrevil.blogspot.com/2018/09/get-animated-tweety-bugs-bunny-by-pat.html 'Get Animated' Tweety & Bugs Bunny by Pat Lee x ToyQube for Sept 20th Release"] at TOYSREVIL, September 2018.</ref> In 2021, he got involved in the ''totally not scammy'' field of {{W|Non-fungible_token|NFT}}s.<ref name="nft">[https://bitcoinist.com/nft-game-god-temple-launches-token-sale-play-to-earn-model/ "NFT Game God Temple Launches Token Sale & Play-to-earn Model"] at Bitcoinist.com, July 2021.</ref> Official press releases continued to praise him as "one of the most famous artists in the North American comics industry" and a "celebrity artist."

===Failure to give proper credit===
During the Dreamwave days, several artists confirmed that Pat Lee had only been drawing the robot characters, leaving the backgrounds entirely to (credited) assistants such as [[Edwin Garcia]]. However, comic book journalist Rich Johnston reported rumors that [[Sigmund Torre]] had been ghosting for Pat, who was too busy with promotion and signing tours, as early as July 2002, when [[Prime Directive|''Generation 1'' vol. 1]] was still in production.<ref name="litgtfspec"/>

Another Dreamwave artist named [[Nick Kilislian]], who is credited for doing the "breakdowns" for Dreamwave's ''[[Transformers/G.I. Joe: Divided Front]]'' [[Targets of Opportunity|issue 1]], allegedly also ghosted for Pat on the ''X-Men/Fantastic Four'' limited series Dreamwave did for [[Marvel Comics|Marvel]] at the same time.<ref name="litgghostmost">[http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=14767 Lying in the Gutters reporting on the rumor of Nick Kilislian ghosting for Pat], September 2004.</ref>

In 2007, it turned out that Lee's personal involvement in his girlfriend's beauty pageant campaign had resulted in him being unable to meet deadlines for issues of Top Cow's ''Cyberforce'' series. As a consequence, Pat had asked [[Alex Milne]] to draw those issues in his stead. After a few issues, what little credit was initially given to Milne was dropped entirely, with Pat submitting the artwork under his own name instead, paying Milne merely a fragment of the money Top Cow was paying him.<ref name="litgmilne1">[http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=15355 Lying in the Gutters reporting on Alex Milne ghosting for Pat Lee]</ref> In addition, Lee later asked Milne to draw artwork for DC's ''Superman/Batman'' #34 as well, again giving his underpaid ghost artist no credit.<ref name="litgmilne2">[http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=15547 Lying in the Gutters reporting on Alex Milne ghosting for Pat Lee even more]</ref> Eventually, Top Cow found out, resulting in Pat Lee not paying Milne ''at all'' for over 20 pages of artwork.<ref name="deviantmilne">[http://hombreimaginario.deviantart.com/art/Interviews-06-Alex-Milne-64254823 Interview with Alex Milne on DeviantArt]</ref>

In late 2008, former Dreamwave editor [[Matt Moylan]] confirmed that the Silver Snail exclusive variant cover for Dreamwave's [[Transformers: Generation 1 (Dreamwave)|''Generation One'' (ongoing)]] [[Night of the Combaticons|issue 1]] that had been credited to Pat Lee had actually been drawn by a ghost artist as well.<ref name="g1ghost">[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-general-discussion/190059-pat-lees-mushy-art-5.html#post2407689 Matt Moylan confirming that the Silver Snail exclusive G1 vol. 3 #1 cover had been drawn by a ghost artist too.]</ref> In early 2012, Moylan became more specific, now confirming that the cover had been drawn by [[Rob Ruffolo]]. In addition, he confirmed that an [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] lithograph had been drawn by [[Rob Armstrong]] but credited to Pat Lee, the [[Transformers: War Within: The Dark Ages|''War Within'' vol. 2]] [[Fragmentation (G1)|issue 1]] incentive cover had been drawn by Rob Ruffolo as well, and the ''Generation 1'' vol. 3 issue 1 retailer incentive cover had been started by Pat Lee but finished by Rob Ruffolo because Lee was suffering from appendicitis at the time.<ref name="artistdisguise">[https://web.archive.org/web/20120828054042/http://www.lilformers.com/blog/page/4/ "DREAMSLAVES #2: Artists in Disguise"] by Matt Moylan.</ref>

Lee's official artist bio has included the ''blatant lie'' that he "created the original North American series of Transformers comics" since at least 2018.<ref name="bugs"/><ref name="nft"/>

===Attempts at cover-up===
In March and April 2008, a newly registered Wikipedia user repeatedly tried to remove any reference to the controversies surrounding Pat Lee in his own article, instead replacing them with more PR-friendly resume details.<ref>{{w|Special:Contributions/Hyrocomics|Contributions by Wikipedia user "Hyrocomics"}}</ref><ref>{{w|Special:Contributions/219.78.200.95|Contributions by IP 209.70.200.95}}</ref> (The critical content in the Wikipedia article ''was'' later purged for other reasons, but not reverted to the blatant self-advertising Pat's own version was.)

==Notes==
* Before the launch of Dreamwave's ''Transformers'' comic books, Pat expressed a certain level of ignorance with regard to the brand's history. For example, he claimed that, in retrospect, the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|Transformers cartoon]] was so amazing that it was only a matter of time before the [[The Transformers (toyline)|toys]] were made.<ref name="animefringe">[http://www.animefringe.com/magazine/01.03/feature/2/index.php3 Interview with animefringe.com]</ref> In the same interview, he also admitted liking [[The Transformers (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]], whom he considers a "wicked character", regretting that he "died" in the [[The Transformers: The Movie|movie]].<ref name="animefringe"/>
[[Image:FuNaNa.jpg|right|216px|thumb|Those fancy Japanese characters look AWESOME. Too bad I can't read them.]]
* Fans discovered an old personal website Pat had set up prior to the big breakthrough with Dreamwave.<ref name="infrarred">[http://www.angelfire.com/pa/infrarred/ Infrarred] {{sic}} Pat Lee's Angelfire homepage</ref> In retrospect, many of the quotes and graphics featured on the site would prove to be either hilariously ironic or frighteningly prophetic, such as a promotional image depicting Pat, his brother Roger and then-Dreamwave exec Alvin Lee walking away from a nuclear explosion (see [[:Image:Dreamwave.jpg|Image:Dreamwave.jpg]]); or a header graphic that features his name, "Patrick Lee", replaced by random Katakana characters (ミチヤメノテヒフナナ), which read "''Michiyamenotehi Funana''". Soon, this would become his new nickname among fans, used exclusively in a mocking manner. The cause for this is almost certainly a character-replacement Katakana font (WordPerfect TrueType Japanese to be exact), as used by someone who has no damn clue how Katakana works, never mind an ability to read it. The correct katakana would be パトリック・リー (''Patorikku Rī'').
* After the launch of Dream Engine, Lee's resume at the company's website claimed that he was responsible for relaunching "X-Men, Batman and more", thereby implying that those franchises had long lingered in a near-dead state until Superstar Funana blessed them with his divine reanimating powers.<ref>Pat's resume at the now defunct Dreamengine website.</ref>
* Comic book gossip journalist Rich Johnston, who has done a fair share of coverage on the subject of Pat Lee, has made use of the fact that the URL Deepskypictures.com was a dead link (since the "company" Pat briefly served for as a "director" is now apparently defunct), but still linked to on several of Pat's social networking pages... by purchasing the URL and redirecting it to his coverage of Pat's past and involvement with Dynamite Entertainment at Bleeding Cool Comics for a while.<ref name="badman">[http://www.bleedingcool.com/2010/06/05/punking-pat-lee/ Bleeding Cool Comics]</ref>
* One of the self-applied nicknames of Pat Lee is "the Transman", to indicate a deep love of the ''Transformers'' franchise. Apparently he was not aware that the term "trans man" is actually used by transgender people who identify as male.<ref>{{w|Trans_man|The Wikipedia page on "Trans man"}}</ref>
* Pat Lee once set a hill on fire.<ref name="infrarred"/>
* All of the above is ''absolutely true''. We're not kidding.
*This very article was cited by Valent Wang as the reason why he ultimately ended up starting his toy company, the Mecha Workshop, together with Don Figueroa, despite having initially approached Pat Lee about a partnership instead. Looking up his name led him to TFWiki, where he not only learned more about Lee's business practices, but also found out about Don, leading to a (hopefully) more promising partnership.<ref name="arma">[http://www.poeghostal.com/2013/04/interview-valent-wang-and-don-figueroa-on-armarauders.html Interview with Valent Wang and Don Figueroa on ARMARAUDERS] at Poe Ghostal's Points of Articulation.</ref>

==Memorable quotes by and about Pat Lee==
{{bigquote|It is a mistake to suppose that men succeed through success; they much oftener succeed through failures.|Pat Lee must be the most successful man on the planet!<ref name="jazma" />}}

{{bigquote|If he ever wants out of comics, Pat Lee's got a heck of a career as an auto mechanic.|''Wizard Magazine''<ref>Verbatim quote from a <s>[http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v472/dailyraider/patlee.jpg butt-kissing advert]</s> article published in an issue of ''Wizard Magazine''.</ref>}}

{{bigquote|I remember working with Pat Lee and how kind of disappointed I was to find how little of the art was actually him. He gave me an original art page of Armada, and there’s so little art on it!|Simon Furman<ref>Talking about memorable experiences, "[http://forum.idwpublishing.com/viewtopic.php?p=42871#42871 Simon Furman Q&A Volume 2 LIVE!]"</ref>}}

{{bigquote|If Pat had been some faceless bureaucrat it maybe wouldn’t now seem such an acute betrayal, but he looked me square in the eye and said everything’s hunky-dory. That’s what still, even now, burns.|Simon Furman<ref>Online interview talking about the collapse of Dreamwave</ref>}}

{{bigquote|Probably the richest guy I know.|Don Figueroa <ref>Word Association with the name "Pat Lee" from an [https://web.archive.org/web/20090916000843/http://transfans.co.uk:80/interviews_figueroa.php interview] with TransFans.co.uk</ref>}}

{{bigquote|A guy that really knows how to pitch himself.|Guido Guidi<ref>Word Association with the name "Pat Lee" from an [https://web.archive.org/web/20090916000926/http://transfans.co.uk/interviews_guido.php interview] with TransFans.co.uk</ref>}}

{{bigquote|Cars are expensive.|Guido Guidi<ref>Word Association with the name "Dreamwave" from an [https://web.archive.org/web/20090916000926/http://transfans.co.uk/interviews_guido.php interview] with TransFans.co.uk</ref>}}

{{bigquote|Can we get our money?|Adam Patyk<ref>Patyk's response to the question "If you could talk to Pat directly right now, what would you ask of him?" in an [http://web.archive.org/web/20090329225039/http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=39073 interview] with Newsarama (archive copy).</ref>}}

{{bigquote|Some of the shapes and lines are a little misshapen. When you draw your lines, sketch them out in layout mode, and try to get as accurate as possible before making any final lines.|Pat Lee, not practicing what he preaches.<ref>[http://s104.photobucket.com/user/PatLeeProductions/media/page3.jpg.html Quote from Pat Lee's "How to draw Mecha" article from Wizard #118, July 2001.]</ref>}}

{{bigquote|To anyone who wants to break into comics- learn to love drawing backgrounds and study technical work, never have an ego, and treat your fans with respect!|Pat Lee, still not practicing what he preaches.<ref>[http://asylums.insanejournal.com/scans_daily/796425.html#cutid1 Parting words from Pat Lee in "Extreme Scenes" from Extreme Comics.]</ref>}}

{{bigquote|Please don't believe anything that comes out of this man's mouth. I did, and look where it got me!|Simon Furman in 2010 <ref>[http://www.bleedingcool.com/forums/comic-book-forum/32106-pat-lee-talks-bleeding-cool-via-dabel-brother-3.html#post144857 Furman post at Bleeding Cool, 22 December 2010]</ref>}}

==See also==
* [[Dull surprise]]

==External links==
* [http://www.angelfire.com/pa/infrarred/infrarred2.html Infrarred]
* [http://www.myspace.com/patleeart PatLeeArt] at MySpace
* [http://www.alivenotdead.com/patlee Pat Lee's alivenotdead profile blog site]
* [http://patleeart.deviantart.com/ Pat Lee's deviantART page.]
* [http://www.youtube.com/user/PatLeeArt Pat Lee's Youtube account]
* [http://twitter.com/patleeart Pat Lee's Twitter feed]

==References==
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Talk:Pat Lee

2024-02-20T02:49:35Z

Evan1975: /* Middle initials */

Kudos on the disambiguation gag. :D --[[User:DrSpengler|DrSpengler]] 00:46, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

it says he's a Canadian artists, wouldn't the slang abbreviation "Can artist" be more effective? btw that quote was found by me I am great--[[User:Zodberg|Zodberg]] 02:37, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

I missed that business. What's the full story with Alex Milne? --[[User:Ratbat|Ratbat]] 02:05, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

:[http://www.comicbookresources.com/columns/index.cgi?column=litg&article=2581] --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 02:16, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
::Hey, shouldn't we have this LITG article "External links"ed from both Pat & Alex's pages? -- M Sipher

At TFcon 2007, Alex vented his heavy distaste for Pat Lee, even so much so that if they ever met again..... he then trailed off at that point (it was during the artist panel), not a happy camper thanks to the "SUPASTAR!" [[User:ProtomanXRED|ProtomanXRED]]
==Cartoon before toys?==

Can anyone confirm the "He believes that the Transformers cartoon was so amazing that it was only a matter of time before the toys were made" line? It was added by an anonymous user, so I'm tempted to delete it, but I ''want'' it to be true. So... reference? - [[User:Jackpot|Jackpot]] 20:01, 5 August 2007 (UTC)
:I... want to say it was a pre-DW-gets-the-license interview. We should most ''definitely'' source it on this page once we track it down. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 20:36, 5 August 2007 (UTC)
::There's discussion of it on ATT from March 2001, but not an actual link to the interview. Definitely makes reference to the "cartoons first, matter-of-time" quote. http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/search?group=alt.toys.transformers&q=Pat+Lee+matter+of+time+toys --[[User:Thylacine 2000|Thylacine 2000]] 20:41, 5 August 2007 (UTC)
:::Which really shows the reason why Dreamwave continuity was as animation-centric as it was.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]] 20:45, 5 August 2007 (UTC)

== "serfdom" ==

I've seen on a few pages when Pat Lee is mentionned the term "serfdom" is inserted... what does it mean, exactly? --[[User:Detour|Detour]] 19:53, 4 October 2007 (UTC)
:In this context, his notion that people should keep working for him merely on the ''promise'' that someday he'll pay them. Maybe.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]] 19:55, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

== Kudos ==

1000% more informative now, Nevermore. Damned good job.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]] 20:11, 6 October 2007 (UTC)
:Hell, I'd nominate this for a featured article now. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 20:56, 6 October 2007 (UTC)

==Pictures==
I think we need more pictures in this article, if only to break up the text abit. How about funny photos of Lee or particularly shoddy Transformers art (assuming he drew it)? --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 14:11, 12 November 2007 (UTC)
:Hmm, maybe a few of Transformers with the gigantic feet? --[[User:MistaTee|MistaTee]] 14:49, 12 November 2007 (UTC)
::I added in the extremely short-bus robot that was his design for the [[Fallen]] before Wildman cleaned it up.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 16:09, 12 November 2007 (UTC)
:I think the number of images is okay right now... I wouldn't want to see more than 2-3 put in at this point. It would start getting cluttered. --[[User:Steve-o|Steve-o]] 22:10, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

==Andy Wildman==
What's the source for the altering of his art? We've, like, seen his pencils. They don't look any different. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 16:49, 12 November 2007 (UTC)
: I think he meant that Wildman made the Fallen look better than Lee's original concept. I can agree with that statement. --[[User:MistaTee|MistaTee]] 17:14, 12 November 2007 (UTC)
::Yes, but Walky is instead asking about the allegation that the inkers changed Wildman's art in The Dark Ages.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 17:16, 12 November 2007 (UTC)
::: would this be an appropriate reference? [http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/archive/index.php/t-108053.html] --[[User:MistaTee|MistaTee]] 17:26, 12 November 2007 (UTC)
:::: I don't see anything that makes a good case. There's some questions asked that state the alteration as a given, and when Matt Moylan is pressed about it, he doesn't recall such a thing. I think this is just a run-away rumor based on Wildman choosing to draw his TF hands like Figueroa's. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 17:46, 12 November 2007 (UTC)
::::: Had to remove the reference again. The interview linked said that Andrew Wildman was surprised at how "dark" the "finishing" was, but he's just talking about the coloring work. The scans of his pencils are hard to find these days, so it's not as easy to support my statements from two years ago, but his pencils were unaltered. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 10:01, 25 April 2009 (EDT)
::::: I should add that the source of this rumor came from people startled at how Wildman's art looked, not realizing his art just looks like that when it's not inked by Baskerville. All his subsequent Transformers pencilwork looks basically just like his Dark Ages work. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 10:04, 25 April 2009 (EDT)

==Quotable==
Okay, I don't know if it was a mistake or a joke, but the "they much oftener succeed thrugh failures" quote isn't actually Pat Lee's originally. A google search turned up several attributions to Samuel Smiles. --[[User:Nemesis Primal|Nemesis Primal]] 22:21, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

==Recent activities section?==
In light of recent pictures of Lee drawing on somebody's apartment wall, should we do some kind of 'Pat Lee's recent activities' section? --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 04:53, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
:I'd say not. It's fan-art. Why do we need to mention it? --[[User:Sntint|Sntint]] 05:28, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
::Because it's funny? Besides, in presenting the case against Pat Lee, we make do mention of things that happened after he was done with Tranformers. --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 05:39, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

==Wikipedia trolling==
We have two sections mentioning his wikipedia trolling (or somebody doing it for him. Which one should we keep? --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 11:19, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

== New sources ==

I just thought it might be interesting to rework this article, considering the number of new sources that have popped up in regards to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pat_Lee&diff=prev&oldid=215782387 "NPOV"] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Pat_Lee#Cleaned_up B.S.] going on over at Wikipedia. We've got sources from Don, Guido, Milne, Patyk, Raiz... I think we should put em to good use on Pat's article and on Dreamwave's as well. --[[User:Detour|Detour]] 19:32, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
:I'd certainly support this. We are an appropriate venue, and the tone of the article already shows we're not pulling any punches.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 19:53, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
::As the person who dug up those sources for the Wikipedia article, now seeing them all dismissed as "unreliable", I'm totally in favor of this notion. I'm willing to help out in any way I can.--[[User:Nevermore|Nevermore]] 00:25, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
:::Always funny that Wikipedia can wax loquacious on, say, ''Naruto'' but anything even remotely controversial gets neutered down to the stub level.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 00:29, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
::::90% of the articles on Wikipedia falls into one of two categories: a) Unmoderated ones that are horribly long and contain laods of false bullshit, and b) overmoderated ones that trim down anything to a stub-class article because some all-high-and-mighty admin is on a "THE RRRRULES!" trip.--[[User:Nevermore|Nevermore]] 00:34, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
:::::So, updated. As the author of the (now deleted) section at Wikipedia, I gave myself permission to directly copy some of its content into this article. I also added a lot of other shit. Does anyone still have a link to the Adny Wildman pencils for War Within vol. 2?--[[User:Nevermore|Nevermore]] 11:18, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

== Returning to Canada ==

From Pat's Alivenotdead blog:
{{quote|I will be heading back to Toronto middle of next month to hang out with family }}
Which authorities should be notified? And any idea how to notify them? --[[User:Detour|Detour]] 11:51, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

:Given its ''Canada'', there are only the Mounties. --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 15:23, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
:Notify of ''what''? That a citizen of their country is returning from Hong Kong?--[[User:Nevermore|Nevermore]] 17:44, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
::Something about creditors who're owed money, I think.... -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 18:02, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
:::Have those creators taken legal action against Pat Lee? Is there currently an arrest warrant on his name?--[[User:Nevermore|Nevermore]] 18:06, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
::::No idea. This is entirely someone-said-that-someone-said, far as I know. -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 18:17, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

== possible source on not paying ==

I seem to recall someone from IDW mentioning that they cannot reprint some Dreamwave issues because the creators were not paid. Does anyone remember something like that, and if so, where from? --[[User:FortMax|FortMax]] 19:59, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
:Of course that'd still be entirely unsuitable for Wikipedia unless a newspaper were to report that IDW did indeed say this at a convention or a messgae board, and even then out would be the evil conglomerative Dreamwave (with Roger Lee sharing the blame) responsible, not Pat himself.--[[User:Nevermore|Nevermore]] 23:25, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

== "Pat Lee once set a hill on fire"? ==

I followed the link, but I still don't get it. Was something removed? [[User:GrantB|GrantB]] 17:19, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
:Evidently. I've never been able to hang around long enough at his old site to try and fix the link, though. --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 17:32, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
::[http://www.angelfire.com/pa/infrarred/infrarred4.html Check here], "Most hated memory: When I started a hill on fire."... Yeah. --[[User:Detour|Detour]] 19:55, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

== Another source to take advantage of ==

[http://asylums.insanejournal.com/scans_daily/796425.html#cutid1 Despises: Backstabbers]. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 00:43, 13 August 2009 (EDT)
:Despises backstabbers is hilarious, but his parting words are hilariously quote-worthy! --[[User:Detour|Detour]] 01:41, 13 August 2009 (EDT)

== Latest status ==

Although still linked from his Alive Not Dead and Twitter and whatnot accounts, [http://www.patleeproductions.com/ Pat Lee Productions] appears to be dead. Meanwhile, Pat is now working as a "director" at [http://deepskypictures.net/ DeepSky Pictures].--[[User:Nevermore|Nevermore]] 18:43, 13 September 2009 (EDT)

== Aaaand loads of biographical/trivia info: ==

[http://www.alivenotdead.com/patlee/How-to-draw-Transformers-Wizard-Magazine-profile-678562.html] Geez.--[[User:Nevermore|Nevermore]] 18:52, 13 September 2009 (EDT)
:Yeah, I already yanked a quote from the Pat Lee Sez section of that article. --[[User:Detour|Detour]] 18:54, 13 September 2009 (EDT)
::I recall an interview with - I dunno; Simon? Don? Guido? Joe Ng? Patyk & McDonough? - where Pat nd the other Dreamwave folks were described as heavy smokers. Does anyone know where I can find said interview?--[[User:Nevermore|Nevermore]] 19:21, 13 September 2009 (EDT)

== Roger selling Pat's artwork on ebay for ridiculous prices ==

Is this noteworthy info? --[[User:MistaTee|MistaTee]] 10:41, 10 October 2009 (EDT)

==Patimus Prime==
Amazon lists him in paranthesis as a name for Pat Lee. I'm not kidding. If no one finds it, I'll link ya, but I just felt it worth...mentioning. I facepalmed and lol'd a little myself.--[[User:Chipmonk328|Chipmonk328]]
:This was likely referring to [[Prime Directive issue 1]], in which ''every'' person credited was also given a Transformer-ized nickname. [[User:Bag of Magic Food|Bag of Magic Food]] ([[User talk:Bag of Magic Food|talk]]) 16:48, 11 June 2020 (EDT)
:Speaking of nicknames, how about calling his fans "patsies"? [[User:Takeshi357|Takeshi357]] ([[User talk:Takeshi357|talk]]) 16:24, 10 February 2015 (EST)

==Alex's own comments on Pat Lee's Transformers Art==
http://forum.idwpublishing.com/viewtopic.php?t=7556&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=150
"i never touched any of his transformers work, so i think most of you should give it a rest now. if you must comment on how i did a lot of the work for him, then make sure your facts are straight. it was only for the last 3 and half issues of Cyberforce. the only other stuff i worked on of his was MK Spider Man, and a few pages of Superman/Batman. and those were just backgrounds. i never touched anything of his that was transformers.

as for drawing tf's like him, i don't really see it. but if thats what you see who am i to argue that. i personally think i draw straighter bots then him, and i don't draw prime with boobs, but if thats what you see." Nuff said.--[[User:Chipmonk328|Chipmonk328]]

== Explosion Picture ==

I don't quite get how the explosion picture is "Chillingly Prophetic". Could someone please explain?--[[Special:Contributions/24.161.127.166|24.161.127.166]] 20:14, 27 December 2010 (EST)
:I'm guessing it's a reference to the dramatic demise of DreamWave. --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] 20:16, 27 December 2010 (EST)
::Or how he has lung cancer. [[User:Hooper X|-hx]] 20:44, 27 December 2010 (EST)

== Rich Johnston interview ==

Dos that thing really deserve its own section? Especially such a pedantic blow-by-blow coverage? A summary of the main points would be more then sufficient.--[[User:Nevermore|Nevermore]] 20:53, 29 December 2010 (EST)
: If Nevermore thinks it's too much, then wow! Let's cut this thing down. I mean, I haven't gone to read it myself yet, but I assume this is the worst thing ever. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 21:18, 29 December 2010 (EST)

== Hasbro ==
I think this page could benefit from some (if any) reactions from Hasbro on the Pat Lee scandal and how it relflected on the Transformers brand? [[User:GelsharkTown|GelsharkTown]] ([[User talk:GelsharkTown|talk]]) 17:12, 5 December 2014 (EST)
:Hasbro rarely responds to controversy, not even concerns about how kid-friendly (or not) the films were. [[User:Alientraveller|Alientraveller]] ([[User talk:Alientraveller|talk]]) 19:03, 5 December 2014 (EST)
:: Is there nothing? Nothing at all? Even if it's rare, this could be an exception, right?
::: I see no reason Hasbro would ever talk about this. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] ([[User talk:ItsWalky|talk]]) 23:57, 5 December 2014 (EST)

== Middle initials ==

I noticed these got removed from the Wikipedia article a few months back, so I had a look to see if I could find a source for them and came up empty. We may have originally gotten the initials from Wikipedia (they were added there in Oct 2006, and added here in Oct 2007). Googling "Patrick C.K. Lee" gives me seemingly unrelated Facebook pages and some comic listing sites, who may well have also copied the initials from Wikipedia. Do we have a reliable source for those initials? --[[User:Abates|abates]] ([[User talk:Abates|talk]]) 16:30, 21 January 2019 (EST)
::Looks like his name is Lee Chi-Kin (李志建)[https://ol.mingpao.com/ldy/cultureleisure/culture/20231201/1701365038545/%E8%B6%85%E7%B4%9A%E8%8B%B1%E9%9B%84%E6%BC%AB%E7%95%AB%E5%AE%B6-pat-lee-%E3%80%8C%E8%87%AA%E5%8B%95%E7%B9%AA%E7%95%AB%E3%80%8D%E5%BF%83%E4%B8%AD%E5%A4%A9%E4%BD%BF]. [[User:Evan1975|Evan1975]] ([[User talk:Evan1975|talk]]) 21:49, 19 February 2024 (EST)

Talk:Pat Lee

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Dick Gautier

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{{disambig3|Richard}}
[[File:DickGautier.jpg|right|thumb|300px|"THIS... I COMMAND!"]]
'''Richard "Dick" Gautier''' ([[October 30]], [[1931]] - [[January 13]], [[2017]]) was an American actor, comedian, composer, singer, author and voice actor. On-screen, he appeared in numerous television shows, from ''Kolchak: The Night Stalker'' to ''Freddy's Nightmares''. He may be best known as Hymie from the ''Get Smart'' TV series, however. Gautier also once [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szZsKdJYR-A filled in for Adam West] as [[Batman]] in a 1972 [[public service announcement|PSA]] for the Federal Equal Pay Act.

Gautier performed several voice-over roles in animation, including [[Serpentor]] in ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero]]'', Spike in ''The Tom & Jerry Kids Show'', [[Charlie Adler|The Red Guy]]'s dad in ''Cow & Chicken'', and the Sogmaster from the Cap'n Crunch commercials.

That was ''awesome''.

==Roles==
===''The Transformers''===
*[[Apeface]]
*[[Firebolt (G1)|Firebolt]]
*[[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod/Rodimus Prime]]
*[[Quintesson]] scientist ("[[The Killing Jar (episode)|The Killing Jar]]")
*[[Lippo the Clown]] ("[[The Killing Jar (episode)|The Killing Jar]]")

==Convention appearances==
* [[BotCon 2002]]

==Other appearances==
*Dick Gautier was one of the eight voice actors featured in [[Shout! Factory]]'s cast reunion in the 25th Anniversary "Matrix of Leadership" Collection of the original series.

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20170916004725/http://dickgautier.com/ Official Website (archived snapshot: Sep 2017)]
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0310370/ Dick Gautier at the Internet Movie Database]
*[http://www.thetransformers.net/interview-dick-gautier-3982.html Interview at The Transformers.net]

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[[Category:English voice actors]]

Krok (G1)

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{{disambig2|the Decepticon Action Master|his mirror universe counterpart|Krok (SG)}}
:''Krok is a [[Decepticon]] [[Action Master]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:Krok.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Howard Stern all morning, classic rock all day.]]
'''Krok''' is Cybertron's star soc-... ''football'' player. This position isn't undeserved, as centuries of playing all-star [[mecha-soccer]] has given Krok the ability to cause earthquakes with his steps. His [[Action Master partner|partner]], [[Gatoraider]], finishes off the unlucky fools caught in the aftershocks. Krok's sports career also gifted him with leadership experience, and he often finds himself in a high-ranking position just by virtue of his notable captaining skills.

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
[[File:Krok the last autobot.jpg|thumb|upright=0.4]]
After the climactic battle with [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]], Krok turned up out of nowhere on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], working as [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]'s right hand 'bot and aide-de-camp. {{storylink|Still Life!}} He even got to sit at the Big Boys' Table with Bludgeon, [[Prowl (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Prowl]], and [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] during the united Autobot/Decepticon council meetings. He and Bludgeon both still had the urge to conquer in their circuitry, but were worried that after the war, their fellow Decepticons might actually prefer to remain in alliance with the Autobots. Fortunately for them, Grimlock engaged in a very public and very brutal beating of the Decepticon [[Fangry (G1)|Fangry]], quickly turning sentiment against the alliance. Krok and Bludgeon led the Decepticons in abandoning the Autobots on Cybertron and left for a new world to conquer: [[Klo]]. {{storylink|Exodus!}} Serving as site-to-site coordinator, Krok kept Bludgeon apprised of troop advancement across the planet's surface. He also uncovered an Autobot homing beacon on one of their ships during a security sweep and was able to warn Bludgeon ahead of time that they should expect company. {{storylink|The Last Autobot?}}

====''Classics''====
{{noteclassics}}
Krok continued to serve with Bludgeon over the subsequent fifteen years. He was ready and waiting to repel an attack from [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]]'s faction when Bludgeon was executed by the treacherous [[Piranacon (G1)|Piranacon]]. Krok apparently chose to cut his losses, as Bludgeon's faction surrendered almost immediately thereafter, without a fight. {{storylink|At Fight's End}}

====''Regeneration One''====
{{NoteRG1}}
[[File:Bludgeons decepticons destiny.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.95|Krok: Legend of the Gobbos]]
More than twenty years after the final battle on Klo, Krok continued to serve in his role as Bludgeon's adviser as the Decepticon leader led his troops in an assault on Cybertron. After unleashing their [[Blitz Engine]]s upon Cybertron's Autobots, Krok suggested using the ''[[Warworld]]''{{'}}s powerful weaponry but Bludgeon was not keen to devastate the very planet that he wanted to take back and instead decided on a single, symbolic strike—centred on [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ultra Magnus]] and [[Galvatron II|Galvatron]]! {{storylink|Destiny, Part Four}} As Bludgeon monologued about the battle unfolding below them, Krok requested assurance that they were actually going to win. Fangry suggested that he and Krok repair to the planet's surface along with [[Weirdwolf (G1)|Weirdwolf]], [[Octopunch (G1)|Octopunch]], [[Skullcruncher (G1)|Skullcruncher]], [[Horri-Bull]], and [[Stranglehold]] in an attempt to tip the scales in the Decepticons' balance but the arrival of the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] and [[Demon]]s made short work of their Blitz Engines. When [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Rodimus Prime]] defeated Bludgeon aboard the ''Warworld'', [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] incapacitated [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]] and [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] took out [[Monstructor (G1)|Monstructor]], the Decepticons soon found themselves on the back foot and the Autobots declared victory. {{storylink|Destiny, Part Five}}

Not long afterwards, Krok was apprehended by [[Streetwise (G1)|Streetwise]] and [[Siren (G1)|Siren]] and taken into custody. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 1}} He was then most likely converted into a [[shadow-leech]] by the [[Dark Matrix]] creature, along with (almost) the entire population of Cybertron, while Rodimus Prime and his Autobots were off-planet fighting [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] at the [[Hub (G2)|Hub Network]].

===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
[[File:Fragmentation Horri-Bull Krok.jpg|thumb]]
Krok was briefly seen as a part of [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]'s [[Predacon (War Within)|Predacon]] faction during his encounter with [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]'s [[Lightning Strike Coalition]] on [[Moonbase One|Moon Alpha]]. {{storylink|Fragmentation (G1)|Fragmentation}}
{{-}}

===2005 IDW continuity===
{{first|[[Rules of Disengagement (issue)|''More than Meets the Eye'' #7]]}}

[[File:Animals-RadarGatoraider.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.5|"This doesn't seem physically possible!"]]
The 'bot who would become known as "Krok" was [[Reproduction#2005 IDW continuity|constructed cold]] {{storylink|Remain in Light 4 of 5: Arm the Lonely|Arm the Lonely}} at the same time as [[Agonizer]]. He would go to join the [[Militant Monoform Movement]] and became a [[Monoformer]]; during the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]], he and Agonizer both enlisted with the Decepticons. {{storylink|Some Of My Best Friends Are Autobots}} Like many Decepticons, he developed prejudice against organic species, including a particular disgust for the shapeshifting [[Dire Wraith]]s. {{storylink|Nothing Will Ever Be the Same Again!}}

Late in the war, the Decepticon would rise to command his own squad, a feat of which he was quite proud. When he and his squad went up against the [[Wreckers]], however, the Autobot commandos massacred his unit: [[Roadbuster (G1)|Roadbuster]], high on [[Syk]], tore out his buddy [[Radar]]'s spine and made him eat it. In his grief, he gathered up Radar's remains and kept his severed finger as a memento, discovering that it could also function as an ad-hoc communicator and a Decepticon [[spark]] detector. {{storylink|Animals}} It seems the Wreckers also killed his [[Gatoraider|pet]], and he named himself "Krok" in its honor. {{storylink|Some Of My Best Friends Are Autobots}} Unable to come to grips with the death of his squad, Krok convinced himself that he had simply lost contact with them, and developed a nervous tic of "clicking" Radar's thumb (which he passed off as a "communicator") when anxious. {{storylink|Animals}}

[[File:KillAllCons-TheForagers.jpg|thumb|250px]]
Following the loss of his squad, Krok served on a [[Warworld]] as a military strategist, though he was regarded as "incompetent" by his shipmate [[Skullcruncher (G1)|Skullcruncher]]. {{storylink|Some Of My Best Friends Are Autobots}}

Around [[2008]], he became friends with two other Decepticons named [[Spinister (G1)|Spinister]] and [[Thundersaur]]. When Thundersaur died, his last request was for Krok and Spinister to find and rescue another friend of his named [[Misfire (G1)|Flyhigh]], who had been tried and incarcerated. The pair deserted the Decepticon command to repay this debt; catching up with the prison ship ''[[Weak Anthropic Principle]],'' they hijacked the vessel, locked its pilot [[Crankcase (G1)|Crankcase]] in the brig, and sprang Flyhigh, who was now going by the name "[[Misfire (G1)|Misfire]]." The three of them became known as the "Foragers," gathering up things that others had overlooked —though in practice this mostly meant that they scrounged [[energon]] and spare parts off old battlefields. {{storylink|Kill All 'Cons}}

As the highest-ranking Decepticon in the unit, Krok became the leader of the motley group and convinced them that he needed to find his old squad.{{storylink|Rules of Disengagement (issue)|Rules of Disengagement}} Setting off aboard their commandeered ship, they stumbled across [[Flywheels]], who had been drifting in deep space following his escape from the [[Decepticon Justice Division]]. The Foragers welcomed him aboard, though Misfire was of the opinion that they would need a snappier name. {{storylink|Kill All 'Cons}}

[[File:MTMTE8 Krok surveys.jpg|thumb|300px|left|"I remember when this was all fields... Thank [[Mortilus]] we came along!"]]
Over the next four years, the team became known as the "[[Scavengers (G1)|Scavenger]]s" and accepted their former prisoner Crankcase as a full-fledged member of the group; when the Great War ended in [[2012]], the Scavengers glumly assumed that the Autobots had won and their aimless planet-hopping led them to the planet [[Clemency]]. Making a stopover on the dead planet for another salvage run, they recruited the defective [[K-Class]] bomber [[Fulcrum]], built a fire out of a wounded [[Autobot]] and updated Fulcrum on the war's end, then executed the Autobot when they were done. The next morning, Misfire spotted an abandoned P-6 [[Worldsweeper]] ship and the crew decided to investigate. If the contents of the ship, including lots of [[brain module]]s, aborted [[protoform]]s, a wooden robot, bleeding skin-covered rooms and [[Grimlock (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Grimlock]] in a [[stasis pod]] weren't unsettling enough, Krok picked up a message from the [[Decepticon Justice Division]] informing them that one of their number was scheduled to be killed. {{storylink|Rules of Disengagement (issue)|Rules of Disengagement}}

Krok decided to stay behind and battle the DJD by pumping Grimlock full of [[circuit speeder]]s, putting him out in the open and releasing him from his pod when the D.J.D. got close. At the last moment, the DJD revealed they were actually after Fulcrum; before Fulcrum could explain, the DJD arrived and Krok sprang his trap. Krok attempted to fight [[Kaon (G1)|Kaon]] in the ensuing battle, but was pinned down and tortured by [[Vos (G1)|Vos]] and his detachable mask, and was further wounded by Misfire's legendarily poor aim. When the DJD retreated to pursue [[Overlord (G1)|a higher-priority target]], Crankcase recovered Krok, who was still functioning despite his injuries. The other Scavengers agreed to repair their leader and then set a course for Cybertron, using a brain-damaged Grimlock as a bargaining chip when they got there. {{storylink|Scavengers (Part 2): Who's Afraid of the DJD?|Who's Afraid of the DJD?}}

[[File:Scavengers arm the lonely.jpg|thumb|250px|"Dying is a very dull, dreary affair. And my advice to you is to have nothing whatever to do with it."]]
During a subsequent attempt to spring Misfire from the [[Galactic Council]]'s death row on the planet [[Constancy]], Krok was rendered inactive by the effects of [[Solomus|Tyrest]]'s [[universal killswitch]]. {{storylink|Remain in Light 4 of 5: Arm the Lonely|Arm the Lonely}} He recovered when the killswitch was neutralised by [[Hot Rod (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Rodimus]] and [[Perceptor (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Perceptor]]. {{storylink|Remain in Light 5 of 5: This Calamitous Life|This Calamitous Life}}

Ultimately, the Scavengers never made it back to Cybertron: after learning that [[Starscream (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Starscream]] had seized power, and wouldn't be pleased to see Grimlock, they abandoned their plans to return home. A few months later, word reached them that [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]] had publicly defected to the Autobots, and the news sent them into a spiral of boredom and depression: vandalising [[Autopedia]], playing "[[Cybertronian games#Shoot Shoot Bang Bang|Shoot Shoot Bang Bang]]" and drifting aimlessly from one mishap to the next. Despite their madcap adventures, Krok grew increasingly resentful of their situation, believing that, while many Decepticons had found wealth and fame, they'd done nothing with their lives since the end of the war. Around this time, he was contacted by fellow monoformer [[Demus]] through a Triple-M subgroup on [[The Big Conversation]] with the offer of earning some easy [[Shanix]], and so Krok had Crankcase pilot the ''Weak Anthropic Principle'' to [[Tebris VII]].

[[File:Krok crankcase fulcrum some of my best friends are autobots.jpg|left|thumb|300px]]
After crash-landing on the planet, Krok awoke hours later to find Crankcase and Fulcrum lounging around watching Skullcruncher, who had reinvented himself as a stand-up comedian. The discovery that yet another of his former comrades had made himself rich—and by making fun of Krok, to boot—drove Krok to frustration beyond measure and he smashed the TV screen with their ''No Hard Feelings'' tour merchandise before being smashed into a wall himself by Grimlock, having another of his "fits". An argument with Misfire over keeping his "pet" locked up only narrowly avoided becoming a full-blown row by Demus making contact and inviting the Scavengers to come and meet him at his scrapyard to discuss the deal. {{storylink|Some Of My Best Friends Are Autobots}}

Demus—unbeknownst to Krok, an employee of the mysterious [[Adaptus|Grand Architect]]—{{storylink|Animals}} offered the Scavengers half a billion Shanix ''each'' in exchange for Grimlock. The Decepticons opted to put it to a vote: Krok, Crankcase, and Spinister elected to sell him, carrying it by three votes to two. However, they wouldn't get the chance to make the deal, as Demus was summarily executed by the Duly Appointed Enforcer of the [[Tyrest Accord]], [[Fortress Maximus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Fortress Maximus]]. {{storylink|Some Of My Best Friends Are Autobots}}

[[File:Animals-RadarsThumb.jpg|thumb|250px|Krok is just all thumbs today.]]
On the run from Fortress Maximus in Demus's warehouse of toy "[[Roboid]]s," Krok's incessant "clicking" prompted a frustrated Misfire to finally reveal the truth about Krok's past to the other Scavengers. Krok admitted as much, but pointed out that Radar's finger was also a spark detector, and that they were surrounded by hundreds of Decepticon sparks: the Roboids were really "[[Domestication|domesticated]]" Transformers, stuck in their [[beast mode]]s. Horrified at such needless cruelty, Krok came to realise that he had been treating Grimlock in much the same way and resolved to make things right. With Maximus now after Grimlock on the ''W.A.P.'' a hundred miles away and Spinister and Misfire [[mode lock]]ed thanks to Demus's extreme [[transformation]] phobia, the Scavengers were forced to unbox six [[Equinoid]]s on which to ride to the rescue.

Having convinced Fortress Maximus that the other Roboids' lives were in danger thanks to a fake bomb they had planted, the Scavengers escaped Tebris VII in the ''Weak Anthropic Principle'', where Krok announced to the other Scavengers that he had a new plan: to find and help all the other Decepticons out there who had been damaged by the war. They agreed that it was a good idea, but reasoned that they had time for another game of "Shoot Shoot Bang Bang" first, which Krok won. {{storylink|Animals}}

Later, aboard the ''Weak Anthropic Principle'', the Scavengers watched a video that was being broadcast to the galaxy at large of ''[[Lost Light]]'' crewmembers apparently counting down the time to their deaths, which even they found a bit dark. {{storylink|The Dying of the Light: (1) How Bright Their Frail Deeds|How Bright Their Frail Deeds}}

[[File:MTMTERevolution-Krok.jpg|thumb|250px|left]]
Krok and the other Scavengers touched down in [[New Mexico]], unaware of [[Earth]]'s burgeoning [[Ore-13]] crisis, so that Crankcase could meet with his online flame "[[CONS4EVA]]." While Misfire and Spinister headed off to recapture a runaway Grimlock, Krok and Fulcrum accompanied Crankcase to meet "CONS4EVA"... who, after briefly manifesting as [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]], revealed himself as a [[Dire Wraith]]. "CONS4EVA" informed the Decepticons that he wanted their help to participate in a [[Temptorian]] religious ceremony known as the "[[Crossover]];" with the help of [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] washout [[MP3]], they attempted to open a portal to a new life, but were disappointed by the result. Krok offered them a spot aboard the ''Weak Anthropic Principle,'' and while the Wraith merely accepted a lift to the nearest [[starhub]], MP3 chose to join the Scavengers on their adventure... but Fulcrum, disgusted by humans, flew off before MP3 could board. {{storylink|Nothing Will Ever Be the Same Again!}}

After parting ways with "CONS4EVA", the Scavengers landed on the planet [[Frayus]] in the hopes of recovering a rumored cache of [[ununtrium]] from an abandoned Decepticon base. Emerging from the ruins of [[Camp Conclave]] empty-handed, they discovered that while they were underground the planet had become a three-way battlefield between the [[Galactic Council]], the [[Black Block Consortia]], and [[Deathsaurus (G1)|Deathsaurus]]'s contingent of Decepticon deserters for control of the rare metals in the system. Unable to teleport back to their ship, {{storylink|The Plotters' Club (Part 3): Journey's End|Journey's End}} they were rescued by Agonizer, who transported them to his antique shop on [[Troja Major]].

[[File:TheTiesThatBind-Treecons.jpg|thumb|300px|"Quick! Play some Electric Light Orchestra!"]]
Agonizer requested their help—along with ex-DJD member [[Nickel]], who had been accidentally thrown into the portal—in retrieving the mythical artifact known as the [[Epistemus|Magnificence]] from [[Flame (Marvel)|Flame]]. The group portalled to its last known location, [[Confluence]], discovering another Worldsweeper-class ship being guarded by more of the wooden Transformers. Though Grimlock was able to dispatch the "[[Treecon]]s," the group was taken prisoner by [[Scorponok (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Scorponok]], who explained his history with Grimlock and the Magnificence to the group before leaving them to be torn apart by the enraged [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]]. {{storylink|The Ties That Bind (issue)|The Ties That Bind}}

[[File:KillAllCons ScavengersSurvive.jpg|left|upright=1.7|thumb|"Sca-vengers, uh... aggregate."]]
Thanks to Nickel's medical knowledge and Spinister's surgeon skills, the quick-thinking Scavengers were able to reverse Grimlock's brain damage; in order to sneak out of their cell, they disassembled their bodies to look as though Grimlock had disemembered them, putting themselves back together once Grimlock requested an audience with Scorponok. Arming themselves, they stormed the bridge of the ship, whereupon Fulcurm used the Magnificence to deduce the learn that Scorponok had tapped its knowledge to create a genetically engineered lifeform he called "The [[Firstborn]]" designed to repopulate the dying Decepticon race by biologically producing [[Spark]]s. Rejecting his offer to kill Grimlock in exchange for their lives, the Scavenger's Sparks were nearly extracted before Nickel managed to paralyze Scorponok. Absconding with the Magnificence and the Firstborn, the Scavengers planned to use a transmat portal to head to [[Garrus-9]] in the hopes of returning the Firstborn to normal; on learning that teleportation would be fatal to the infant, Grimlock took the infant into his chest cavity and shoved the Decepticons into the portal.

[[File:KillAllCons-Garrus9.jpg|thumb|upright=1.6]]
Krok, Nickel, and the other Scavengers arrived on Garrus-9... but discovered that they had teleported directly into Grimlock's old cell, which was still locked from the outside. With the Magnificence no longer responding to their queries, the group was left without any apparent means of escape... {{storylink|Kill All 'Cons}} ...until [[Nautica (G1)|Nautica]] opened their cell from inside a room in the [[Transformer afterlife|Afterspark]]. {{storylink|The Everlasting Voices (2): The God War|The God War}} Exchanging stories, Krok learned how Nautica and her crew believed they were dead, and had passed on to the Afterspark. Recognizing they couldn't be on Garrus-9 AND dead, they quickly saw the illusion dissolve around them, revealing to everyone they were actually on the medical hub [[Mederi]]. It turned out Mederi was actually the fabled [[Cyberutopia]]. A euthanasia clinic that produced soothing imagery to guide the terminally ill into the next life, it was mistaken for the real thing by the [[Knights of Cybertron]]. As the Scavengers and [[Team Rodimus (G1)|Crusadercons]] compared notes, they were suddenly attacked by a swarm of [[Sparkeater (creature)|Sparkeaters]]. {{storylink|The Everlasting Voices (3): You Are Here|You Are Here}}

[[File:ADanceBeforeDying KrokKillsSlapdash.jpg|thumb|left|upright=2.1]]
Former members of the ''Lost Light's'' crew had been transformed into these Sparkeaters by Scorponok, in league with the Crusadercons' nemesis [[Getaway]] and the mysterious [[Adaptus|Grand Architect]]. Grimlock managed to arrive from Troja Major with reinforcements, but the group was still on the verge of being overrun with Krok being forced to kill the Sparkeater [[Slapdash (G1)|Slapdash]] to protect Rodimus. Eventually, Krok and some others barricaded themselves inside a medical center while a small crew flew up to the ''Lost Light'' itself. {{storylink|Crucible (Part 1): A Dance Before Dying|A Dance Before Dying}} Krok's group was saved from the Sparkeaters when [[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]] and Nickel cured them with a dose of concussive medicine. {{storylink|Crucible (Part 2): Lūstrāre|Lūstrāre}} Once the ''Lost Light'' was secured, Krok and the Scavengers joined the Crusadercons on board as they made contact with the Grand Architect. {{storylink|Crucible (Part 3): Farsickness|Farsickness}}

[[File:TheReturnOfTheKing MegatronGreetsScavengers.jpg|upright=1.7|thumb]]
Everyone watched in amazement as [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]]'s ship the ''[[Last Light (ship)|Last Light]]'' emerged from a portal being created by the Grand Architect, followed closely by what appeared to be the robot mode of [[Primus]] himself. Megatron had just arrived from the dystopian [[Functionist Universe]], where said Functionists had converted their [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] into a giant avatar of Primus. Intent on conquering another universe, the Functionist Council and their fake Primus quickly entered combat with the Grand Architect's fleet. Megatron rescued most of the ''Lost Light''{{'}}s crew from the Grand Architect and was elated to see Krok and the Scavengers in particular, not having been in the presence of actual Decepticons in centuries. The Scavengers were equally awed that Megatron even knew their names, and Krok could only gape as Megatron shook his hand. {{storylink|Crucible (Part 4): The Return of the King|The Return of the King}}

After [[Rung (G1)|Rung]] was revealed to be the real Primus, a plan was hatched to overload Functionist Primus' [[hot spot (phenomenon)|hot spot]]s using multiple [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrices]] that Rung could produce. Before any specifics were hashed out, Functionist Primus attacked the artificial planet the ''Lost Light'' was currently sitting on and Krok urged Crankcase to quickly get the ship back into the sky. They narrowly escaped the destruction of the planet and Megatron ordered the ''Lost Light'' to swing around and face the false Primus head-on. {{storylink|Crucible (Part 5): The Unremembering|The Unremembering}} After Functionist Primus was forcibly converted to planet mode and Rung sacrificed himself to create the multiple Matrices, the plan to overload the hot spots was put into action. First, it had to be decided who could actually open a Matrix, and Krok was fairly doubtful when Misfire ventured himself as a prospect. Krok was sent to the [[Eugenesis]] hot spot to protect [[Velocity (G1)|Velocity]] as she attempted to open her Matrix. They were set upon by Functionist soldiers, but everyone eventually managed to open their Matrix and defeat the Functionists once and for all. {{storylink|Crucible (Part 6): A Spark Among Embers|A Spark Among Embers}}

[[File:LostLight25 FortMaxAndScavengersMakePeace.jpg|thumb||left|upright=1.3]]
Krok and the Scavengers went along on the ''Lost Light''{{'}}s final "lap of honor" before the ship was to be decommissioned. The crew voted on a risky gambit to attempt a [[quantum generator|quantum duplication]] on their jump back to Cybertron, possibly allowing one version of the ship and its crew to continue their adventures in another universe. Upon returning to Cybertron, the Scavengers attended a farewell party in [[Swerve's]], where Krok accepted an apology from Fortress Maximus for the Autobot's attempt to kill them back on [[Tebris VII]]. The Scavengers left the party together and headed for [[Troja Major]], with Krok ordering Misfire to calm down as the rowdy Decepticon bade farewell to their new friends.

In another universe, the quantum duplication of the ''Lost Light'' and its crew arrived, with Krok and the others prepared for some further wacky adventures. {{storylink|How To Say Goodbye And Mean It: Part 2}}
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===''Wings Universe''===
[[File:A Common Foe Bravo Team Attacks.jpg|thumb|upright=1.6]]
Before joining the Decepticons, Krok was a [[mecha-soccer]] player who led [[Polyhex|Polyhex City]] in many a championship. {{storylink|A Common Foe|Krok's ''Wings Universe'' profile}}

During [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]]’s invasion of Cybertron, Krok stood by at the ready as part of a joint team of Autobots and Decepticons, awaiting [[Obsidian (BM)|Obsidian]]’s signal for their time to fight back. Once the signal came, they space bridged to Cybertron and started beating on some drones. In the heat of the battle, Krok blasted the [[Soundwave (MW)|Soundwave]] clone's head off, much to the disappointment of [[Serpentor]], who had wanted to question him.

Thankfully, [[Eagle Eye (G2)|Eagle Eye]] spotted Jhiaxus on the battlefield shortly thereafter, and Krok and his allies attempted to converge on the enemy's coordinates, only to be blocked off by Jhiaxus's clone army. [[Nacelle (G1)|Nacelle]] led Serpentor and Krok to an old sealed-off passage to circumvent the enemy forces. Though the tunnel turned out to be much too small for their use as it was, thanks to Gatoraider, it proved useful nonetheless.

They managed to get in position directly behind Jhiaxus, and Krok took care of both of the [[Prowl drone]]s acting as Jhiaxus's bodyguards. He was shoved out of the way when [[Megaplex]] enacted his vengeance against Jhiaxus, killing the [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronian]] leader. He then helped restrain Megaplex. Krok was later present at the signing of the [[Pax Cybertronia]]. {{storylink|A Common Foe}}

===''TransTech''===
In [[Axiom Nexus]], Krok was the owner of the [[Granaught Gatoraiders]] and was interviewed by [[Rook (TransTech)|Rook]] about the [[mecha-soccer]] draft. {{storylink|Rook - Axiom Nexus News: Investigative Journalist|Rook - Axiom Nexus News, 2015/05/01}}
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==Commercial appearances==
[[File:Treadshot-KrokTV.jpg||thumb]]
Krok, [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], and [[Treadshot (G1)|Treadshot]] blasted through a wall together to steal the power behind becoming Action Masters. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Action Masters|Action Masters commercial}}
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==Games==
===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:Battle-Tactics-Krok.jpg|thumb|400px]]
Krok participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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==Toys==
===''The Transformers''===
[[File:G1-toy Krok.jpg|upright=1.3|thumb|Futbol Cybertrono]]
*'''Krok''' (Action Master, [[1990]])
**''Accessories'': [[electro pulsator]]
:Part of the second series of individually-carded [[Action Master]]s, Krok is a non-transforming ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe]]''-scale action figure. His chest design hints that he was once some kind of flying craft thanks to something that looks like a cockpit, though this is the only pseudo-reliable clue we get as to what his former vehicle mode might be. As with all Action Masters, he had a good range of articulation, though he has trouble holding his partner's weapon mode and keeping balance. He comes with his alligator [[Action Master partner|partner]], [[Gatoraider#Toys|Gatoraider]], who transforms into a giant cannon Krok can hold.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1990/Decepticon/Krok/krok.htm More information on Krok at TFU.info]''
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===''Timelines''===
[[File:Timelinestoy-Krok.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|This offends my [[Militant Monoform Movement|religious sensibilities!]]]]
*'''Krok''' (TFSS 3.0, [[2015]])
**''Accessories'': 2 wingtips (combine to form cannon)
:Part of the [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service#Series 3.0 (2015)|Figure Subscription Service]] 3.0, Krok is a [[redeco]] and [[retool]] of ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)#Thrilling 30 (2013–2014)|Generations: Thrilling 30]]'' Deluxe Class [[Megatron_(G1)/Generations_toys#Thrilling_30|Megatron]] with a new head. As such, he transforms into a "flying wing" stealth bomber. He includes the fusion cannon standard to the figure, but also includes a new version of his Action Master partner [[Gatoraider#Timelines|Gatoraider]] redecoed from ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)|Prime]]'' [[Arms Micron]] [[Dai#toys|Dai]]. As he was the sixth and final paid figure in the service, he comes with the "bonus" 7th figure included in his box, [[Nightracer (G2)#Timelines|Nightracer]], a redeco of the ''Thrilling 30'' [[Tailgate (G1)#Generations|Tailgate]] figure and her similarly recolored partner, [[Shakar#Toys|Shakar]].

:This mold was also retooled into ''Thrilling 30'' [[Dreadwing (G2)#Generations|Dreadwing]] and retooled again into ''The Last Knight'' "Mission to Cybertron" [[Megatron (Movie)/toys#Premier Edition|Megatron]].
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2015/Decepticon/TFSSKrok/krok.htm More information on ''Timelines'' Krok at TFU.info]''
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===''Titans Return''===
[[File:TF-Titans-Return-Deluxe-Krok.jpg|upright=1.6|thumb|The Football star of Destiny.]]
*'''Gatorface & Decepticon Krok''' (Deluxe Class, [[2017]])
**''Accessories:'' "Gatorface" Titan Master, rifle, tail/blaster
{{toydesigner|[[John Warden]] (Hasbro)}}
:''[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]'' "Decepticon Krok" is a retool of [[Skullcruncher (G1)#Titans Return|Skullsmasher]], transforming into a robotic crocodile. He comes with his [[Titan Master]] partner [[Gatoraider#Generations|Gatorface]], who can fit inside a compartment in Krok's beast mode back or transform into his robot mode head (with new tooling for his face). As with other ''Titans Return'' toys, Krok can accommodate any compatible Titan Master figure.

:Like Skullsmasher, his crocodile head is detached in-package and must be manually attached.

:Like the previous uses of this mold, his hips are relatively loose—but unlike Hasbro's Skullsmasher, they are not excessively so. The CG mockup art included in the packaging depicts Gatorface with his legs attached backwards, though the actual toy is constructed correctly.

:His Titan Master door on his beast mode back (which is made of rubbery plastic) and his chest in robot mode oddly have Movieverse styled Decepticon insignias. Krok's teeth are also made of transparent yellow rubbery plastic. Similar to [[Fire Blast effect]]s, this plastic can bond to the paint covering the lower jaw, causing it to fuse together and become difficult to open.

:Krok was first released at retail in the Philippines, and subsequently the United States, in early 2017, with [[Perceptor (G1)/toys#Titans Return|Perceptor]] and [[Kup (G1)/toys#Titans Return|Sergeant Kup]] being the only figures that from his wave had been officially announced by Hasbro by that point. Hasbro didn't acknowledge the existence of Krok, [[Quake (G1)#Generations|Quake]] and [[Topspin (G1)#Generations|Topspin]] until [[Toy Fair]], over a month after their release in the Philippines and two weeks after the first sighting at US retail.
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==Notes==
*An old fan theory held that Krok's vehicle mode was a UFO. Decades later, ''[[Transformers: Shattered Glass (franchise)|Shattered Glass]]'' [[Cosmos (SG)|Cosmos]] would be given Krok's color scheme as a nod to this idea.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Krok''' (クロック ''Kurokku'')

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Beastformers (franchise)

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[[Image:BEASTFORMERS BACKcomp.JPG|right|upright=2.33|thumb|Collect every one of these incredible creatures who battle for fun! (''Subject to availability and Takara's whims'')]]

'''''Transformers: Beastformers''''' (トランスフォーマービーストフォーマー ''Toransufōmā Bīsutofōmā'')—later just '''''Beastformers''''', dropping the ''Transformers'' branding in its second year—is a sub-line/spin-off of the [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (toyline)|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers]]'' toyline released in 1987, concurrent with the ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (toyline)#1987 (The Headmasters)|The Headmasters]]'' series. The series focuses on the titular [[Beastformer (species)|Beastformer]]s, a race of alien anthropomorphic animals from the planet [[Beast (planet)|Beast]], whose struggles intersect with those of the Transformers.

The toyline at the center of this series had been released in [[Hasbro]]'s markets the previous year, as 1986's '''''Battle Beasts'''''; the toys were developed jointly by the two companies, as most of the ''Transformers'' line was at this point. ''Battle Beasts'' had no fictional ties to ''Transformers'' whatsoever (it barely had fiction ''at all''), but as the toys are overwhelmingly identical between the two markets, most western fans consider them to be functionally the same thing as ''Beastformers'', and don't care if their "[[White Leo]]" is technically a "Pirate Lion". But since ''Beastformers'' is the one genuinely tied to ''Transformers'', this wiki defaults to using the Takara names, and only covers the Hasbro iteration of the line in brief for comparison.

==Fiction==
===''Beastformers''===
[[File:RebellionBeast Wheelie Daniel captured.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1|"I demand to speak to my lawyer."]]
''Transformers: Beastformers'' got its big fictional push with a {{w|backdoor pilot}} episode early in the [[Transformers: The Headmasters (cartoon)|''Headmasters'' cartoon]], "[[Rebellion on Planet Beast]]". In it, [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] helps the evil [[Alligatron]] in his attempted takeover of Beast in exchange for prisoners of war, and the heroic Beasts put out a call for help from the Autobots, with of course the good guys winning in the end. After this episode, the series never returned to planet Beast again. A few toy-based Beastformers appeared as prisoners in a later episode, and a cartoon-original Beastformer played a small but vital role in yet another, but otherwise, that one episode makes up the bulk of original ''Transformers''-era ''Beastformers'' fiction. The Autobots and Decepticons return to Beast in a special installment of the [[Transformers: The Headmasters (manga)|''Headmasters'' comic]], "[[The Decisive Battle of Planet Beast!]]", although this would later be seemingly ignored/forgotten.

Outside of these handful of ''Transformers'' appearances, the main story of ''Beastformers'' was told through text stories included in numerous [[Beastformers catalog|pack-in pamphlets and catalogs]], which fleshed out the world of Beast a bit more. While at first tying in to the ''Headmasters'' episode (such as including the [[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticons]] and [[Repugnus (G1)|Repugnus]]), those stories would eventually drop connections to ''Transformers'' as the ''Beastformers'' brand tried to establish its own identity.

[[File:Legends White Lune.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1|[[White Lune]], a new character from the Beastformers' 2017 ''Legends'' storyline.]]
When the series was given a soft-reboot sequel and rebranding as just ''Beastformers'' in 1988, the lore of planet Beast got even deeper, finally properly tying in the toys' Fire/Wood/Water theme that the previous fiction had all but ignored. The series introduced the [[Three Wise Ones]], ancient entities who founded planet Beast and were the progenitors of the [[Laser Beast]] race that later spawned the Beastformers. The [[Gems of Motion and Stillness|six gems balancing the powers of Fire, Wood and Water]] they left behind had become unbalanced due to the prior war (now ended) and were causing natural disasters. Worse still, said disasters flooded the subterranean home of the still-extant Laser Beasts, who moved to the surface and started a war of conquest. Once again, this story was mostly told through packaging blurbs and pack-in materials, with the characters' included bio cards expanding on the various societies of planet Beast. There were two "big" pieces of new fiction, in the form of two issues of the ''[[Hero Special]]'' mook (magazine/book) series: ''[[Hero Special 4: Beastformers]]'' and ''[[Hero Special 12: Laser Beasts]]''. Aside from character bios and setting text, these also featured fumetti "photonovel" comics assembled from photographs of the actual toys set up in diorama environments, telling the tales of major moments in the Beastformers' past and present (minus those pesky Transformers).

And after that, a whole lot of nothing as the ''Beastformers'' line ended. While there would be a few unnamed cameos in ''Transformers'' media here and there (mostly in Hasbro-backed media, amusingly enough), these rarely amounted to more than a single panel or obtuse reference in text. However, in 2017, the ''Beastformers'' story was picked up again in the [[Transformers Legends (comic)|''Transformers Legends'' comic]], beginning in "[[LG51 Doublecross Prologue|Vol. 47: LG51 Doublecross Prologue]]", continuing from the unconcluded Beastformer/Laser Beast war that had been untouched for the better part of three decades... notably tying it back to ''Transformers'' pretty extensively.
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===''Battle Beasts''===
[[File:BattleBeasts comic 1.GIF|upright=1|thumb|Blackthorne's ''Battle Beasts'' #1. Nobody you know ever owned this.]]
By contrast (and really only here for comparison/completion's sake), Hasbro's ''Battle Beasts'' was uncharacteristically light on any form of fiction for toylines of the time, especially Hasbro's. The cardbacks largely just advertised the Fire/Wood/Water play gimmick with a slight in-universe flavor. The characters' names were not even readily available to kids, with the only source to name them all being a mail-away poster... in fact, the cardbacks even said that each beast had two identical doppelgangers with different elements, so were all three [[Killer Fish|carp beasts]] named "Killer Carp", or...?

Comics publisher [[Blackthorne Publishing|Blackthorne]], the people responsible for the very short-lived ''[[Transformers in 3-D]]'' comics, put out a black-and-white ''Battle Beasts'' comic which was more successful than their ''Transformers'' one, in that it made it to ''four'' issues before being canceled. Good luck finding copies. Or even scans.

The comic is set on an unnamed planet inhabited by sentient, armored animals, each imbued with the power of one of the three elements: Water, Fire and Wood. Their powers and the health of their world are maintained by the Soulspirit, a ghostly figure that—strangely for a planet of talking animals—appears to be [[human]]. By keeping her animal charges and their nature totems in harmony, the Soulspirit helps maintain a balance that prevents the return of her ancient enemy Ruhin, the sludgy lord of chaos. An evil plot by the totem-switching, mind-controlling crime lord [[Green Chameles|Chameleon]], and his minions [[Devilbat|Blitzkrieg Bat]], [[Graysharp|Rocky Rhino]], and [[Cuttledeep|Cutthroat Cuttlefish]], disrupts the Soulspirit's planetary totem renewal ritual: the subsequent psychic totem disruption drives every creature on the planet insane and makes them start viciously attacking each other. The only beasts spared from this madness are Chameleon's forces and a small group of heroes ([[Drillfrog|Horny Toad]], [[Night Owl|Knight Owl]], and [[Bonga|Gargantuan Gorilla]]) who had already tried and failed to stop him. With their world now plunged into madness and nonstop war, the heroic faction must journey to find the one being on the planet—the near-mythical [[White Leo|Sunburst Warrior]]—who can restore the harmony and sanity of the Battle Beasts. But they must hurry, because the disruption of the balance of nature has also revived the evil Ruhin!

Not ''too'' unlike the 1988 ''Beastformers'' setup, by pure coincidence.
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==Toys==
[[File:BF-toy FireWaterWood.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|1) You hear that commercial in your head, admit it. 2) That lower row was the absolute ''$#!+'' to 80s kids. Major playground bragging rights.]]
Battle Beasts/Beastformers are soft-plastic figures of anthropomorphic animals in high-tech armor, each about 1.5 inches tall, with swivel-jointed shoulders and a weapon accessory. The fist-holes and weapon handles are 3mm wide, making them compatible with numerous later ''Transformers'' toys, particularly the [[Cyberverse (toyline)|Cyberverse/Legion-class]] toys.

Both beast and weapon have an ID number molded into them, making matching easy; this would turn out to be incredibly helpful, as ''Beastformers'' is somewhat notorious for mismatching weapons and beasts. You'd get the right weapon more often than not, but "not" still happened a lot. While this was actually turned into part of the line's gimmick in its second incarnation (matching weapon and beast gave advantages in the attached dice-based game), it's unknown why this happened a good ''year'' prior to the game's introduction.

Each figure features a "Battle Emblem" [[rubsign]] that shows one of three "elemental powers": Fire, Water or Wood. (A fourth power, Burstsun, was a rare special power introduced later in the line.) Since the symbols were heat-activated, it was (mostly) impossible to determine what each toys' symbol was until they were freed from their packaging. These rubsigns were key to a simple rock-paper-scissors-style battle game: Fire burned Wood, Wood floated on Water, Water put out Fire.

As ''Beastformers'', they were packaged in individual boxes with bio cards; the design of both would change multiple times over the course of the year (detailed below). These were typically set out in large display boxes holding 36 individual figures. ''Battle Beasts'' packaged them as two-packs with semi-randomized pairings (we're not about to try and suss out all the patterns) and no personal information whatsoever, with only a mail-away poster providing names for the beasts once the first three series were released. Both companies also put out multi-packs and larger vehicles; ''Beastformers'' vehicles came with specific pack-in characters, while ''Battle Beasts'' simply tossed in a random figure.

''Most'' of the normal ''Battle Beasts'' product was eventually released in ''Beastformers''. Both lines have a number of variants and toolings not available in the other, though ''Beastformers'' certainly has more individual figures all told, thanks to the late-run [[Laser Beast]] releases (only about half of which saw very short-lived and limited distribution in Hasbro markets). As noted, the overwhelming majority of the toys are physically identical between the Hasbro and Takara markets, with the only recurring difference between all toys a small manufacturing sticker added to the soles of the Takara toys (which tends to fall off and get lost over time).
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===''Transformers: Beastformers'' (1987)===
====Series 1====
[[Image:SnakeBomb-MIB.jpg|right|upright=.67|thumb|You can't keep me in here! I have to fight He-Man!]]
The initial assortment of Beastformers were packaged in ''Transformers''-style boxes, with Autobot-allied beasts in red boxes and Decepticon-allied in purple, with the familiar grid pattern below. These boxes are otherwise generic, with no individual names or marking on the packaging whatsoever, with a plastic window to show the beast inside. These were shipped in display cases of thirty-six individual boxes, with "Pack A" and "Pack B" styles: each case had twelve different beasts packed at three each, with six beasts unique to each case.

Like the other ''Headmasters'' toys of the time, each one also came with an individual bio card, with a painted character image on a red or purple grid on the front, and character data and line-art of the toy on the back. The cards were held in black sleeves to keep them hidden while in-package, as there was a chance the card would instead be the rare "[[Holography Mirror]]" card instead, with a hologram image [[Platinum Tiger]]'s toy on the front. It appears that this card was randomly packed in one box per case, but this has not been confirmed.

Oddly, despite the toys themselves having ID numbers molded into them (and their weapons), the bio cards do not have any form of ID number for the characters whatsoever, despite the other toys in the ''Transformers'' line having them.

The sleeves also contained a questionnaire pamphlet, and by sending five of these (filled out of course) to the address provided, the sendee would be entered into a drawing to win a [[Gnaw (G1)#Toys|Sharktron]] toy, which was not available in the normal-retail Takara ''Transformers'' line.

{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Pack A figures'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Alligatron#Toys|Alligatron]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Battle Bear#Toys|Battle Bear]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Big Serow#Toys|Big Serow]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Drillfrog#Toys|Drillfrog]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Elephan#Toys|Elephan]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Flykick#Toys|Flykick]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"| 
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Golder#Toys|Golder]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Killer Fish#Toys|Killer Fish]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Snakebomb (Beastformers)#Toys|Snakebomb]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[White Leo#Toys|White Leo]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Wildthunder#Toys|Wildthunder]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Yellow Giraffe#Toys|Yellow Giraffe]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Pack B figures'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Beafox#Toys|Beafox]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Black Turtle#Toys|Black Turtle]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Bonga#Toys|Bonga]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Devilbat#Toys|Devilbat]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Grayox#Toys|Grayox]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Graysharp#Toys|Graysharp]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"| 
<ul class="iconlist">
?? 
?? 
?? 
?? 
?? 
?? 
|
|width="20%" valign="top" rowspan=2|[[File:BF-toy White Leo.jpg|upright=1|thumb|[[White Leo#Toys|White Leo]], face of the franchise.]]
|-
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Mail-away prizes'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Sharkticon (species)#Toys|Sharktron]]}}
|}

====Series 2====
At this point, ''Beastformers'' boxes changed to using green behind the grids for both sides, but kept the Autobot/Decepticon markings. The upper-right "flap" of the box also added the "Pack" letter of the shipping case, each one indicating a different randomly-packed prize card:

:'''C''' — The "[[Secret Photo]]" card featuring White Leo
:'''D''' — The "[[Bewitching Serpent Seal]]" card featuring Cobrander

Just as before, each case had six unique beasts, with twelve re-released Series 1 toys filling out the other halves. Once again kids could send away five filled-out pack-in questionnaires to enter a prize draw for a Transformer not available at retail, this time the "Firebot" [[Repugnus (G1)#Toys|Repug (aka Monsterbot Repugnus)]].

The pack-in bio cards also got a redesign at this point, with the returning characters' cards getting the change as well. The front of the card replaced the grid background with a forest backdrop framing a yellow sky, with the painted portrait in the middle. The nametags and cardbacks were otherwise the same style as before.

{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Pack C figures'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Bullorn#Toys|Bullorn]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Brown Gyro#Toys|Brown Gyro]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Dark Raccoon#Toys|Dark Raccoon]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Smileduck#Toys|Smileduck]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Strong Hippo#Toys|Strong Hippo]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Wavemoose#Toys|Wavemoose]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"| 
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|Beafox (re-release)}}
{{Bp-d1|Black Turtle (re-release)}}
{{Bp-a1|Bonga (re-release)}}
{{Bp-d1|Devilbat (re-release)}}
{{Bp-a1|Flykick (re-release)}}
{{Bp-a1|White Leo (re-release)}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Pack D figures'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Beavop#Toys|Beavop]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Jungaroo#Toys|Jungaroo]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Power Jaguar#Toys|Power Jaguar]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Power Nozzle#Toys|Power Nozzle]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Red Octo#Toys|Red Octo]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Sea Iron#Toys|Sea Iron]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"| 
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|Alligatron (re-release)}}
{{Bp-a1|Battle Bear (re-release)}}
{{Bp-a1|Big Serow (re-release)}}
{{Bp-a1|Golder (re-release)}}
{{Bp-d1|Killer Fish (re-release)}}
{{Bp-a1|Yellow Giraffe (re-release)}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top" rowspan=2|[[File:BF-toy RedOcto.jpg|thumb|upright=1|[[Red Octo#Toys|Red Octo]]]]
|-
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Mail-away prizes'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Repugnus (G1)#Toys|Repug]]}}
|}

====Series 3====
With the third wave release, the line expanded slightly, with a new multi-pack (including [[exclusive]] variations of the two leader figures), as well as a transforming "[[Fortress (Beastformers)|Fortress]]" that unfolds into a large playset.

The packaging for this series did not change at all outside of the "Pack" letters, and again, each case had six all-new beasts and six re-releases. The rare prize card was the same for each Pack type: the "VS [[Holography Mirror]]", a ''double'' hologram card showing Platinum Tiger or Green Chameles depending on which way your turned it. Repug even stuck around as the mail-in-drawing prize.

While the packaging didn't change much, the bio cards for the new characters did change in one very significant way: they no longer used the fully-painted character images, instead using the comic-style line-art used for the Hasbro ''Battle Beasts'' checklist-poster. The re-released characters, however, kept the "series 2" style cards.

{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Pack E figures'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Green Chameles#Toys|Green Chameles]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Iguanamonss#Toys|Iguanamonss]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Razorkukku#Toys|Razorkukku]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Strong Panda#Toys|Strong Panda]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Ultragas#Toys|Ultragas]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Undergroun#Toys|Undergroun]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"| 
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|Alligatron (re-release)}}
{{Bp-a1|Beafox (re-release)}}
{{Bp-d1|Devilbat (re-release)}}
{{Bp-a1|Flykick (re-release)}}
{{Bp-d1|Killer Fish (re-release)}}
{{Bp-a1|White Leo (re-release)}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Pack F figures'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Baboon#Toys|Baboon]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Cuttledeep#Toys|Cuttledeep]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Eagle Killer#Toys|Eagle Killer]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Junior Dragon#Toys|Junior Dragon]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Night Owl#Toys|Night Owl]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Polar Battle Bear (Beastformers)#Toys|Polar Battle Bear]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"| 
<ul class="iconlist">
?? (re-release) 
?? (re-release) 
?? (re-release) 
?? (re-release) 
?? (re-release) 
?? (re-release)
|
|width="20%" valign="top", rowspan=2|[[File:BF-toy Iguanamonss.jpg|upright=1|thumb|[[Iguanamonss#Toys|Iguanamonss]]]][[File:BF-toy StrongPanda.jpg|upright=1|thumb|[[Strong Panda#Toys|Strong Panda]]]]
|-
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Multi-packs'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1d1|Burstsun Special Set (type 1) ([[White Leo#Toys|Burstsun White Leo]], [[Black Jaguar#Toys|Black Jaguar]], [[Būpink#Toys|Būpink]], [[Dog Hunter#Toys|Dog Hunter]], [[Dream Eater#Toys|Dream Eater]], [[Muskhorn#Toys|Muskhorn]], [[Pangol#Toys|Pangol]], [[Slo#Toys|Slo]], [[White Cow#Toys|White Cow]], [[Udan#Toys|Udan]])}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"| 
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1d1|Burstsun Special Set (type 2) ([[Alligatron#burstsun|Ghost Alligatron]], Black Jaguar, Būpink, [[Crowmax#Toys|Crowmax]], [[Earthhog#Toys|Earthhog]], [[Mingo Kid#Toys|Mingo Kid]], Pangol, Slo, White Cow, Udan)}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Fortress'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Red Phoenix#Toys|Red Phoenix]] (w/ [[Flykick#Toys|Flykick]])}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Mail-away prizes'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Cobrander#ceramic|Ceramic Special Cobrander]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Repugnus (G1)#Toys|Repug]]}}
|}

{{note|The Burstsun Special set comes with two different sets of figures, but you don't know which set you get until you open it up. Yes, you had to get both sets for a complete collection. The non-White-Leo/Alligatron figures would be made available again later, with different bio cards.}}

Those familiar with ''Battle Beasts'' have probably noticed quite a few omissions in the above lists. Despite multiple checklists and promotional materials showing the full range of 76 figures found in ''Battle Beasts'', only 54 of them appear to have actually been released in ''Transformers: Beastformers''. Yes, even characters who ''appeared in the Beastformers episode of the Transformers anime'' were skipped in the ''Transformers'' line. Most of those missing toys ''would'' see release in the next version of the ''Beastformers'' toyline....
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===''Beastformers'' and ''Beastformers: Laser Beasts'' (1988)===
[[File:BF-toy Series4Boxes.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|]][[File:BF-toy Unarchy-Symbol.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1|Laser Beast [[Unarchy]], with symbol [[gimmick]] on display.]]
In 1988, ''Beastformers'' became its own line, all ''Transformers'' branding excised from the packaging, now branded with the tagline "Role-Playing! Animal Army!!" (ロールプレーイング!アニマル軍団!! ''Rōru Purēingu! Animaru Gundan!!'', rendered as "Role Playing Animal Team" in English on the packaging). Importantly, this series saw the release of almost all the ''Battle Beasts'' figures that the ''Transformers: Beastformers'' line skipped, though in exchange many ''Transformers''-era figures didn't make the jump to the "RPG" line.

While the figures were still (mostly) released in individual boxes, the packaging got a near-total redesign, though the forest backdrop from the previous series' cards remained. These boxes showed maps of planet Beast on the back, made up of thirty-eight kingdoms, each ruled by two Beastformer warriors in a post-Transformers-war setting. These boxes are again generic, now across the entire line. Early versions of the boxes (Packs G and H) advertised the possibility that the included bio card inside could instead be a rare holofoil card with a "Burstsun" Battle Emblem packed into a small baggie on its back for you to affix to the Beastformer of your choice, but later (and seemingly more common) releases dropped all "rare card" promos and the "Pack" markings, and added a sticker on the bottom-front with the toy's name on it.

The pack-in cards were similarly reworked. While they still used the line art from the ''Transformers'' era cast poster, the art was completely recolored to be more accurate to the actual toys, plus some characters who were drawn with incorrect weapons got edited art with the correct ones. The back of these cards have a ''lot'' more character information, and details on the powers of their "[[MVP Weapon]]" including rules and point values for the new "[[Beastformers Role-Playing Game]]" for the line. Pack-in catalogs contained rules for the dice-based battle game. And the ID numbers on the toys were finally added to the cards and name-stickers.

At this point, many Beastformers were also made available in [[gacha|gashapon capsule machines]] for the same price as the normal boxed toys (200 yen). These toys lacked bio cards, and came with completely random weapons. More importantly, there were rare all-white/cream "Rare Type" versions of (supposedly) fifteen of the gashapon Beastformers, which nowadays go for a couple hundred dollars a pop. However, only twelve white/cream versions have been confirmed so far, and all of them from the original ''Transformers'' "series 1" lineup. (It is also up for debate as to how many of the normal toys were available in gacha machines: the included paperwork does not say how many were available, and also shows Brown Gyro, a Beastformer not available in the RPG line... but we've already established that Takara's ''Beastformers'' paperwork is pretty unreliable so maybe even that "15 white Beasts" thing is incorrect and there were only ever 12.)

At some point in this series, the Beastformers' rubsigns underwent a change. Later samples of the toys (as well as late-run Hasbro ''Battle Beasts'' releases) could have Battle Emblems that revealed ''full color'' Fire/Water/Wood illustrations rather than the mood-ring-style black outlines against a multi-hued backdrop. (It does not appear that there was ever a full-color Burstsun symbol.)

The standalone ''Beastformers'' line saw a major expansion of available product. The ''Battle Beasts'' motorized "Battle Chariots" and remaining two transforming "Transport Stations" were released in Japan as the "[[Head Hunter]]s" and "[[Fortress (Beastformers)|Fortress]]es" respectively, plus a re-release of the prior Red Phoenix Fortress in this new packaging style.

But most importantly, this series also introduced the '''[[Laser Beast]]s''' (レーザービースト, ''Rēzā Bīsuto'') subline, tagged "Role-Playing! Neo Animal Army!!" (ロールプレーイング!ネオアニマル軍団!! ''Rōru Purēingu! Neo Animaru Gundan!!'', rendered as "Role Playing Neo Animal Team" in English). This new faction of evil warriors emerged from an underground kingdom when the planet's three elements were out of balance and destroyed their home. Rather than having rubsigns, these beast warriors have [[light-piping|clear marbles that would reveal their randomly-installed Fire/Wood/Water element when looked through into a light source]]. And instead of melee weapons, they came with large rifles. A number of new mini-vehicles and multi-packs were also released for this series. Laser Beast packaging was different, with a shadowy-blue theme and strange alternate versions of the planet's continents shown on the hidden inner box-flaps. Oh, also they cost 50 yen more than the 200-yen Beastformers, sold in cases of 24 (12 beasts packed 2 each, a completely different lineup in each case).

The Laser Beasts were intended to be released in Hasbro's markets as the '''Shadow Warriors''', but they never made it to a wide release: packaged samples of the twelve "series 1" toys have been found, plus some even rarer samples of "Battle Chargers", individually-sold Shield Battlers that included characters who weren't sold as Shield Battlers in Japan. Because of this, as well as the somewhat short lifespan of the line at this point, Laser Beasts routinely go for hefty amounts on the secondary market even in Japan, easily demanding hundred-plus price tags apiece... ''especially'' the second series of individually-boxed figures and box sets.

{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="99.3%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Beastformers''' (Pack G)
*1 [[White Leo#Toys|White Leo]] (re-release)
*4 [[Flykick#Toys|Flykick]] (re-release)
*19 [[Hedgehog#Toys|Hedgehog]]
*20 [[Badshark#Toys|Badshark]]
*21 [[Bowdog#Toys|Bowdog]]
*22 [[Rabbit Kid#Toys|Rabbit Kid]]
|
|width="20%" valign="top"| 
*23 [[Bluehorse#Toys|Bluehorse]]
*24 [[Giader#Toys|Giader]]
*25 [[Violethorn#Toys|Violethorn]]
*26 [[Bombsheep#Toys|Bombsheep]]
*27 [[Deaspider#Toys|Deaspider]]
*28 [[Crabhit#Toys|Crabhit]]
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Beastformers''' (Pack H)
*49 [[Flying Attacker#Toys|Flying Attacker]]
*50 [[Platinum Tiger#Toys|Platinum Tiger]]
*55 [[Koala Gray#Toys|Koala Gray]]
*69 [[Zebra Ball#Toys|Zebra Ball]]
*71 [[Duck Diver#Toys|Duck Diver]]
*75 [[Peguinis#Toys|Peguinis]]
|
|width="20%" valign="top"| 
*??
*??
*??
*??
*??
*??
|
|width="20%" valign="top" rowspan=6|[[File:BF-toy RabbitKid.jpg|upright=1|thumb|[[Rabbit Kid#Toys|Rabbit Kid]]]][[File:BF-toy Peguinis.jpg|upright=1|thumb|[[Peguinis#Toys|Peguinis]]]][[File:BF-toy Tigerburn.jpg|upright=1|thumb|Laser Beast [[Tigerburn#Toys|Tigerburn]]]][[File:BF-toy WoodBeetle.jpg|uprhgt=1|thumb|[[Wood Beetle]] Fortress]][[File:BF-toy GreatestConfrontation box.jpg|upright=1|thumb|Beast Planet's Greatest Confrontation Set]]
|-
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Beastformers''' (''Name-sticker box'')
*1 White Leo (re-release)
*2 [[Big Serow#Toys|Big Serow]] (re-release)
*4 Flykick (re-release)
*5 [[Killer Fish#Toys|Killer Fish]] (re-release)
*11 [[Battle Bear#Toys|Battle Bear]] (re-release)
*12 [[Devilbat#Toys|Devilbat]] (re-release)
*13 [[Bonga#Toys|Bonga]] (re-release)
*15 [[Alligatron#Toys|Alligatron]] (re-release)
*16 [[Beafox#Toys|Beafox]] (re-release)
|
|width="20%" valign="top"| 
*17 [[Black Turtle#Toys|Black Turtle]] (re-release)
*35 [[Jungaroo#Toys|Jungaroo]] (re-release)
*43 [[Cuttledeep#Toys|Cuttledeep]] (re-release)
*45 [[Junior Dragon#Toys|Junior Dragon]] (re-release)
*46 [[Night Owl#Toys|Night Owl]] (re-release)
*53 [[Strong Panda#Toys|Strong Panda]] (re-release)
*54 [[Shield Dragon#Toys|Shield Dragon]]
*55 [[Koala Gray#Toys|Koala Gray]] (re-release)
*57 [[Black Jaguar#Toys|Black Jaguar]] (re-release)
|
|width="20%" valign="top"| 
*58 [[Dream Eater#Toys|Dream Eater]] (re-release)
*59 [[Cobrander#Toys|Cobrander]]
*60 [[Baboon#Toys|Baboon]] (re-release)
*61 [[Dog Hunter#Toys|Dog Hunter]] (re-release)
*62 [[Būpink#Toys|Būpink]] (re-release)
*63 [[Razorkukku#Toys|Razorkukku]] (re-release)
*64 [[Muskhorn#Toys|Muskhorn]] (re-release)
*65 [[Pangol#Toys|Pangol]] (re-release)
*66 [[Slo#Toys|Slo]] (re-release)
|
|width="20%" valign="top"| 
*67 [[Earthhog#Toys|Earthhog]] (re-release)
*68 [[White Cow#Toys|White Cow]] (re-release)
*69 [[Zebra Ball#Toys|Zebra Ball]] (re-release)
*70 [[Eagle Killer#Toys|Eagle Killer]] (re-release)
*71 [[Duck Diver#Toys|Duck Diver]] (re-release)
*72 [[Crowmax#Toys|Crowmax]] (re-release)
*73 [[Mingo Kid#Toys|Mingo Kid]] (re-release)
*75 [[Peguinis#Toys|Peguinis]] (re-release)
*76 [[Udan#Toys|Udan]] (re-release)
|-
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Gashapon white versions'''
*1 [[White Leo#White|White Leo]]
*2 [[Big Serow#White|Big Serow]]
*3 [[Golder#White|Golder]]
|
|width="20%" valign="top"| 
*4 [[Flykick#White|Flykick]]
*5 [[Killer Fish#White|Killer Fish]]
*11 [[Battle Bear#White|Battle Bear]]
|
|width="20%" valign="top"| 
*12 [[Devilbat#White|Devilbat]]
*13 [[Bonga#White|Bonga]]
*15 [[Alligatron#White|Alligatron]]
|
|width="20%" valign="top"| 
*16 [[Beafox#White|Beafox]]
*17 [[Black Turtle#White|Black Turtle]]
*18 [[Yellow Giraffe#White|Yellow Giraffe]]
|-
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Laser Beasts''' (series 1)
*77 [[Blue Eagle#Toys|Blue Eagle]]
*78 [[Sparkshark#Toys|Sparkshark]]
*79 [[Sairon#Toys|Sairon]]
*80 [[Unarchy#Toys|Unarchy]]
*81 [[Tigerburn#Toys|Tigerburn]]
*82 [[Condorassin#Toys|Condorassin]]
|
|width="20%" valign="top"| 
*83 [[Groundwolf#Toys|Groundwolf]]
*84 [[Flysailor#Toys|Flysailor]]
*85 [[Zariganian#Toys|Zariganian]]
*86 [[Rainbow Sam#Toys|Rainbow Sam]]
*87 [[Sur#Toys|Sur]]
*88 [[Brainmouse#Toys|Brainmouse]]
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Laser Beasts''' (series 2)
*89 [[Brown Lion#Toys|Brown Lion]]
*92 [[Hustlebear#Toys|Hustlebear]]
*95 [[Dragon Seahorn#Toys|Dragon Seahorn]]
*97 [[Sea Panic#Toys|Sea Panic]]
*98 [[Puzzlecolor#Toys|Puzzlecolor]]
*100 [[Scopecougar#Toys|Scopecougar]]
|
|width="20%" valign="top"| 
*104 [[Jeerermonkey#Toys|Jeerermonkey]]
*105 [[Hornhead#Toys|Hornhead]]
*106 [[Monkeyfighter#Toys|Monkeyfighter]]
*107 [[Flying Dragon#Toys|Flying Dragon]]
*108 [[Kickback (LB)#Toys|Kickback]]
*110 [[Green Rayfer#Toys|Green Rayfer]]
|-
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Battlecruisers'''
*[[Battle Buzzsaw]] (w/ [[Dinogator#Toys|Dinogator]])
*[[Battle Eagle]] (w/ [[Skybat#Toys|Skybat]])
*[[Battle Savanna]] (w/ [[Slag King#Toys|Slag King]])
|
|width="20%" valign="top"| 
*[[Battle Drill#prizes|Battle Drill]] (yellow) (w/ [[Skullgrotes#Toys|Skullgrotes]]{{fact}})
*Battle Drill (red) (w/ [[Kingbuster#Toys|Kingbuster]])
*Battle Drill (blue) (w/ Kingbuster)
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Head Hunters'''
*[[Sheep Hunter]] (w/ [[Rabbit Kid#Toys|Rabbit Kid]])
*[[Stag Hunter]] (w/ [[Bombsheep#Toys|Bombsheep]])
*[[Tiger Hunter]] (w/ [[Platinum Tiger#Toys|Platinum Tiger]])
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Fortresses'''
*[[Red Phoenix]] (w/ [[Flykick#Toys|Flykick]])
*[[Shocking Shark]] (w/ [[Strong Hippo#Toys|Strong Hippo]])
*[[Wood Beetle]] (w/ [[Wavemoose#Toys|Wavemoose]])
|-
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Multi-packs'''
*Perfect 6 Set ([[Crystal Killer Fish#Toys|Crystal Killer Fish]], [[Baboon#Toys|Baboon]], [[Cobrander#Toys|Cobrander]], [[Eagle Killer#Toys|Eagle Killer]], [[Shield Dragon#Toys|Shield Dragon]], and either [[Demonkey#Toys|Demonkey]] or [[Little Serow#Toys|Little Serow]])
|
|width="20%" valign="top"| 
*[[Shield Battler-6]] ([[Grencats#Toys|Grencats]], [[Fighthorn#Toys|Fighthorn]], [[Battlefennec#Toys|Battlefennec]], [[Killerhound#Toys|Killerhound]], [[Stronghurricane#Toys|Stronghurricane]], [[Manteaufrenzy#Toys|Manteaufrenzy]], Red & Gray [[W Battler]]s)
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*Beast Planet's Greatest Confrontation Set ([[Platinum Tiger#Toys|Platinum Tiger]] w/ [[Tiger Hunter#Toys|Tiger Hunter]], [[Yellow Giraffe#Toys|Yellow Giraffe]], [[Golder#Toys|Golder]], vs [[Skullgrotes#Toys|Skullgrotes]] w/ gold [[Battle Drill#Toys|Battle Drill]], [[Kingbuster#Toys|Kingbuster]], [[Salmomancer#Toys|Salmomancer]])
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Finally... if you've been keeping track, you may have noticed that there are ''still'' two Battle Beasts/Beastformers missing from these lists. It does appear that, despite being in numerous checklists and whatnot across two different iterations of the line, even getting full "RPG" style bios, [[Scout Mouse]] and [[Yellow Camelus]] were ultimately never released in Japan.
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===''Transformers Legends''===
After three decades of nothing, new toys of ''Beastformers'' characters were released in Takara's ''[[Transformers Legends (franchise)|Transformers Legends]]'' toyline, as the [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] partners to the new [[Monsterbot (G1)|Monsterbot]] toys. These molds were originally designed for Hasbro's ''[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]'' line, and while the small robots were modeled after the ''Beastformers'' characters, Hasbro chose to give them different names, treating them as Cybertronians who just happened to look that way. Takara, however, took the last step and directly named them after their sculpt inspirations, and made it ''very'' explicit that they were the same characters in the attached [[Transformers Legends (comic)|pack-in/online manga]], and made some other toys out to be new forms for ''Beastformers'' characters as well.

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{{Bp-a1|LG-EX [[Repugnus (G1)#LGEX|Repug]] & [[Grotusque#Legends|Grotes]] (w/ [[Platinum Tiger#Legends|Platinum Tiger]] and [[Hedgehog#Legends|Hedgehog]])}}
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{{note|While the packaging calls the toys "Haywire" and "Lione", the associated manga made those toys out to be new forms for [[White Lune]] and (temporarily at least) [[Tigerburn]], respectively. [[Skullgrotes]] was shown to take over [[Shuffler]]'s body, using the ''Titans Return'' Shuffler head that didn't get released in Japan. [[Scopecougar]] got a similar new body, merging with [[Toraizer]] to create a nonexistent redeco of Lione.}}

==Notes==
* Due to the manufacturing processes of the time, there are a ''lot'' of ''very'' minor variations for many toys in the Hasbro ''Battle Beasts'' line, particularly in the first Series; most of these boil down to "slightly lighter/darker plastic/paint tone" and "slightly glossier/matte paint" and the occasional "company info printing difference". This is on top of the more immediately-obvious larger variants (largely found in Series 2), like changed armor colors. It's uncertain how many of these variants were also present in the ''Beastformers'' run, not helped by many of them appearing in ''Beastformer'' catalogs and other materials.
* The "RPG" era pack-in fliers with the game rules hint at a possible [[Campaign item|promotional campaign]] that never was. In the section about the MVP Weapon use, it mentions something called "Gold Power" ({{ruby|G|ゴールド}}パワー ''Gōrudo Pawā''), which is tied to "lamé weapons" (ラメ武器 ''rame buki''). But all it says about this is "Its power is not yet known to anyone"; no mention of this is ever made in any other ''Beastformers'' material going forward, and the reprinted game rules in the ''[[Hero Special 4: Beastformers]]'' mook omits that bit entirely. It sounds like Takara had plans to offer special "metallic" weapons at some point, and "store-specific promotional campaign" seems a likely outlet. But, in the absence of any other information on these, that's just speculation.
* At the 2009 [[San Diego Comic-Con|Comic-Con]], it was announced that Diamond Select, the producer of Minimates, bought the Battle Beasts [[trademark]]. [http://battlebeasts.blogspot.com/2010/02/battle-beasts-return-look-at-comic-con.html] In 2012, [[IDW Publishing]] [http://battlebeasts.blogspot.com/2012/04/press-release-dump-diamond-select-toys.html released a ''Battle Beasts'' miniseries] based on the Minimates, completely unrelated to ''Transformers''... or the original ''Battle Beasts'', for that matter.
* TakaraTomy's ''[http://www.takaratomy.co.jp/products/beastsaga/ Beast Saga]'' toyline shares many similarities to ''Beastformers'', including being set on Beast and featuring several returning characters, but is not considered a direct continuation of the latter. [http://www.saikyojump.com/topics-beast/index.html A manga] began serialization in ''Saikyo Jump'' in early 2012, and was adapted into [http://www.beastsaga.tv/ an anime] in January 2013, though the story is again unrelated to ''Transformers''.

===Foreign names===
*''French:'' '''Les Dragonautes''', '''Comba Nimaux''' (Canada)
*''Portuguese:'' '''Bestias de Combate'''

==External links==
*[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1P1Lt0Tgm47d8GTpBwvGx32y6JqzKHVY408TwetdlHVg/edit?usp=sharing Google Doc of transcripts & translations of Beastformers bios & pack-in/packaging materials]
*[http://www.toyarchive.com/BattleBeasts/BattleBeasts1.html Battle Beasts info at Super Toy Archive]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5O26Dtubh0 Toy commercial on YouTube]

[[Category:Beastformers franchise| ]]
[[Category:Japanese franchises]]
[[Category:The Headmasters]]
[[Category:Other Hasbro properties]]
[[Category:Other TakaraTomy properties]]

Sei Young Animation Co. Ltd.

2023-08-15T01:01:19Z

Evan1975:

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'''Sei Young Animation Co. Ltd.''' (世映 ''Se Yeong'') was one of the [[South Korea]]n studios utilized in the production of [[The Transformers (cartoon)|the original ''Transformers'' cartoon]]. The company was also kept on for sibling [[Sunbow Productions|Sunbow]] show ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe]]'' and on ''Defenders of The Earth''. Outside of Sunbow, they were also one of the studios behind ''Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water'' and provided animation for ''The Super Mario Brothers Super Show'', ''Pro Stars'', ''Widget The World Watcher'', and ''Captain N: The Game Master''.

Akin to [[Sam Young Studio]], [[Dai Won Animation Co.]] and Japanese studios [[Trans Arts Co.]], [[Studio Look]], [[Ashi Productions]], [[Nakamura Production]] and [[Studio No. 1]]; the company was mainly utilized to help out studios like [[Toei Animation|Toei]] and [[AKOM]] in areas such as effects, photography and finalization. They are known to have headed up production of at least one episode of the series, "[[Surprise Party]]."<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/TheRoboplasticApocalypse/photos/a.2329350367103600/2329351747103462/?type=3&theater ''The Transformers'' status update document identifying "Surprise Party" as a Sei Young episode] - photograph by the Roboplastic Apocalypse on Facebook</ref> Additionally, they are known to have worked on the storyboards for "[[Heavy Metal War]]" and '[[City of Steel (episode)|City of Steel]]".

The company also provided in-between animation and key Animation on several episodes of ''[[Beast Wars II: Super Lifeform Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars II]]''

They were absorbed into [[Dong Woo Animation]] in October 1998.

==Notes==
* Outside of ''The Transformers'', Sei Young worked on several of Toei's late '70s/early '80s anime like ''Galaxy Express 999''; usually with Dai Won as a partner.

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.imdb.com/company/co0170279/ Sei Young Animation Co. Ltd on IMDB]

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[[Category:Animation companies]]

Trailbreaker (G1)/toys

2023-08-09T18:58:56Z

Evan1975: /* The Transformers */

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[[File:G1 boxart Trailbreaker.jpg|upright=1.3|thumb|''Building up a head of steam on the trail we break!'']]

'''Trailbreaker''' has enough toys to blaze a trail.

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==Toys==
===''The Transformers''===
{{anchor|Generation 1}}
[[File:G1Trailbreaker toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|If your vehicle mode looks like this, you might be a redneck!]]
*'''Trailbreaker''' (Autobot Car, [[1984]])
**''Takara ID number:'' '''25'''
**''Accessories:'' 2 "Twin Blasters", 2 missiles, radar scanner, 2 fists (left & right)
{{toydesigner|[[Kōjin Ōno]] (TakaraTomy)}}

: Released in the first year of ''[[The Transformers (toyline)|The Transformers]]'', Trailbreaker transforms into a [[wikipedia:Toyota_Hilux#Third_generation_(N30,_N40;_1978)|Toyota 4WD Hi-Lux N40]] camper truck. In robot mode, both of his lower arms are projectile launchers, able to load and fire either his fists or his projectiles, which consist of two [[Vacuum metallizing|vacuum metallized]] silver missiles and two silver "twin blasters"... though the [[Hasbro]] version of the toy severely weakened the springs [[for safety reasons]]. There are two slots in the robot-mode "backpack" to store whichever unused wrist attachments you like.

: He was re-released in 1985 with the addition of a [[rubsign]] on his vehicle-mode roof. He was also released in Japan the same year as part of [[TakaraTomy|Takara]]'s ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (toyline)|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers]]'' series, similarly sporting a rubsign, though this release has his wrist-launchers fully-functional.

: This mold was also [[retool]]ed to make [[Hoist (G1)/toys#The Transformers|Hoist]].

: This mold was originally released in Takara's ''Diaclone'' line, which is why the truck roof has an opening hatch meant for a pilot figure the ''Transformers'' toy did not come with. While there was a ''Diaclone'' version of this mold in these plastic colors (there were also yellow and blue versions of the toy), the ''Transformers'' release altered the side-panel stickers, which had a yellow base colors, to match the black plastic.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1984/Autobot/Trailbreaker/trailbreaker.htm More information on Trailbreaker at TFU.info]''
::*''[http://www.transformerland.com/wiki/toy-info/transformers-g1-autobot-cars-trailbreaker/233/ Patent info, price guide, and further reading on Trailbreaker at Transformerland.com]''
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===''Collector's Edition''===
*'''Trailbreaker''' (2001)
**''ID number'': '''25'''
**''Accessories'': 2 "Twin Blasters", 2 missiles, radar scanner, 2 fists (left & right)

:In August 2001, Trailbreaker was given a short-run ''[[The Transformers: Collector's Edition|Collector's Edition]]'' [[Generation 1 reissues|reissue]] (limited to only 1,000 pieces) by [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] as a C3 convention [[exclusive item]], bundled together with Hoist.

: Near as can be told, there are no notable differences between this re-release and the original Takara 1985 release.
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===''Universe'' (2003)===
[[File:TFU03-toy IronhideWM.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|For those of you who are not familiar with this term, say it with me.
- Vee-hicle.]]
*'''Ultra Magnus & Ironhide''' (Basic, 2004)
**''Accessories'': Rifle
{{note|The ''Universe'' release of ''Robots in Disguise'' [[Ironhide (RID)#Universe (2003)|Ironhide]] was [[repurposing|repurposed]] as Generation 1 Trailbreaker by [[Ask Vector Prime]]/[[Transformers: Renegade Rhetoric|Renegade Rhetoric]].}}

:A [[redeco]] of the ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (toyline)|Generation 2]]'' [[Go-Bot (G2)|Go-Bot]] [[Motormouth#Toys|Motormouth]], ''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' Ironhide transforms into a Ford F150 Flareside pickup truck. This toy features through-axle construction like the kind found on ''Hot Wheels'' and ''Matchbox'' cars, which allow his truck mode to zip along smooth surfaces quickly. His truck deco is an obvious [[homage]] to the [[The Transformers (franchise)|Generation 1]] character Trailbreaker; this was likely one of many aborted attempts to get the character on shelves again stymied by [[trademark]] issues.

: This toy was only available in a [[Walmart]] [[exclusive]] pack with [[Ultra Magnus (RID)#WMSC|Ultra Magnus]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2004/Autobot/TFUIronhide/ironhide.htm More information on Ironhide at TFU.info]''{{G2MotormouthMold}}
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===''Encore''===
[[File:EncoreTrailbreaker Toy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Ol' Blue Eye]]
*'''Trailbreaker''' ([[2008]])
**''ID number:'' '''13'''
**''Accessories:'' 2 "Twin Blasters", 2 missiles, radar scanner, 2 fists (left & right)

: Trailbreaker was also reissued in TakaraTomy's ''[[Transformers Encore|Encore]]'' line. This release has a number of paint changes from the original: his visor has been painted bright blue, as have the non-tjoint window portions on his doors and the camper "visor", plus he as a [[tampograph]]ed Autobot symbol on his hood/chest rather than a sticker.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2008/Cybertron/Trailbreaker/trailbreaker.htm More information on ''Encore'' Trailbreaker at TFU.info]''
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===''Transformers'' (2010)===
[[File:TF2010-toy Trailcutter.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Cutting a trail to a closeout shelf near you!]]
*'''Trailcutter''' ([[Legends Class (2005)|Legends Class]], [[2011]])
{{toydesigner|[[Joe Kyde]] (Hasbro)|[[Andrew Scribner]] (deco artist)}}

: Part of the second wave of ''[[Transformers (2010 toyline)#RTS|Transformers: Reveal the Shield]]'' Legends Class toys, "Trailcutter" (renamed due to [[trademark]] reasons) converts into a camper truck again, but with a front section similar to that of a Cadillac Escalade. His head sculpt is essentially the Generation 1 toy's head, including the visor, with the more humanoid face of the [[character model|cartoon model]]. As with all ''Reveal the Shield'' toys, he has a heat-sensitive [[rubsign]].

: The ''Reveal the Shield'' Legends toys were largely released in discount and closeout chains in the U.S., predominantly at Five Below stores.

: This mold was also sold in the ''Transformers Chronicle'' line (see below), and was used to make ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]]'' [[Hoist (G1)/toys#Generations|Hoist]].

: The same "hybrid" head design had been previously used by [[Dan Khanna]] for [[3H Productions|3H]]'s [[Transformers: Universe (comic)|''Universe'' comic]] and by Hasbro for ''[[Transformers: Alternators|Alternators]]'' [[Swindle (G1)#Alternators|Swindle]] (originally intended as Trailbreaker) and his [[redeco]] [[Rollbar (G1)#Alternators|Rollbar]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2011/Autobot/Trailcutter/trailcutter.htm More information on ''Reveal the Shield'' Trailcutter at TFU.info]''
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===''Chronicle''===
[[File:EZCollectionChronicleTrailbreakerToy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Less naked than this, really.]]
*'''Trailbreaker''' (EZ Collection, 2011)

:''[[Transformers Chronicle (toyline)|Chronicle]]'' [[EZ Collection]] Trailbreaker is a minor redeco of the ''Transformers'' [[Legends Class (2005)|Legends Class]] Trailcutter toy (above), sporting a brighter-blue windshield and a tampographed Autobot symbol... which is not present on the stock photos. Whoops.

: Like other ''Chronicle'' Legends toys, he is sold in a [[blindpacking|blindpacked]] box.
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===''Generations''===
[[File:Generations trailcutter(trailbreaker).jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|"[[Renaming|Name change]]? What do you mean it was in the comic? Let's see, then... Nope, nothing. You sure you aren't misremembering things?"]]
*'''Trailcutter''' (Deluxe Class, [[2013]])
**''Series / Number'': '''02 / #001'''
**''Accessories:'' Roof/battle shield
{{toydesigner|[[Joe Kyde]] (Hasbro)}}

:Part of the fifth wave of 2012-onwards ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]]'' Deluxe Class toys, ''[[Thrilling 30]]'' Trailcutter is a new design with a made-up armored pick-up truck alternate mode. Additionally, many of his [[robot mode]] details are based on [[Alex Milne]]'s Cybertronian design for the character in the ''[[The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More Than Meets the Eye]]'' comic series. His truck bed canopy is removable, and transforms into a "battle shield" with mounted blasters. It features a flip-out [[5 mm post|5 mm handle]] as well as two 5 mm posts and ports, and can peg onto any of his numerous ports. The 5 mm ports on the legs, in particular, allow you to attach weapons from other figures to them so that Trailcutter can emulate Fortress Maximus.

: The American release comes packaged with a copy of [[IDW Publishing|IDW]]'s ''[[The Reluctant Specialist|Spotlight: Trailcutter]]'', featuring a cropped version of its [[Clayton Crain]] retailer incentive cover, which is called out as a 'Hasbro Exclusive Cover' on its front. Additionally, the contents of the issue are edited to remove references to Trailcutter's original name and overt mentions of alcohol-like usage of Energon drinks. The European and Canadian releases come packaged without the Spotlight.

:He was later retooled into ''Generations'' [[Hoist (G1)/toys#T30Deluxe|Hoist]] and ''[[Transformers Timelines (toyline)|Timelines]]'' [[Lift-Ticket (Diaclone)#Toys|Lift-Ticket]]. This toy also served as the basis of the non-toy characters [[Flatline (G1)|IDW Flatline]], [[Turbofire#Wings Universe|''Wings Universe'' Turbofire]], [[Trailbreaker (SG)|''Shattered Glass'' Trailbreaker]], and [[Lockdown (SG)|''Shattered Glass'' Lockdown]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2013/Autobot/GenTrailcutter/trailcutter.htm More information on ''Generations'' Trailcutter at TFU.info]''

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*'''Metroplex''' (Titan Class, 2013)
**'''01 OF 30'''

: Two [[Slug figure|small, non-transforming figurines]] of "Trailcutter", one in robot mode and the other in vehicle mode, based on his ''Generations: [[Thrilling 30]]'' Deluxe Class toy (see above), were packed in with the [[San Diego Comic-Con]] 2013 [[exclusive]] version of Titan Class [[Metroplex (G1)#SDCC2013|Metroplex]].

: This set also came with tiny figurines of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#SDCC2013|Orion Pax]], [[Megatron (G1)/toys#SDCC2013|Megatron]], [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#SDCC2013|Bumblebee]], [[Thundercracker (G1)/toys#Thrilling 30|Thundercracker]], and [[Hoist (G1)/toys#Thrilling 30|Hoist]], each in both modes, for a total of twelve figurines, each based on their larger ''Thrilling 30'' toys. Similarly to the [[Decoy]]s of old, the Autobot figurines are cast in red plastic, and the Decepticons in purple.

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[[File:Generationstoy-T30-Metroplex-Trailcutter-HKACGCON.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|If the Hand of Midas had a minituarize setting.]]
*'''Metroplex''' (Titan Class, 2013)
**'''05 OF 30'''

: Another exclusive version of Titan Class [[Metroplex (G1)#ACGHK2013|Metroplex]] was made available at [[Animation-Comic-Game Hong Kong]] 2013. This Metroplex also has the 12 figurines of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#ACGHK2013|Orion Pax]], [[Megatron (G1)/toys#ACGHK2013|Megatron]], [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#ACGHK2013|Bumblebee]], [[Thundercracker (G1)/toys#ACGHK2013|Thundercracker]], Trailcutter, and [[Hoist (G1)/toys#ACGHK2013|Hoist]], but casts the Autobot figurines in gold plastic, and the Decepticons in silver.
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===''Generations'' (Japan)===
{{anchor|TG27}}{{anchor|TrailbreakerHoist2pack}}
*'''Trailbreaker & Hoist''' (Multi-pack, 2013)
**''ID number'': '''TG-27'''
**''Release date'': [[November 30]] 2013
**''Accessories:'' Roof/battle shield

: Released in the TakaraTomy [[Transformers: Generations (Japan)|''Generations'']] lineup, Trailbreaker is a redeco of ''Thrilling 30'' Deluxe Trailcutter, cast in different shades of plastic: his black is more jet-black, his red is darker, and his windshield is now translucent blue. He also features new [[paint operation]]s, such as silver paint on his bumper, hubcaps, and forearms, painted back lights, and now has a red visor based on his original toy. He swaps the red and blue details on the Hasbro version's upper arms for a more comic-accurate silver and red.

: Trailbreaker was only available in a two-pack with [[Hoist (G1)/toys#TG27|Hoist]], released in the eleventh wave of ''Generations'' product.

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===''Kre-O''===
[[File:KreO-Toy TrailcutterKreon.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Trailbricker]]
*'''Dragon Assault''' (Beast Force Figure Pack, 2013)
**''Set number'': '''A2234'''
**''Pieces'': 42
**''Accessories'': Logo brick, wrist-blaster

: The ''[[Kre-O]]'' Beast Force "[[Dragon Assault]]" set includes a Trailcutter [[Micro-Changer]] [[Kreon]] who can be rebuilt into a 4-wheel-drive truck, or as close as you can get at that size. He comes with a wrist-blaster accessory you can pop into either cuff, but you need two fists for his vehicle mode.

: Speaking of, his vehicle-mode detailing is provided by customer-applied [[sticker]]s.

: The set also comes with a brick-built [[Grimwing (Prime)#Kre-O|Grimwing]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2013/Autobot/Kre-OTrailcutter/trailcutter.htm More information on Trailcutter at TFU.info]''

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[[File:KreO-Toy Trailbreaker.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|MY REAL NAME IS BACK!]]
*'''Trailbreaker''' (Kreon Micro-Changer, 2014)
**''Collection'': '''''Age of Extinction'' Collection 2'''
**''Accessories'': Logo brick, double barreled pistol

: Part of the sixth regular assortment of [[blindpacking|blind-bagged]] Micro-Changers, Trailbreaker (apparently Hasbro was finally able to reclaim the name) is a Kreon minifigure that can be rebuilt into a pickup truck. While clearly based on the Generation 1 character, the details of his deco are much more based on the [[live-action film series|live-action movie]] style of bot. He sports the Constructicon helmet.

: Unlike prior Micro-Changer assortments, this series does not have any sort identification code for the bags' actual contents, meaning you'd best be good at the feel-though-the-bag method.

: This assortment was originally slated to be a [[Toys"R"Us]] [[exclusive]], but US stores dropped the line before its release. It was still available in Canada, Australia, and Chinese/Asian markets. In 2015, the Collection appeared in US Dollar Tree stores, with a price tag of a whopping $1 a pop. They didn't last long.

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[[File:TF-Kre-O-Kreon-Class-of-1984-Trailcutter.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|"TRAILCUTTER" AGAIN? OH COME ON!]]
*'''Kreon Class of 1984''' (Kreon figure set, 2014)
**''Set number'': '''B0090'''
**''Voted'': Class Clown
**''Accessories'': Clip-on turbine

: This version of Trailcutter (again named as such, presumably this set was in development before the original name was reclaimed) has much more detailed toy-based [[tampograph]]s than his prior versions, save for his (shiny) cartoon-based face. He even includes the rocket-backpack piece to simulate the original toy's ability to store his rockets on his backpack.

:He was only available in a [[San Diego Comic-Con]] 2014 [[exclusive]] pack of 30 Kreons dubbed the "[[Kreon Class of 1984]]". Remaining stock was to be sold at [[Hasbro Toy Shop]] online, only there ''was'' no remaining stock after the show.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2014/Autobot/SDCCKre-OTrailcutter/trailcutter.htm More information on Class of 1984 Trailcutter at TFU.info]''
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===''Combiner Wars''===
[[File:CWDlxTrailbreaker.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|<s>Isn't [[Ironhide (Movie)|movieverse Ironhide]] the popular one?</s> Aren't I the popular one?]]
*'''Trailbreaker''' (Deluxe Class, 2016)
**'''5 OF 5: [[Sky Reign]]'''
**''Accessories:'' Axe, double-barreled gun/fist/foot
{{toydesigner|[[Mark Maher]] (deco artist)}}

: Part of the sixth wave of ''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]'' Deluxe Class figures, Trailbreaker (now using his original name again) is a retool of ''Combiner Wars'' [[Offroad (CW)#Toys|Decepticon Offroad]] sporting a new head and forearms that draw from his Generation 1 animation model, including a gun-hand. Additionally, his combiner fist/ foot weapon has retooled finger and thumb parts making his hand look more like a claw. The combiner hand can be inserted into the 5 mm peg port at the end of his gun hand, similarly to [[Rook (CW)#Generations|Rook]]. As with other ''Combiner Wars'' Deluxes, Trailbreaker can combine to form [[Sky Reign#Generations|Sky Reign]] as either an arm or a leg. He can also combine with any ''Unite Warriors'' Voyager class figure or even into one of [[Godbomber#Legends|''Legends'' Godbomber]]'s legs. While the front hood/windshields are needed to be folded as kneecaps for his leg mode, the piece also had a tendency to dislodge if he collides to Optimus Prime/Motormaster's and Hot Spot's protruding foot while the legs are being swiveled in his standing position, unless the leg joints are bent down to lessen the problem.

: Trailbreaker comes with a copy of ''The Transformers'' vol. 2 #40 (Combiner Wars part 2), "[[The Possible Light]]". In Canada, Latin America, and Europe, he was available in different types of [[multilingual packaging]] including a character card featuring his comic book cover/[[package art]] instead. He and the last three waves of ''Combiner Wars'' Deluxe and Voyager figures later also showed up at TJ Maxx in the USA at reduced prices with the collector card.

: The original version of this mold was also used to make [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|TFSS]] [[Ruckus (G1)#Generations|Grabuge]] and ''[[Transformers Unite Warriors|Unite Warriors]]'' [[Breakdown (WFC)#Unite Warriors|Zombie War Breakdown]], and was differently retooled into ''Combiner Wars'' [[First Aid (G1)#Generations|First Aid]] and [[Ironhide (G1)/toys#Combiner Wars|Ironhide]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2016/Autobot/CWTrailbreaker/trailbreaker.htm More information on ''Combiner Wars'' Trailbreaker at TFU.info]''
{{CWOffroadMold}}
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===''Unite Warriors''===
[[File:TF-Unite-Warriors-UW-EX-Trailbreaker.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Not the first [[Scrapper (G1)|dead leg]] on a combiner...too soon?]]
*'''Lynxmaster''' (Gift set, [[2016]])
**''ID number:'' '''UW-EX'''
**''Release date'': [[October 29]] 2016
**''Accessories:'' Axe, double-barreled gun/fist/foot

:''[[Transformers Unite Warriors|Unite Warriors]]'' Trailbreaker is a redeco of his ''Combiner Wars'' toy, in a color layout based more on his original cartoon model, with silver plastic replacing the red, and an extensively-painted robot mode. In vehicle mode, the strive for cartoon-accuracy means he gained a painted bumper, but ended up losing his rear window paint as well as the stripes on his doors.

: He was only available in a [[TakaraTomy Mall]]-exclusive [[Sky Reign#Unite Warriors 2|Lynxmaster]] multi-pack, the fourth set to be released through this outlet.
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===''War for Cybertron: Earthrise''===
[[File:TF-Generations-WFC-E-Deluxe-Trailbreaker.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|HELLO, FAT TRAILBREAKER!]]
*'''Trailbreaker''' (Deluxe Class, 2020)
**''Hasbro ID number'': '''WFC-E34'''
**''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''ER-EX 13'''
**''TakaraTomy release date'': [[November 28]], 2020
**''Accessories'': Arm-mounted gun, canopy

: Released in the third and final wave of [[War for Cybertron: Earthrise|''Earthrise'']] Deluxes, Trailbreaker is a retool of ''Earthrise'' [[Hoist (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Hoist]], converting into a camper truck of made-up model. He sports a new head, pelvis and gun attachment (designed to fit over and around his fist to replicate the wrist-gun of his original animation model), and a new backpack that replaces Hoist's towing apparatus with a canopy, which contains a flip-out shoulder cannon and radar scanner for his robot mode. The canopy comes detached in-package, and has a [[5 mm post]] sculpted inside it, allowing Trailbreaker to wield it as a shield. It also has a hole on top to store his gun attachment in vehicle mode. It's possible to wedge the gun under his hood between his arms using one of the 5mm ports on his forearms, although this causes the weapon nozzle to poke out off-center in front from under the hood.

: A radar dish for his vehicle mode, based on the one used in the ''[[The Transformers (cartoon)|Transformers]]'' episode "[[More than Meets the Eye, Part 2]]," was sold separately as part of the ''Earthrise'' [[Centurion droid#Toys|Centurion Drone Weaponizer Pack]] set. In robot mode, it's possible to store the radar dish inside his chest cavity, although it will rattle around freely.

: Like all ''Earthrise toys'', the inside of the back of Trailbreaker's package includes an exclusive clip-and-save piece of a larger star map. Also in the box is a thin red piece of transparent plastic with which to read the star map. While Trailbreaker's map piece is unlabeled, it contains part of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] and one of its moons.

: Due to supply chain disruptions from the COVID-19 pandemic, Trailbreaker and his fellow Deluxe wave-mates were first found in Singapore before wave 2 was released in any market worldwide.

: In Japan, Trailbreaker was one of many many ''many'' toys in the line to be a [[TakaraTomy Mall]] exclusive.

: This figure was redecoed into ''[[Generations Selects (toyline)|Generations Selects]]/[[Transformers: Legacy|Legacy]]'' [[Breaker (G1)#Legacy|DK-3 Breaker]], while the original use of this mold was also used to make ''Generations Selects'' [[Lift-Ticket (Diaclone)#Generations Selects|Lift-Ticket]].
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===''Masterpiece''===
[[File:Transformers-Masterpiece-MP-56-Trailbreaker.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Trailbreaker''' ([[2022]])
**''ID number:'' '''MP-56'''
**''Release date'': [[December 29]] 2022
**''Accessories'': 3 robot faces, [[Fire Blast effect|blast effect]], gun, multi-nozzle gun, fist, parabolic antenna, non-chromed grill
{{toydesigner|[[Kōjin Ōno]] (TakaraTomy)}}

:''[[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece]]'' Trailbreaker is an ''incredibly'' cartoon-accurate version of the character, who transforms into a fully-licensed Toyota 4WD Hi-Lux camper truck with an opening hood and doors (notably, this is the first ''Masterpiece'' figure to use the Toyota license).

: Among Trailbreaker's many accessories are two different truck grilles - one chromed, the other matte, so you can replicate a more cartoony or real-world-y look. He also comes with a "parabolic" radar dish to mount on his truck mode, and a wrist-mounted multi-nozzle forcefield generator, both from "[[More than Meets the Eye, Part 2]]". Other robot accessories include a fist to replace the gun if you so choose, a blast effect, and three faces: a neutral one, a screaming one, and a confident one.

: This figure also includes optional [[sticker|decal]]s that obscure part of the cab door windows, in order to represent the toy-accurate design (which occasionally appeared in the cartoon) where the shoulder joints run through those windows.

: Trailbreaker is shown on the box photography to have extra outward joints at the shoulders, which ''are'' there... unfortunately, they're blocked off by an engineering oversight where the round bottom edge of the upper arm joint doesn't account for the square block in the shoulder around which it's supposed to swing. Unscrewing the back of the upper arm panel and slicing off the colliding corner of said block unlocks the joint. Trying to force it otherwise stands a good chance of snapping the upper arm off.

:This figure was retooled into ''Masterpiece'' [[Hoist (G1)/toys#Masterpiece|Hoist]] and then in turn into [[Riggorus]].
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==Merchandise==
===Decoy===
*'''Cybertron Hero Collection 9''' (multi-pack, 1986)
**''ID number:'' '''Collection No. 3'''
:In Japan, a red rubber mini-figure of Trailbreaker was available in part of a [[Decoy|multi-pack of similar mini-figurines]]. The number etched into his back is the sum total of his [[Tech Spec|tech spec]] ratings, as these figurines were used as game pieces for a variety of ''Transformers'' board games in which this number had some meaning to how the game was played or something.

*'''Trailbreaker''' (1987)
**''Decoy number:'' '''10'''

:The figurine was later brought over to [[Hasbro]] markets as part of the [[Decoy]] promotion, largely identical to the Japanese release except for the fact that the number on his back was replaced with a simple "checklist" number. Like all Autobot Decoys, he was a randomly-chosen pack-in available with the carded [[Throttlebot]]s, [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]], [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobots]], and [[Technobot (G1)|Technobots]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Autobot/Decoys/Trailbreaker/trailbreaker.htm More information on Decoy Trailbreaker at TFU.info]''

===''3D Battle-Card Game''===
[[File:MovieTrailbreaker3DCard.jpg|thumb|upright=0.55|Admit it. That head peeking up from the truck mode is hilarious.]]
*'''Trailbreaker''' (2007)

:A 26-point "common" character in the [[3D Battle-Card Game]]'s "Energon Wars" expansion, Trailbreaker "transforms" into a black pickup truck with a camper shell. He uses the same parts layout as [[Payload (Movie)|Payload]] and [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]].

:The Battle-Card may or may not actually represent [[Trailbreaker (Movie)|the live-action movie version of Trailbreaker]], as the design is clearly in the live-action movie aesthetic (and a version of the Trailbreaker character exists in the "movie" universe anyway). The card's listed abilities — an Invisible Force Field and a Radio Jammer — line up with Trailbreaker's G1 abilities, however, so who knows.

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===''The Loyal Subjects''===
[[File:Tlstrailbreaker.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Insecure about his forcefield face, Trailbreaker gets a faceplate and claims he's going retro.]]
*'''Trailbreaker''' (2014)
:[[The Loyal Subjects]] Trailbreaker is a Wave 3 figure with standard articulation. He is largely based on his original toy and features a gun, but has no special gimmicks. For every 16 figures, there are 2 Trailbreakers.

:Like most of his wave, Trailbreaker's bio card plagiarizes his wiki article's opening paragraphs.
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===''Transformers Trading Card Game''===
[[File:W3PrivateTrailbreaker.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Private Trailbreaker, Infantry-Fortification & Defense''' (2019)
**'''Wave 3: War for Cybertron: Siege I'''
**''Rarity: '''''UT'''
**''Card Number: '''''T24/T48'''
**''Stars: ''10

:Private Trailbreaker, Infantry-Fortification & Defense is one of forty-eight double-sided character cards available in Wave 3 of the [[Transformers Trading Card Game]], War for Cybertron: Siege I.

:The card's art reuses line-art from the ''[[Transformers Legends (mobile game)|Transformers Legends]]'' mobile game, and is based on the ''[[Thrilling 30]]'' Trailcutter toy. The line-art for Alt Mode was drawn by [[Dan Khanna]]. The artwork is recolored seemingly to match the aesthetic of the ''[[War for Cybertron: Siege|Siege]]'' toyline's packaging art.
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==Notes==
[[File:DiacloneTrailbreaker.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2]]
*Trailbreaker's mold was originally a ''[[Diaclone]]'' "4WD Hi-Lux", available in three different colors: black, blue, or yellow. The blue version was sold by [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] in North America as the ''[[Diakron]]'' "DK-3" Car/Robot in [[1983]], seemingly just a few months before the toy would be rebranded as a Transformer. There is an easy way to tell the black ''Diaclone'' 4WD Hi-Lux apart from a ''Transformers'' Trailbreaker, though—the ''Diaclone'' toy's vehicle mode stickers have a yellow background.
*The ''Combiner Wars'' Trailbreaker tooling had a "pretooled" alternate head as [[Hoist (G1)/toys#Notes|Hoist]], but this was ultimately not used for any figures.
*Glaringly, Trailbreaker's appearance in [[:File:WFC-Earthrise-main-artwork.jpg|the packaging mural]] for ''[[War for Cybertron: Earthrise]]'' is drawn according to [[#Generations|his ''Thrilling 30'' toy]] rather than [[#War for Cybertron: Earthrise|his ''Earthrise'' toy]].

===Other attempts===
There are quite a few ''Transformers'' toys that were at one point in their development supposed to be a new form for (or tribute to) Trailbreaker, but before the ''Reveal the Shield'' Legends Class toy, all of these became other characters with other names, most likely due to [[Hasbro]]'s inability to secure the [[trademark]].

Trailbreaker's appearance in the [[3H Productions|3H]] [[Transformers: Universe (comic)|''Universe'' comic]] stems from early plans to release a Trailbreaker redeco of the ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 toyline)|Robots in Disguise]]'' [[X-Brawn]] mold as a convention exclusive in [[2003]]. Reportedly, Hasbro themselves also had the same idea for the mass retail 2003 ''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 franchise)|Universe]]'' Deluxe Class assortment, but due to the aforementioned reasons, the toy was ultimately given a different deco and released as "[[Ratchet (Universe)|Autobot Ratchet]]" instead.

Later, a [[redeco]] of the ''Robots in Disguise'' [[Spychanger]] [[Ironhide (RID)#Universe (2003)|Ironhide]] was released as a [[Walmart]]-exclusive under the ''Universe'' banner, a black pickup truck with the distinctive red and yellow stripes from Trailbreaker's original toy. Ultimately, this toy would be released as ''Universe'' Ironhide instead. Years later, the Facebook edition of [[Ask Vector Prime]] would [[Repurposing|repurpose]] the toy as Trailbreaker, restoring the original intent.

The original Trailbreaker toy was also among a list of [[Generation 1 reissues|reissues]] intended for release as part of the ''[[The Transformers: Generation One Commemorative Series|Commemorative Series]]'' found in Australian [[Toys"R"Us]] computers, but with the cancellation of the ''Commemorative Series'', these plans never came to fruition.

The next attempt was in the ''[[Transformers: Alternators|Alternators]]'' line, the toy that would eventually become [[Swindle (G1)/toys#Alternators|Swindle]] and later [[Rollbar (G1)#Alternators|Rollbar]]. A [[retool]] of the [[Hound (G1)/toys#Alternators|Hound]] Jeep Wrangler toy, its head is a cross between the original Trailbreaker toy's helmet and the cartoon model's face, surprisingly similar to [[Dan Khanna]]'s rendition of the character in 3H's ''Universe'' comic. A black and white version of a proposed color guide for the unreleased Trailbreaker version of the sculpt was depicted in the Japanese ''[[The Transformers: Binaltech & TF Collection Complete Guide]]'' book.

Finally, the ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (franchise)|Cybertron]]'' Autobot [[Overhaul (Cybertron)#Toys|Overhaul]] was originally going to be called "Trailbreaker", and the head sculpt was to have more elements from the Generation 1 character's design. These plans were again scrapped, but the character's upgraded form, '''Leobreaker''', retains the "breaker" portion of the name, since "Leohaul" sounds really silly. (The name "Overcast" was temporarily considered, but quickly dropped again.)

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The Burden Hardest to Bear

2023-07-29T17:52:47Z

Evan1975: /* Real-world references */

{{episode
|series=G1toon
|ep=93
|series2=2010
|ep2=28
|prev2=The Face of the Nijika
|next2=Daniel's Adventure
|image=Matrix burden 2.jpg
|caption=You found me beautiful, once.
|title="The Burden Hardest to Bear"
|season=3
|season ep=28
|production code=700-114
|airdate=[[November 19]], 1986
|written by=[[Michael Charles Hill]]
|production company=[[Sunbow Productions]]
|animation studio=[[Toei Animation|Toei]], [[Trans Arts Co.]]
|continuity=[[Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
|video=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tN3QiWn-MOM
|videosite=YouTube
}}

'''Overwhelmed by the burdens of leadership, Rodimus Prime doesn't care too much when the Decepticons steal the Matrix of Leadership away from him.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:BurdenHardest Defensor Bruticus.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|So, uh... If what looks like is about to happen happens... does it count as an orgy?]]

At dawn, the people of [[Japan]] are awakening to do their daily tasks: fishing, going to shrines, and sword practice. Then, the [[Decepticon]]s show up to cause random trouble.

[[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] and [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]] begin harassing a few fishermen, but are chased off by [[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]]. [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] tries to ram a train head on (real smart) only to have the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]] drive him away. [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]] and [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]] fight it out, when [[Cyclonus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Cyclonus]] and the [[Sweep (G1)|Sweeps]] arrive, but are driven off by [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rodimus]], [[Kup (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Kup]], and [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]]. However, instead of thanking the [[Autobot]]s for saving many lives, the government of Japan is very upset, saying that the Autobots frightened people and ruined business (thankless bipeds). When [[Marissa Faireborn]] arrives and brings more problems to Rodimus, the [[Prime (rank)|Autobot leader]] loses patience, [[Transformation|transforms]], and drives off. Marissa is perplexed, and Kup says that Rodimus is struggling with his ''giri'', a Japanese word he translates as "the burden hardest to bear". He says that [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] went through the same process after he first received the [[Matrix of Leadership]], eventually learning to live with and respect his ''giri''. Marissa decides to follow Rodimus, to let him have someone to talk to.

[[File:Matrix burden 1.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|Galvatron takes the brown acid.]]

Meeting up on the highway, however, the two are attacked by [[Wildrider (G1)|Wildrider]] and [[Dead End (G1)|Dead End]], who knock Marissa's [[spinner]] into a lake and force Rodimus off a cliff. When they inspect Rodimus, they find the Matrix. Realizing that [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] will be ''really'' happy, they steal it and return to [[Chaar]]. In his throne room, Galvatron inserts the Matrix into his cannon, but instead of making it even more powerful like he had hoped, visions of the [[Ancient Autobots]] (including Optimus Prime himself) seep out of the barrel and demand that Galvatron return the Matrix. Galvatron orders [[Scourge (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Scourge]] to destroy the Matrix, believing it better to be destroyed if the Decepticons can't have it. But instead, Scourge inserts the Matrix into himself, gaining immense power even as he mutates grotesquely.

[[File:BurdenHardest Hot Rod recover.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Augh... can't get the mental image of Bruticus/Defensor out!]]

Meanwhile, the Autobot leader wakes up, to learn that he's reverted to Hot Rod. [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] and [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]] argue that they should go after the Decepticons, but Hot Rod feels that the Matrix isn't worth it, and jets off. Real smart idea, Roddy. On Chaar, Scourge challenges Galvatron, defeating him and Cyclonus easily, before leading the Decepticons off to Earth. Galvatron and Cyclonus still function, and set off in pursuit in the ''[[Revenge (G1)|Revenge]]''.

[[File:BurdenHardest Hot Rod retrieves matrix.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|Yoink!]]

On Earth, Hot Rod, while watching a martial arts class, gets some perspective and some wisdom from the kendo instructor, and realizes that he needs to get the Matrix back. Meanwhile, Scourge arrives in Japan with his forces, tossing around the Autobots. Broadside tosses him to the ground and he frightens an elderly woman. Ozu, one of the kendo students, comes to her aid, attacking Scourge with a sword and he begins to chase the pair. He corners them in a blind alley, only for Hot Rod to arrive. Shocked at the changes the Matrix has wrought in Scourge, Hot Rod defeats the Decepticon and reclaims the Matrix, becoming Rodimus Prime once more. Galvatron and Cyclonus find a less powerful, and very frightened, Scourge. And they are none too happy with him...

As the Decepticons retreat, Rodimus realizes that he must deal with his missing part, as have those who came before him. Kup reminds him that no matter who carries the Matrix, he will retain that part forever.
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==Featured characters==
{{Featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]] (1)
*[[Superion (G1)|Superion]] (8)
*[[Slingshot (G1)|Slingshot]] (9)
*[[Air Raid (G1)|Air Raid]] (10)
*[[Fireflight (G1)|Fireflight]] (11)
*[[Skydive (G1 Aerialbot)|Skydive]] (12)
*[[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]] (13)
*[[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]] (14)
*[[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]] (21)
*[[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rodimus Prime/Hot Rod]] (22)
*[[Kup (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Kup]] (23)
*[[Ancient Autobots]] (35)
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] (36)
*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]] (37)
*[[Springer (G1)|Springer]] (38)

|c2=
*[[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] (2)
*[[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]] (3)
*[[Mixmaster (G1)|Mixmaster]] (4)
*[[Hook (G1)|Hook]] (5)
*[[Long Haul (G1)|Long Haul]] (6)
*[[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] (7)
*[[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]] (15)
*[[Cyclonus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Cyclonus]] (18)
*[[Scourge (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Scourge]] (19)
*[[Sweep (G1)|Sweeps]] (20)
*[[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]] (24)
*[[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]] (25)
*[[Vortex (G1)|Vortex]] (26)
*[[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] (27)
*[[Brawl (G1)|Brawl]] (28)
*[[Wildrider (G1)|Wildrider]] (31)
*[[Dead End (G1)|Dead End]] (32)
*[[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] (33)
*[[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] (34)
*[[Scrapper (G1)|Scrapper]] (39)
*[[Scavenger (G1)|Scavenger]] (40)
*[[Bonecrusher (G1)|Bonecrusher]] (41)
*[[Drag Strip (G1)|Drag Strip]] (42)
*[[Breakdown (G1)|Breakdown]] (43)

|c3=
*[[Ozu's sensei]] (16)
*[[Ozu (G1)|Ozu]] (17)
*Disgruntled businessmen (29)
*[[Marissa Faireborn]] (30)
*[[Old Japanese lady]] (44)
}}

==Quotes==
"Eh, you've had worse times." 
"Yeah, when do they get better? That's what ''I'' wanna know."
:—'''Kup''' and '''Rodimus'''

"{{w|Second City Television|He done blowed up real good}}."
:—'''Wildrider''', master of grammar

"You dropped it, didn't you? You broke the Matrix, didn't you?!"
:—'''Galvatron'''

"Aren't you getting a little carried away here? I'm still me, you're still you: Matrix, schmatrix."
:—'''Hot Rod''' is flippant after losing a hand-me-down.

"We're too late, Galvatron! Scourge has already launched his assault!" 
"He doesn't know the meaning of the word assault, but he's going to learn!"
:—'''Cyclonus''' and '''Galvatron'''

"Oh no, we're trapped! We'll be killed!" 
"Remarkable. The woman is clairvoyant!" 
:—'''Scourge''' mocks [[Old Japanese lady|his intended victim]].

"The Matrix did this to you? Then I have to take it back. I see now it is my obligation. I belong to it... as much as it belongs to me!"
:—'''Hot Rod'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s realization at last.

"Well, son of a gun. Found that missing part, huh?" 
"Not just the Matrix, Kup, a missing part of... myself."
:—'''Kup''' and '''Rodimus Prime'''

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
[[File:Burdenhardest marissa finds rodimus.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1|Spend $14.99 to get the same guy, just minus two lines on his face.]]
*Broadside appears in his more toy-based model, with a faceplate, smaller head and large separated optics. He's also shown to be ''huge'', in keeping with his aircraft carrier mode, something which other episodes often failed to convey.
*This episode is one of a handful that finds excuses to turn Rodimus back into Hot Rod, presumably since that toy needed to be plugged as well.
*The Matrix's adverse effects on Scourge could be explained as a result of him having been created by [[Unicron]].
*Gadgets and powers:
**Bruticus can somehow tilt his back cannons forward and fire them over his shoulders, something his ''Generations'' toys can do.
**It seems that ''someone'' remembered the Stunticons' "[[The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 1|automatic forcefields]]", as Wildrider survives a head-on collision with Rodimus without a scratch, while Rodimus goes down in flames.
*When Galvatron inserts the Matrix into his cannon, he says "Now, [['Til all are one|all shall become one]], under Galvatron's rule!"
*After he rams Scourge, Hot Rod transforms in a manner similar to one of his transformations from the movie.
*This episode marks the last appearance of Springer, Broadside, Astrotrain, Devastator and Marissa Faireborn in US continuity.
*Astrotrain actually travels on the railroad his locomotive mode was designed for in this episode.
*The Ancient Autobot "ghosts" emerging from the Matrix include:
**A [[generic]] character design that was previously seen in "[[Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 2]]" and "[[The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 1]]". His colors have changed, though, and he dropped the antennas on the sides of his head he sported in "The Key to Vector Sigma".
**Optimus Prime (he'll be back next episode)
**A variety of other designs appear alongside him, none of which match either the leaders we saw back in "[[Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4|Five Faces of Darkness]]" or will see in "[[The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 2]]". At least one is based on [[Internuncio|these guys]].
***The yellow, the red and the orange-and-blue Matrix ghosts' character models were reused in the Japanese [[Transformers: The Headmasters (cartoon)|''The Headmasters'' cartoon]] as various generic Autobots.
*While the episode order can vary, it's a little funny that the episode about Rodimus finally getting used to being leader of the Autobots was followed by the episode in which Optimus returns to replace him.

===Real-world references===
[[File:BurdenHardesttoBear MountFuji.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1]]
[[File:BurdenHardestBear Sensei.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1]]
[[File:BurdenHardestToBear Japanese PM.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1|[[Netflix]] lied to us! This is nothing like ''Aggretsuko'' at all!]]
[[File:Burden-hardest-to-bear-imperial-palace.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1]]
*Set in Japan (see also: "[[Kremzeek!]]"), the episode is replete with references to Japanese culture. We see a fishing boat (all wood, with hand-cast nets), a high speed bullet train passing by Mt. Fuji, a kendo dojo, a woman about to offer prayer at a Shinto shrine garden, and a surprisingly accurate rendition of the {{w|Tokyo Imperial Palace}} and its Seimon Ishibashi bridge, where Rodimus meets with the [[Prime Minister of Japan|Prime Minister]]. We also see Rodimus get chewed out by government guys who are stereotypically worked up about robot battles being "very bad for business." And of course there's that metaphorical rising sun in the opening shot.
*''{{w|Giri (Japanese)|Giri}}'' (義理) is a real Japanese word and concept with long roots, but the specific translation of "the burden hardest to bear" comes from ''{{w|The Yakuza}}'', an American crime film from the 1970s.<ref>[https://www.moviequotedb.com/movies/yakuza-the.html Quote from ''The Yakuza''] whence comes "the burden hardest to bear"</ref> Defining it this way is questionable, as ''giri'' more accurately refers to one's social responsibilities and duties, regardless of their difficulty. But in broad strokes, Rodimus's arc does echo the tension between ''giri'' and ''{{w|ninjō}}'' (or "human feeling") that has historically driven much of Japanese drama.
**In addition to ''{{w|The Yakuza}}'', Hill took inspiration from ''{{w|Hagakure}}'', an 18th century book on bushidō written by the samurai {{w|Yamamoto Tsunetomo}}.
*The train driver calls in the incident with Astrotrain to "JNR Central", referring to {{w|Japanese National Railways}} (which in the real world would be broken up and privatized only a year after this episode aired.) The specific line is called out as the {{w|Yamanote Line}}, which... is an urban transit line entirely within Tokyo, and certainly doesn't pass by Mt. Fuji, but hey, points for trying! The train itself appears to be very loosely based on the {{w|0 Series Shinkansen}} trainsets.
*The voice acting for several Japanese characters in this episode employs a very stereotypical Western view of Asian people and their pronunciation of English words.
*The naming of Marissa's vehicle as a "spinner" presumably comes from the hovercar vehicles of the same name in ''Blade Runner''.
*''[[Star Wars (franchise)|Star Wars]]'' sound effects:
**Scourge launches for Earth with the ''[[Millennium Falcon]]'' engine burst noise.

===Animation and technical errors===
*Coloring errors:
**Devastator is colored olive green rather than light green in the opening battle.
**Behind him, Predaking is colored entirely orange.
**The first time we see Cyclonus, his nose cone is purple. In the next shot, part of it is grey.
**Onslaught - visible for only a split second as Bruticus separates - remains in the light gray color of Bruticus's torso, even though he should be dark blue. Swindle's weapons are also colored the same yellow as Swindle himself, instead of dark gray.
**Rodimus' spoiler should be orange in the middle, but many shots have it colored completely in yellow.
**Magnus's missiles are white instead of red as he turns to receive Kup's report on the missing Hot Rod. In the same shot, Springer's cheekguards are abnormally huge.
**In one shot of Optimus Prime's "ghost", he is colored completely blue.
**The orange shapes on Cyclonus' chest are colored red in several shots.
**In the pan across the fallen Cyclonus, Hook (standing between Predaking and Drag Strip) is colored like Dead End.
*Devastator splits apart into the Constructicons off-screen, with no transformation sound and no indication of ''why'' he separated.
[[File:BurdenHardestBear Constructicons water.JPG|thumb|right|upright=1.1]]
*Hook has two optics instead of a visor as the Constructicons retreat.
*A shot of Astrotrain from the human train's perspective shows no tracks on the ground.
[[File:BurdenHardest superion in flight.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1]]
*Superion's mouthplate doesn't move as he speaks; his voice continues giving the command to separate after his components have separated.
*The Aerialbots' lasers simply come from unmarked points on their wingtips.
*Rodimus' crest is missing the horizontal line during most shots in this episode.
*When Rodimus is called to the palace, he's missing his Autobot logo.
*As he says, "When do they get better, that's what I want to know," Rodimus' face becomes all glitched up, with a partially miscolored helmet and a huge shadow line where his eyes should be.
*For some reason, the [[Earth Defense Command|EDC]] [[insignia|logo]] on Marissa Faireborne's shoulder has been replaced with "AOC".
*When Rodimus drives away from Marissa, his smoke trail appears behind Kup instead of in front of him and his vehicle form is about half of Marissa's height. Also, Sky Lynx is missing in the shot.
*Improbable viewpoints:
**Rodimus' display shows a rear angle shot of Dead End and Wildrider, but he's in'' front'' of them.
[[File:BurdenHardesttoBear Stunticons Matrix.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1]]
*When Wildrider holds the matrix, it looks like a big yellow blob. The next shot shows it in the usual colors and configuration.
*After Wildrider and Dead End drive off with the Matrix, Rodimus reverts to robot mode; the animation of him settling into place is played twice.
*While Rodimus is reverted to Hot Rod, he's still occasionally drawn using Rodimus Prime's [[character model]].
[[File:BurdenHardest Chaar and moons.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1|"...A burnt-out hulk of a planet called Chaar, a world of... ash... and ruin? What?"]]
*Chaar is portrayed using Cybertron's post-Movie model, with two similarly designed moons.
*Attending Galvatron's throne room are several Decepticons of made-up design, colored as Constructicons (in the same olive-yellow seen previously.)
*Galvatron's throne changes color and design multiple times throughout one scene.
*The ghost image of Optimus has two fog lights instead of four.
*As Galvatron tosses the Matrix to Scourge:
**[[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]] and [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] have replaced the generic non-Constructicons that were there previously; they are also drawn as normal-scaled Decepticons.
**The Matrix is missing its handles.
*When Rodimus wakes and touches his forehead in the next scene, his face is partly purple.
*A few shots later (during the "Matrix, schmatrix..." lines), the depressions in Rodimus' shoulders are blue instead of white.
*Galvatron is missing the red squares on the tops of his shoulders in most shots.
*Wrong lasers:
**Cyclonus' gun fires a yellow laser. That's the Autobot color (it should be purple). It also uses a non-standard sound effect.
**Hot Rod carries a gray laser gun rather than the usual red rifle. It has a non-standard sound effect instead of Prime's rifle sound effect.
**In the battle scenes just before the Decepticons retreat, ''nobody'' has the standard Autobot or Decepticon laser sound effects.
[[File:Burden-hardest-to-bear-scourge-morphs.jpg|thumb|right|upright=2.2|It's an evolution revolution! or I'm your ice cream man, stop me when I'm passin' by!]]
*After he dispatches Galvatron and Cyclonus, Scourge transforms with one of the most cheatsy sequences in the whole series - he simply melts or morphs into his vehicle form.
*When Cyclonus helps Galvatron up from the cliffside, he speaks in mutated Scourge's voice.
*The sensei continues making aggressive fighting noises long after his student opponent has lost his weapon and retreated.
*Galvatron's ship is gray instead of purple.
*The first shot of Galvatron aboard his ship has the whole bottom half of his face in dark gray instead of just his chin
*Two of the hovercraft-mode Sweeps accompanying Scourge are drawn with the heads-sticking-up model.
*Confusing animation and editing makes it very unclear what's happening at the start of Scourge's assault. We're supposed to see a large outdoor video screen showing a character firing a laser gun; then a transport passing by on the street gets blown up by Scourge, making it seem like the movie character blew up the transport - but it all happens so fast there's no time to figure it out.
*Scourge's energy blasts are very poorly animated, often lacking their glow effect and sometimes failing to connect with their targets at all.
*Kup's cry of pain comes ''before'' Scourge actually blasts him.
*When Galvatron opens the airlock door, one shot has "AIR LO'''O'''K" written on it. Also, it's not actually an {{w|airlock}} - it's just a door directly into space, with no airlock chamber and no apparent mechanism to adjust either pressure or air.
*The Matrix is in Scourge's chest, but later Hot Rod pulls it out of his stomach.
*When Hot Rod fires his first shots at Scourge, the background behind him has turned from a dark, grubby alleyway brick wall into a lit-up building - the same building he pulls up in front of as Rodimus Prime once the Decepticons pull out.
*As Hot Rod holds the Matrix, one shot has his arm pipes clipping through it.
*Hot Rod sticks the Matrix into his chest without opening a compartment for it.
*As Galvatron and Cyclonus fly Scourge away from the city, Galvatron is mouthing something, but there's no dialogue.
*In the last shot of the episode, Ultra Magnus is missing his shoulder missiles and Kup is missing the white part of his chest.
*The version of this episode on the [[Shout! Factory]] DVDs features a glitch with an unstable horizontal line appearing at the top of the picture throughout the episode. The error appears to be on the episode's master copy, as the version included on the [[Rhino Entertainment|Kid Rhino]] DVDs has the picture slightly zoomed in order to avoid showing the offending line.

===Continuity errors===
*It's not clear what caused the Constructicons to separate and retreat; they seemed to be handling Broadside with ease up to that point.
*The humans who call out "Mayday! Mayday!" don't appear to have a radio on their ship.
*The wanton assault of the Aerialbots seems more likely to blow up the railroad tracks than actually blast Astrotrain off of them.
*Wildrider now has a very bad Southern accent, perhaps in response to his "dun blowed up real good" line.
*Galvatron says the Matrix eluded the Decepticons for year'''s''', but he had it for a while during the movie (which happened less than one year ago in the timeline).
*It's not really clear why Galvatron puts the Matrix in his cannon rather than his chest.
*Why didn't the ancient Autobots pop up when Galvatron had the Matrix during the movie? (one possible explanation: he never placed the Matrix inside himself in the movie, instead only wearing it on a chain.)
*Likewise, why does Scourge get all mutated when Galvatron didn't?
*We don't hear Optimus' voice during the "return the Matrix" chant.
*Galvatron comes to the rather odd conclusion that Dead End and Wildrider "dropped" and "broke" the galactically powerful, ancient-beyond-all-history, mystical Matrix, despite learning first-hand during the movie that he cannot use it, "not by a Decepticon." Of course, Galvatron isn't exactly renowned for his logical reasoning skills . . .
*After Galvatron tells Scourge to get rid of the Matrix, the [[scene transition]] has two Decepticon logos, but the next scene is of the Autobots.
*Just before he quits the Autobots, Hot Rod states that "this war has been going on now for a few dozen millennia". Back in "[[War Dawn (episode)|War Dawn]]", we learned that the Third Cybertronian War started nine million years ago, which is about ''750'' dozen millennia... assuming, of course, that we want to take Hot Rod's pointedly off-handed remark as being based on historical accuracy, which is kind of a stretch for a guy who's at the end of his rope and sarcastically railing about "the known universe and its outlying suburbs".
*The Decepticon army is inexplicably small in the second half of the episode, consisting of just Predaking, a couple of Sweeps, and some Constructicons who come and go.
*Ozu injures Scourge (a giant metal robot, juiced up on Matrix steroids) with his sword.
*Scourge is portrayed as ultra-powerful early on, but is defeated by a ramming and three shots from Hot Rod's gun at the episode's end. This downfall comes on the heels of him abandoning his "destroy everything!" mission in order to fixate on chasing an old lady around, making it a somewhat fitting defeat.

===Trivia===
[[File:Burden-hardest-to-bear-galvatron-cannon.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1|" 'Front Toward Enemy'? What does that mean?! ARE YOU THREATENING ME?!"]]
*This is one of the most well-illustrated episodes of season 3, with lots of deep, detailed shading and well-proportioned characters. That said, there ''are'' some instances where the animation gets overly sketchy to the point of being indecipherable during Scourge's attack of Japan. And the general aesthetic looks a lot like the yet-to-be-released ''[[Transformers: The Headmasters (cartoon)|Headmasters]]'' series.
*The Japanese train drivers appear to be wearing... spacesuits?
*When Scourge starts mutating, at one point it looks like he's... [[Humanization|crying]]?
*Isn't it convenient that Scourge launches his attack on Earth in Japan, where the Autobots happen to be located?
*When Galvatron inserts the Matrix into his cannon and it fails to fire, he briefly looks directly ''into the barrel of his cannon'' before berating [[Dead End (G1)|Dead End]] and [[Wildrider (G1)|Wildrider]].

*Those government spokesmen who complained about the fighting in the beginning must be ''pissed'' after all the destruction we see at the end!

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title (European French broadcast):'' ?
:*''Title (Canadian French broadcast and European French DVD release):'' "'''Le fardeau d'être chef'''" ("The Burden of being a Leader")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Die Last der Verantwortung'''" ("The Burden of Responsibility")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Il fardello del comando'''" (First dub, "The Burden of Command"), "'''Il peso più difficile da portare'''" (Second dub, "The Hardest Weight to Carry On")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Omo Sugi ta Shimei'''" (重すぎた使命, "The Mission Too Heavy")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[June 11]], [[1987]]
:*When they recover the Matrix of Leadership, [[Issei Masamune|the Narrator]] misidentifies [[Wildrider (G1)|Wildrider]] and [[Dead End (G1)|Dead End]] as [[Runabout (G1)|Runabout]] and [[Runamuck (G1)|Runamuck]]. Which is very strange because the [[Battlecharger]]s weren't sold at Japanese retail, but the Stunticons were.
:*A "[[Secret Files of Teletraan II]]" segment unique to Japan was attached to this episode. It focuses on the many battles between [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] and [[Superion (G1)|Superion]]. It replaces the original "Secret Files" segment which focused on the Decepticons.

'''Mandarin'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Jiān Fù Zhòngrèn'''" (肩负重任, "The Heavy Responsibility to shoulder")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''Russian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Samaya tyajkaya nosha'''" (''Самая тяжкая ноша'', "The Heaviest Burden")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2000 — ''The Original Transformers'' — Volume 11: The Decepticon Possession ([[The Original Transformers|Rhino Entertainment]])
;{{w|LaserDisc}}
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1999 — ''The Transformers: 2010'' ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only.
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2001 — ''The Transformers: 2010'' — DVD Box (Pioneer LDC) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2004 — ''The Original Transformers'' — Season 3 Part 2 & Season 4 ([[The Original Transformers|Rhino Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2004 — ''Transformers'' — Season 3 and Season 4 ([[Metrodome]]) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2004 — ''Transformers'' — Collection 5: Series 3.2 ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of France.png|20px|France]] 2005 — ''Transformers'' — Volume 22 ([[Déclic Images]]) — Canadian French audio only. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2006 — ''Transformers'' — The Complete Generation One Collection (Metrodome) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2007 — ''The Transformers'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2009 — ''Transformers'' — Season's Three & Four {{sic}} (Metrodome) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers'' — Complete Collection: Decepticon Edition (Madman Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2009 — ''The Transformers'' — The Complete Series: 25th Anniversary "Matrix of Leadership" Collection ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2010 — ''The Transformers'' — Seasons Three & Four: 25th Anniversary Edition (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2011 — ''The Transformers'' — The Complete Original Series (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2014 — ''The Transformers'' — Seasons Three & Four: 30th Anniversary Edition (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2014 — ''Transformers'' — The Classic Animated Series (Metrodome)

==References==
<references />

==External links==
*[https://drive.google.com/open?id=13b6eCCSpSPkAYm5DeADnJIsoGE72PrZ9 Episode dialogue script]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Burden Hardest to Bear}}
[[Category:The Transformers episodes]]

Graham Nolan

2023-05-16T20:05:52Z

Evan1975:

{{picsneeded}}
'''Graham Nolan''' (born [[March 12]], [[1962]]) is a comic artist and writer. After studying at the Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art, he spend some time working in advertising before getting his first work with D.C. Comics, writing, penciling and inking the story "The Rest is...Herstory" in ''Talent Showcase'' #16. This led to more comics work, such as that he did on ''Transformers'', ''Power of the Atom'', ''Hawkworld'', and ''Detective Comics''. In the early 90s, he co-created the Batman villain Bane with [[Chuck Dixon]] and Doug Moench. In the late 90s, disillusioned with the modern comic industry having abandoned younger readers, he created and self-published the comic ''Monster Island'', intended to be all-ages accessible. From 2000-2013 he was the main artist on the syndicated comic strip ''{{w|Rex Morgan, M.D.}}'', after which it was picked up by "[[DIS-Integrated Circuits!]]" artist [[Mike Manley]].

Nolan happened to drive a Volkswagen Beetle during his tenure at Marvel and used it as a model for Bumblebee's vehicle mode in the issue he penciled.

==Penciling work==
*"[[Plight of the Bumblebee!]]"

==External links==
*{{w|Graham Nolan|Graham Nolan on Wikipedia}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Nolan, Graham}}
[[Category:Marvel Comics]]
[[Category:Pencillers]]

Halleluyah

2023-04-17T01:43:59Z

Evan1975:

{{song
|title=HALLELUYAH
|japanese=
|translation=
|image=
|caption=
|series=[[Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Metals (franchise)|Beast Wars Metals]]
|position=closing theme
|performer=[[Hironobu Kageyama]], [[Mitsuko Horie]], and [[Masaaki Endoh]], [[Masako Iwanaga]]
|composer=[[Takeshi Ike]]
|lyrics=Takeshi Ike
|arrangement=Takeshi Ike
}}

"'''HALLELUYAH'''" is the second [[japanese themes|closing theme song]] of the ''[[Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Metals (franchise)|Beast Wars Metals]]'' cartoon.
{{TOCclear}}

==Lyrics==
{{note|The lyrics on this page have been translated more idiomatically than literally.}}
===TV size edit===
{|width=100%
|valign=top|

====Original Japanese====
:ウーラララ歌をうたお
:いつでもハレルヤ
:誰もが宇宙の子供
:明日もハレルヤ

大切なもの　守りつづけて 
戦いくらす　サイバトロン 
メタルボディは　つめたいけれど 
ファイトは熱い　デストロン

:ウーラララ夢をうたお
:心はハレルヤ
:誰もが宇宙の子供
:いつでもハレルヤ

:ウーラララ愛をうたお
:明日もハレルヤ
:誰もが宇宙の子供
:未来はハレルヤ

|valign=top|

====Rōmaji transliteration====
:Ooh la la la Uta o utao
:Itsudemo Halleluyah
:Daremo ga uchū no kodomo
:Ashita mo Halleluyah

Taisetsu na mono mamori tsuzukete 
Tatakai kurasu Cybertron 
Metal Body wa tsumetai keredo 
Fight wa atsui Destron

:Ooh la la la Yume o utao
:Kokoro wa Halleluyah
:Daremo ga uchū no kodomo
:Itsudemo Halleluyah

:Ooh la la la Ai o utao
:Ashita mo Halleluyah
:Daremo ga uchū no kodomo
:Mirai wa Halleluyah

|valign=top|

====English translation====
:Sing ooh la la la
:Just whenever, halleluyah
:Anyone, all the children of the universe,
:Tomorrow also sing halleluyah

Continue protecting the things you love most, 
Maximals who live by fighting 
Your metal body is cold 
but your fight is heating up, Predacons

:Sing about dreams, ooh la la la
:Your heart is halleluyah
:Anyone, all the children of the universe,
:Always sing halleluyah

:Sing about love, ooh la la la
:Tomorrow is halleluyah too
:Anyone, all the children of the universe,
:The future is halleluyah

|}

===Full version===
{|width=100%
|valign=top|

====Original Japanese====
:ウーラララ歌をうたお
:いつでもハレルヤ
:誰もが宇宙の子供
:明日もハレルヤ

大切なもの　守りつづけて 
戦いくらす　サイバトロン 
メタルボディは　つめたいけれど 
ファイトは熱い　デストロン

:ウーラララ夢をうたお
:心はハレルヤ
:誰もが宇宙の子供
:いつでもハレルヤ

やすらぎの時　おとずれるまで 
力を合わせ　どこまでも 
はるか未来の　希望を信じ 
追い続けよう　ぼくたちは

:ウーラララ愛をうたお
:明日もハレルヤ
:誰もが宇宙の子供
:未来はハレルヤ

宇宙の果てで　倒れた人も 
君のその手を　待っている 
銀河を駆ける　ぼくらの歌は 
きっと誰かを　救うだろう

:ウーラララ歌をうたお
:いつでもハレルヤ
:誰もが宇宙の子供
:明日もハレルヤ

誰もがいつか　たどりつくだろう 
真理はいつも　そこにある 
宇宙で一番　大切なもの 
照れずに言おう　「それは愛」

:ウーラララ夢をうたお
:心はハレルヤ
:誰もが宇宙の子供
:いつでもハレルヤ

:ウーラララ愛をうたお
:明日もハレルヤ
:誰もが宇宙の子供
:未来はハレルヤ

:ウーラララ歌をうたお
:いつでもハレルヤ
:誰もが宇宙の子供
:明日もハレルヤ

:ウーラララ夢をうたお
:心はハレルヤ
:誰もが宇宙の子供
:いつでもハレルヤ

:ウーラララ愛をうたお
:明日もハレルヤ
:誰もが宇宙の子供
:未来はハレルヤ

|valign=top|

====Rōmaji transliteration====
:Ooh la la la Uta o utao
:Itsudemo Halleluyah
:Daremo ga uchū no kodomo
:Ashita mo Halleluyah

Taisetsu na mono mamori tsuzukete 
Tatakai kurasu Cybertron 
Metal Body wa tsumetai keredo 
Fight wa atsui Destron

:Ooh la la la Yume o utao
:Kokoro wa Halleluyah
:Daremo ga uchū no kodomo
:Itsudemo Halleluyah

Yasuragi no toki otozureru made 
Chikara o awase dokomade mo 
Haruka mirai no kibō o shinji 
Oitsuzukeyō bokutachi wa

:Ooh la la la Ai o utao
:Ashita mo Halleluyah
:Daremo ga uchū no kodomo
:Mirai wa Halleluyah

Uchū no hate de taoreta hito mo 
Kimi no sono te o matte iru 
Ginga o kakeru bokura no uta wa 
Kitto dareka o sukū darō

:Ooh la la la uta o utao
:Itsudemo Halleluyah
:Daremo ga uchū no kodomo
:Ashita mo Halleluyah

Daremo ga itsuka tadoritsuku darō 
Shinri wa itsumo soko ni aru 
Uchū de ichiban taisetsu na mono 
Terezu ni iō "Sore wa ai"

:Ooh la la la Yume o utao
:Kokoro wa Halleluyah
:Daremo ga uchū no kodomo
:Itsudemo Halleluyah

:Ooh la la la Ai o utao
:Ashita mo Halleluyah
:Daremo ga uchū no kodomo
:Mirai wa Halleluyah

:Ooh la la la uta o utao
:Itsudemo Halleluyah
:Daremo ga uchū no kodomo
:Ashita mo Halleluyah

:Ooh la la la Yume o utao
:Kokoro wa Halleluyah
:Daremo ga uchū no kodomo
:Itsudemo Halleluyah

:Ooh la la la Ai o utao
:Ashita mo Halleluyah
:Daremo ga uchū no kodomo
:Mirai wa Halleluyah

|valign=top|

====English translation====

|}

==Single release==
[[File:Sen'nen no Soldier single.jpg|thumb|75px]]
;Track listing
#"[[Sennen no Soldier]]"
#"HALLELUYAH"
#"Sennen no Soldier (Original Karaoke)"
#"HALLELUYAH (Original Karaoke)"

'''Release date:''' [[January 1]], [[2000]] 
'''Label:''' [[Columbia Music Entertainment]] 
'''Prod. code:''' CODC-1824 
'''ASIN:''' B00005ERLL
{{--}}

===Album releases===
{{note|All releases listed feature the full version of the song, unless otherwise noted.}}
*2003 — ''[[Transformers Theme Song Collection|Transformers — Theme Song Collection]]'' ([[Columbia Music Entertainment]])
*2007 — ''[[Transformers Song Universe|Transformers — Song Universe]]'' (Columbia Music Entertainment) — Full and karaoke versions.

{{musicstub}}

[[Category:Beast Wars songs]]
[[Category:Japanese theme songs]]

Ba-Bi-Bu-Be Beast Wars

2023-04-17T01:43:15Z

Evan1975:

{{song
|title=BA-BI-BU-BE Beast Wars
|japanese=バ・ビ・ブ・べ　ビーストウォーズ
|translation=
|image=
|caption=
|series=[[Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Metals (franchise)|Beast Wars Metals]]
|position=closing theme
|performer=[[Hironobu Kageyama]] and [[Masaaki Endoh]] [[Masako Iwanaga]]
|composer=[[Takeshi Ike]]
|lyrics=Takeshi Ike
|arrangement=Takeshi Ike
}}

"'''BA-BI-BU-BE Beast Wars'''" (バ・ビ・ブ・べ　ビーストウォーズ) is the first [[japanese themes|closing theme song]] of the ''[[Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Metals (franchise)|Beast Wars Metals]]'' cartoon.
{{TOCclear}}

==Lyrics==
{{note|The lyrics on this page have been translated more idiomatically than literally.}}
===TV size edit===
{|width=100%
|valign=top|

====Original Japanese====
宇宙の平和を守るため 
戦えぼくらのサイバトロン 
時空を切り裂きあらわれる 
悪魔の戦士だデストロン 
ビーストウォーズ！！

:奇跡の力　からだに受けて
:メタルのボディに変身だ
:夢と希望のビースト戦士
:勝利を信じて立ち上がれ
:バ・ビ・ブ・ベ　バ・ビ・ブ・ベ
:ビーストウォーズ！！

|valign=top|

====Rōmaji transliteration====
Uchū no heiwa o mamoru tame 
Tatakae bokura no Cybertron 
Jikū o kirisaki arawareru 
Akuma no senshi da Destron 
Beast Wars!!

:Kiseki no Power karada ni ukete
:Metal no Body ni henshin da
:Yume to kibō no Beast senshi
:Shōri o shinjite tachiagare
:Ba-bi-bu-be Ba-bi-bu-be
:Beast Wars!!

|valign=top|

====English translation====
In order to protect peace in the universe 
Fight, our Maximals 
Slashing through space-time, they appear 
They are demonic warriors, the Predacons 
BEAST WARS!!

:The power of miracles, they receive it in their bodies
:and transform into metal bodies
:Beast Warriors of dreams and hope
:Rise up, believing in victory
:ba-bi-bu-be ba-bi-bu-be
:BEAST WARS!!

|}

===Full version===
{|width=100%
|valign=top|

====Original Japanese====
宇宙の平和を守るため 
戦えぼくらのサイバトロン 
時空を切り裂きあらわれる 
悪魔の戦士だデストロン 
ビーストウォーズ！！

:奇跡の力　からだに受けて
:メタルのボディに変身だ
:夢と希望のビースト戦士
:勝利を信じて立ち上がれ
:バ・ビ・ブ・ベ　バ・ビ・ブ・ベ
:ビーストウォーズ！！

不思議な力がわきあがる 
輝くボディのサイバトロン 
野望をいだいて襲いくる 
破壊の戦士だデストロン 
ビーストウォーズ！！

:熱い心で　燃える力で
:ロボットモードに変身だ
:勇気と知恵のビースト戦士
:宇宙の歴史を守るため
:戦えぼくらの
:ビーストウォーズ！！

宇宙にピンチが迫ってる 
負けるなぼくらのサイバトロン 
おそろしい罠をめぐらせて 
征服たくらむデストロン 
ビーストウォーズ！！

:愛と正義で　未来へ進め
:みんなの明日を守るため
:命を燃やせビースト戦士
:新たな伝説つくるため
:無敵の戦士だ
:ビーストウォーズ！！

:奇跡の力　からだに受けて
:メタルのボディに変身だ
:夢と希望のビースト戦士
:勝利を信じて立ち上がれ
:バ・ビ・ブ・ベ　バ・ビ・ブ・ベ
:ビーストウォーズ！！

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====Rōmaji transliteration====
Uchū no heiwa o mamoru tame 
Tatakae bokura no Cybertron 
Jikū o kirisaki arawareru 
Akuma no senshi da Destron 
Beast Wars!!

:Kiseki no Power karada ni ukete
:Metal no Body ni henshin da
:Yume to kibō no Beast senshi
:Shōri o shinjite tachiagare
:Ba-bi-bu-be Ba-bi-bu-be
:Beast Wars!!

Fushigi na Power ga wakiagaru 
Kagayaku Body no Cybertron 
Yabō o idaite osoikuru 
Hakai no senshi da Destron 
Beast Wars!!

:Atsui kokoro de moeru power de
:Robot Mode ni henshin da
:Yūki to chie no Beast senshi
:Uchū no rekishi o mamoru tame
:Tatakae bokura no
:Beast Wars!!

Uchū ni Pinch ga sematteru 
Makeru na bokura no Cybertron 
Osoroshii wana o megurasete 
Seifuku takuramu Destron 
Beast Wars!!

:Ai to seigi de mirai e susume
:Minna no ashita o mamoru tame
:Inochi o moyase Beast senshi
:Aratana densetsu tsukuru tame
:Muteki no senshi da
:Beast Wars!!

:Kiseki no Power karada ni ukete
:Metal no Body ni henshin da
:Yume to kibō no Beast senshi
:Shōri o shinjite tachiagare
:Ba-bi-bu-be Ba-bi-bu-be
:Beast Wars!!

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====English translation====
In order to protect peace in the universe 
Fight, our Maximals 
Slashing through space-time, they appear 
They are demonic warriors, the Predacons 
BEAST WARS!!

:The power of miracles, they receive it in their bodies
:and transform into metal bodies
:Beast Warriors of dreams and hope
:Rise up, believing in victory
:ba-bi-bu-be ba-bi-bu-be
:BEAST WARS!!

A mysterious power comes from nowhere 
The shining body of an Maximal 
They harbour ambition and will strike 
The soldiers of destruction, the Predacons 
BEAST WARS!!

:With a hot heart, with burning power
:Transform into ROBOT MODE
:Beast warriors of bravery and wisdom
:In order to protect the history of the universe
:Fight, our
:BEAST WARS!!

In this universe, a crisis approaches 
Don't lose, our Maximals 
They'll make dreadful traps roll out 
The Predacons who conspire for world domination 
BEAST WARS!!

:with love and justice, heading towards the future,
:In order to protect tomorrow for everyone,
:light your life on fire, Beast warriors
:In order to create a brand new legend,
:They're invincible warriors
:BEAST WARS!

The power of miracles, they receive it in their bodies, 
and transform into a METAL BODY 
Beast Warriors of dreams and hope, 
Rise up, believing in victory 
ba-bi-bu-be ba-bi-bu-be 
BEAST WARS!!

|}

==Single release==
[[File:Tamashi no Evolution single.jpg|thumb|75px]]
;Track listing
#"[[Tamashii no Evolution]]"
#"BA-BI-BU-BE Beast Wars"
#"Tamashii no Evolution (Original Karaoke)"
#"BA-BI-BU-BE Beast Wars (Original Karaoke)"

'''Release date:''' [[November 20]], [[1999]] 
'''Label:''' [[Columbia Music Entertainment]] 
'''Prod. code:''' CODC-1800 
'''ASIN:''' B00005ERLC
{{--}}

===Album releases===
{{note|All releases listed feature the full version of the song, unless otherwise noted.}}
*1999 — ''[[Beast Wars Transformer Songs Best|Beast Wars: Super Lifeform Transformers — BEAST WARS TRANSFORMER SONGS BEST]]'' ([[Columbia Music Entertainment]])
*2003 — ''[[Transformers Theme Song Collection|Transformers — Theme Song Collection]]'' (Columbia Music Entertainment)
*2007 — ''[[Transformers Song Universe|Transformers — Song Universe]]'' (Columbia Music Entertainment) — Full and karaoke versions.

{{musicstub}}

[[Category:Beast Wars songs]]
[[Category:Japanese theme songs]]

The Transformers: The Movie/credits

2023-04-10T19:45:26Z

Evan1975: /* Notes */

{{Nav-G1cartoon}}
[[File:Transformersanimatedfilmposter.jpg|thumb|upright=1.6]]

==Opening Credits==

[[DEG]] [[Dino De Laurentiis|De Laurentiis]] Entertainment Group (title card)

[[Sunbow Productions]], [[Marvel Productions]] (title card)

''The Transformers The Movie''
===Starring===
*[[Eric Idle]] as [[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]]
*[[Judd Nelson]] as [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]]
*[[Leonard Nimoy]] as [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]
*[[Robert Stack]] as [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]
*[[Lionel Stander]] as [[Kup (G1)|Kup]]
*[[Orson Welles]] as [[Unicron]]
*Co-starring [[John Moschitta]] as [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]]

Casting by [[Reuben Cannon & Associates]], [[Carol Dudley]]

Music Score by [[Vince DiCola]]

Story Consultant [[Flint Dille]]

Written by [[Ron Friedman]]

Executive Producers [[Margaret Loesch]], [[Lee Gunther]]

Supervising Producer [[Jay Bacal]]

Produced by [[Joe Bacal]], [[Tom Griffin]]

Co-Produced and Directed by [[Nelson Shin]]

==End Credits==

===Cast (in alphabetical order)===
*[[Kranix (G1)|Kranix]] - [[Norman Alden]]
*[[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] - [[Jack Angel]]
*[[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]], [[Scrapper (G1)|Scrapper]], [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]], [[Junkion (species)|Junkion]] - [[Michael Bell]]
*[[Grimlock (G1)| Grimlock]] - [[Gregg Berger]]
*[[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] - [[Susan Blu]]
*[[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] - [[Arthur Burghardt]]
*[[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike]], [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]], [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] - [[Corey Burton]]
*[[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]], [[Quintesson Prosecutor|Quintesson Leader]] - [[Roger C. Carmel]]
*[[Narrator]] - [[Victor Caroli]]
*[[Quintesson Judge]] - [[Regis Cordic|Rege Cordic]]
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] - [[Peter Cullen]]
*[[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] - [[Scatman Crothers]]
*[[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]] - [[Bud Davis]]
*[[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] - [[Walker Edmiston]]
*[[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] - [[Paul Eiding]]
*[[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] - [[Ed Gilbert]]
*[[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] - [[Dan Gilvezan]]
*Wreck-Gar - Eric Idle
*[[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] - [[Buster Jones]]
*[[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] - [[Stan Jones]]
*[[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] - [[Casey Kasem]]
*[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] - [[Chris Latta]]
*[[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel]] - [[David Mendenhall]]
*[[Gears (G1)|Gears]] - [[Don Messick]]
*Blurr - John Moschitta
*Hot Rod, Rodimus Prime - Judd Nelson
*Galvatron - Leonard Nimoy
*[[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]] - [[Hal Rayle]]
*[[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]] - [[Clive Revill]]
*[[Bonecrusher (G1)|Bonecrusher]], [[Hook (G1)|Hook]], [[Springer (G1)|Springer]], [[Slag (G1)|Slag]] - [[Neil Ross]]
*Ultra Magnus - Robert Stack
*Kup - Lionel Stander
*Unicron - Orson Welles
*[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]], [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble ]], [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]], [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]], [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]], [[Junkion (species)|Junkion]] - [[Frank Welker]]

*Voice Recording and Processing by [[Wally Burr Recording]]
*Voice Director - [[Wally Burr]]
*Sound Processing - [[Scott Brownlee]]
*Additional Sound Processing - [[Craig Harris]]
*ADR- [[B&B Sound Studios, Inc.]]
*Engineers - [[Ken Berger]], [[Dave Van Meter]]
*Talent Coordinator - [[Maddy Aaronson]]

===Music===

*Music Supervised by [[Soundtracs]]
*Music Score by Vince DiCola
*Score Arranged and Produced by Vince DiCola and [[Ed Frugé]]
*Technical Advisor [[Charles Calello]]
*Music Editor Ed Frugé
*Music Score Engineered by [[Tony Papa]]
*Synthesizer Programming [[Casey Young]]
*Soundtrack Album on [[Scotti Brothers Records and Tapes]]
*Distributed by [[CBS Records]]

"[[Instruments of Destruction]]"
*Performed by [[N.R.G.|NRG]]
*Written by [[Ernest Petrangelo]], [[Robin Ward]] and [[Steven Serpa]]
*Produced by NRG

"[[Dare]]"
*Performed by Stan Bush
*Written by Vince DiCola and [[Scott Shelly]]
*Produced by Vince DiCola and [[Richie Wise]]

"[[The Touch]]"
*Performed by Stan Bush
*Written by Stan Bush and [[Lenny Macaluso]]
*Produced by Richie Wist

"[[Nothin's Gonna Stand in Our Way]]"
*Performed by [[Kick Axe|Spectre General]]
*Written by [[Randy Bishop]]
*Produced by Randy Bishop with [[Spencer Proffer]] for [[Pasha Music|Pasha]]
*Courtesy of Pasha/CBS Records

"[[Hunger]]"
*Performed by Spectre General
*Written by [[Larry Gillstron]], [[Brian Gillstron]], [[Victor Langen]], [[George Christon]], [[Ray Harvey]] and Spencer Proffer
*Produced by Spencer Proffer for Pasha
*Courtesy of Pasha/CBS Records

"[[Dare to Be Stupid]]"
*Performed by [["Weird Al" Yankovic]]
*Written by "Weird Al" Yankovic
*Produced by [[Rick Derringer]]

"[[The Transformers (Theme)|The Transformers" (Theme)]]
*Performed by [[Lion]]
*Written by [[Ford Kinder]], [[Anne Bryant]], [[Kal Swan|Norman Swan]] and [[Douglas Aldrich]]
*Produced by Richie Wise

===Production Staff===

*Executive in Charge of Production - [[Jim Graziano]]
*Senior Manager of Production - [[Carole Weitzman]]
*Production Managers - [[Gerald Moeller|Gerald L. Moeller]], [[Koh Meguro]], [[Satoru Nakamura]], [[Takuya Igarashi]]
*Executive Production Coordinator - [[Gene Pelc]]
*Production Coordinators - [[Elise Goyette]], [[Terri Gruskin]], [[Hildy Mesnik]]
*Producer's Representative - [[Gene Margoluis]]
*Production Staff - [[Mark Bakshi]], [[Paul Davids]], [[Yung Shin]]
*Original Concept Design - [[Floro Dery]]
*Character and Background Design - [[Gabriel Hoyos]], [[Fred Carrillo]], [[Rico Rival]], [[Dell Barras|Delfin Barras]], [[Romeo Tanghal]], [[Lew Ott]], [[Romeo Francisco]], [[Pat Agnasin]], [[Ernie Guanlao]], [[Eufronio R. Cruz]], [[Mike Sekowsky]]
*[[Storyboard]] Artists - [[Peter Chung]], [[Joo In Kim]], [[Jeong-hwan Oh]], [[Siok Park]], [[Sang Il Sim]], [[David Shin]], [[Su-yong Jeong]], Delfin Barras, [[Jim Gomez|James Gomez]], Ernie Guanlao, [[Doug Lefler]], Rico Rival, Romeo Tanghal
*Supervising Animation Director - [[Kozo Morishita]]
*Animation Directors - [[John Freeman|John Patrick Freeman]], [[Norm McCabe]], [[Gerald Moeller|Gerald L. Moeller]], [[Bob Matz]], [[Margaret Nichols]]
*Assistant Animation Directors - [[Shigeyasu Yamauchi]], [[Masao Ito]], [[Baik Seung Kyun]]
*Associate Story Consultants - [[Douglas Booth|Doug Booth]], [[Roger Slifer]]
*Production Secretaries - [[Joyce Masterson]], [[Joan Davis]], [[Debbie Lehrhoff]]
*Translators - [[Mitsuko Y. Hays]], [[Emi Araki]]
*Account Supervisor - [[Alfa Tate]]
*Publicists - [[Ellen Kroner]], [[Deborah J. Green]]
*Supervising Film Editor - [[Steven C. Brown]]
*Assistant Supervisor Post Production - [[Larry Whelan]]
*Film Editor - [[David Hankins]]
*Supervising Music Editor - [[Mark Shiney]]
*Music Editors - [[Peter Collier]], [[Robert Randles]], S.M.E., [[Bob Mayer]]
*Supervising Sound Effects Editor - [[Brian Courcier]]
*Sound Editors - [[Jim Blodgett]], [[Allison Cobb]], [[Michael L. DePatie]], [[John Detra]], [[Karen Doulac]], [[Ron Fedele]], [[Lenny Geschke]], [[Nicholas James]], [[Warren Taylor]], [[Michael Tomack]], [[Peter Tomaszewicz]], [[John Singleton]], [[Ted Chapman]]
*Dialogue Editor - [[Jerry Jacobson]]
*Assistant Editors - [[Ivan Bilancio]], [[Heather Elliott]], [[Tamra Fitzgerald]], [[Shinichi Fukumitsu]], [[Shinji Shimizu]], [[Sue Vonsi]], [[Dave Weathers]]
*Re-Recording by - [[Todd-AO/Glen Glenn Studios]]
*Re-Recording Mixers - [[R. William A. Thiederman]], [[W. Howard Wilmarth]], [[Peter S. Reale]]
*Re-Recording Recordist - [[David Koelher]]
*Machine Room Operator - [[Sam Kaufman]]
*Pre-Dubb Mixers - [[Bob Harman]], [[Jim Cook]]
*Dubbing Supervisor - [[Jacquie Freeman]]
*Negative Cutting - [[Jack Hooper]]
*Opticals - [[F-Stop]]
*Main Title Design - [[Bill Millar]], [[Deena Burkett]]

Animated by - [[Toei Animation|Toei Animation Co., Ltd.]]
*Associate Producers - [[Masaharu Etoh]], [[Tomoh Fukumoto]]
*Final Checker (Chief Animator) - [[Koichi Tsunoda]]
*Assistant Animation Checkers - [[Takashi Hyodo]], [[Masahiko Okura]], [[Kazuo Hayashi]], [[Kazuhiro Ochi]], [[Akihiro Enomoto]], [[Toshikazu Usami]]
*Key Animators - [[Nobuyoshi Sasakado]], [[Shigemitsu Fujitaka]], [[Koichi Fukuda]], [[Yoshitaka Koyama]], [[Yoshinori Kanemori]], [[Yoshinobu Inano]], [[Baik Nam Yeoul]], [[Kiyomitsu Tsuji]], [[Masanori Shino]], [[Toshio Mori]], [[Shigenobu Nagasaki]], [[Yasuyoshi Uwai]], [[Shigeo Matoba]], [[Satoshi Yamaguchi]], [[Yoichi Mitsu]], [[Shigeru Murakami]], [[Yoshito Miki]], [[Takahiro Kagami]]
*Inbetween Animation Checkers - [[Akira Sato]], [[Hitoshi Abe]], [[Ryokichi Yoshizawa]]
*Inbetween Animators - [[Kiyomi Sugita]], [[Ryuji Ajiri]], [[Hiroaki Daichi]], [[Shizuo Tanaka]], [[Tadashi Yahata]], [[Takako Nakamura]], [[Kei Okazaki]], [[Akira Sugiura]], [[Yoshiharu Azuma]], [[Jun Watanabe]], [[Tomoe Morimoto]], [[Takao Sakano]], [[Mario Ishiyama]], [[Tomoko Fukui]], [[Shigeru Hayashi]], [[Kazuya Komai]], [[Takehiro Iima]], [[Miyo Yamada]], [[Teruo Hattori]], [[Kazunori Nakazawa]]
*Special Effects - [[Masayuki Kawachi]], [[Shoji Sato]]
*Background Art Direction - [[Robert Schaefer]], [[Takao Sawada]], [[Dario Campanile]]
*Assistant Background Designer - [[Tadaumi Shimokawa]]
*Background Painters - [[Kazuo Ebisawa]], [[Toshikatsu Sanuki]]
*Background Department Manager - [[Ryuichi Sugimoto]]
*Chief Cameraman - [[Masatoshi Fukui]]
*Animation Cameramen - [[Masaru Sakanishi]], [[Yukio Katayama]]
**[[Character model|Model]] Color Key - [[Phyllis Craig]]
*Ink and Paint Supervisors - [[Mary Ann Steward]], [[Kuniko Murata]], [[Junko Furuta]]
*Ink and Paint Department Managers - [[Masatoyo Ogura]], [[Hiroshi Kosakai]]
*Inkers - [[Mihoko Irie]], [[Reiko Igarashi]]
*Painters - [[Myrna Gibbs]], [[Marta Skwara]], [[Robin Draper]], [[Britt Van der Nagel]], [[Britt Greko]], [[Kris Brown]], [[Harriette Rossall]], [[Heidi Shellhorn]], [[Liane Douglas]], [[Hannah Powell]], [[Debbie Jorgensborg]]
*Color Checkers - [[Kazuo Kinugasa]], [[Hiroshi Morita]]
*Xerox - [[Virginia Creamer]], [[Bill Hudson]], [[Sandy Kennedy]]
*Script Continuity - [[Yoko Okamoto]]
*Shipping Coordinator - [[Kevin Shaw]]

===Technical Advisors===
{{collist|2|
*[[Bob Prupis]]
*[[Steve Schwartz]]
*[[Walt Barric]]
*[[Michael Brochstein]]
*[[Chris Brown]]
*[[Al Carosi]]
*[[John Costello]]
*[[Bob Darcy]]
*[[Paul Denault]]
*[[George Dunsay]]
*[[Eric Early]]
*[[Jim Engle]]
*[[Chuck Fisher]]
*[[Bill Ford]]
*[[Carl Fritz]]
*[[Sid Good]]
*[[Norman Hajjar]]
*[[Deborah Heineman]]
*[[Art Heller]]
*[[Bob Horne]]
*[[Heide Kahme]]
*[[Pat Kiley]]
*[[Paul Kurnit]]
*[[Dave LeBlanc]]
*[[Matt Lizak]]
*[[Richard Marcej]]
*[[Kevin Massey]]
*[[Bob Mitchell]]
*[[Melissa Mitten]]
*[[Susan Marie Panettieri]]
*[[Andy Perlmutter]]
*[[Susanne Pollak]]
*[[Steven Raskin]]
*[[Jack Raiter]]
*[[Steve Reiss]]
*[[Jeff Reynolds]]
*[[Mike Riley]]
*[[Brent Robertson]]
*[[Steve Rodyn]]
*[[Julie Rud]]
*[[Rob Rundbaken]]
*[[Bill Schmidt]]
*[[Rosemary Serluca]]
*[[Alison Shinners]]
*[[Howard Steinberg]]
*[[Ed Torton]]
*[[Hildy Travis]]
*[[Norm Young]]
}}

A SUNBOW and MARVEL Production

[[Dolby]] Stereo In Selected Theaters

Dolby Consultants - [[Jim Fitzpatrick]]

Prints by [[Technicolor]]

==Notes==
*In the UK releases, the opening credits are omitted, replaced by a text crawl to recap the backstory for the movie.
*While Walker Edmiston was credited as Inferno and Don Messick was credited as Gears, neither appeared in the final film.
*Though not credited in the film's credits, [[Masumi Kaneda]] was a supervisor for the film.
*Some individuals names in the credits were misspelled or had typos in them:
**Joo In Kim was credited as Jooin Kim.
**Jeong-hwan Oh was listed as Chung Hwan Oh.
**Siok Park was misspelled as Sioak Park.
**Sang Il Sim was credited as Sangil Shim.
**Su-yong Jeong was misspelled credited as Soo Young Chung.
**Fred Carrillo last name was listed as Carillo.
**Allison Cobb's first name was listed as Alison.
**Masaru Sakanishi was credited as Masaru Banzai
**Hiroaki Daichi was credited as Hiroaki Daiji
**Ryokichi Yoshizawa was credited as Ryukichi Yoshizawa
**Yoshinori Kanemori was credited as Yoshinori Kanamori
**Hiroshi Meguro was credited as Koh Meguro

[[Category:Generation 1 media]]
[[Category:Media credits]]

The Transformers: The Movie/credits

2023-04-10T19:42:51Z

Evan1975: /* Notes */

{{Nav-G1cartoon}}
[[File:Transformersanimatedfilmposter.jpg|thumb|upright=1.6]]

==Opening Credits==

[[DEG]] [[Dino De Laurentiis|De Laurentiis]] Entertainment Group (title card)

[[Sunbow Productions]], [[Marvel Productions]] (title card)

''The Transformers The Movie''
===Starring===
*[[Eric Idle]] as [[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]]
*[[Judd Nelson]] as [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]]
*[[Leonard Nimoy]] as [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]
*[[Robert Stack]] as [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]
*[[Lionel Stander]] as [[Kup (G1)|Kup]]
*[[Orson Welles]] as [[Unicron]]
*Co-starring [[John Moschitta]] as [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]]

Casting by [[Reuben Cannon & Associates]], [[Carol Dudley]]

Music Score by [[Vince DiCola]]

Story Consultant [[Flint Dille]]

Written by [[Ron Friedman]]

Executive Producers [[Margaret Loesch]], [[Lee Gunther]]

Supervising Producer [[Jay Bacal]]

Produced by [[Joe Bacal]], [[Tom Griffin]]

Co-Produced and Directed by [[Nelson Shin]]

==End Credits==

===Cast (in alphabetical order)===
*[[Kranix (G1)|Kranix]] - [[Norman Alden]]
*[[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] - [[Jack Angel]]
*[[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]], [[Scrapper (G1)|Scrapper]], [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]], [[Junkion (species)|Junkion]] - [[Michael Bell]]
*[[Grimlock (G1)| Grimlock]] - [[Gregg Berger]]
*[[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] - [[Susan Blu]]
*[[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] - [[Arthur Burghardt]]
*[[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike]], [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]], [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] - [[Corey Burton]]
*[[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]], [[Quintesson Prosecutor|Quintesson Leader]] - [[Roger C. Carmel]]
*[[Narrator]] - [[Victor Caroli]]
*[[Quintesson Judge]] - [[Regis Cordic|Rege Cordic]]
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] - [[Peter Cullen]]
*[[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] - [[Scatman Crothers]]
*[[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]] - [[Bud Davis]]
*[[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] - [[Walker Edmiston]]
*[[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] - [[Paul Eiding]]
*[[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] - [[Ed Gilbert]]
*[[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] - [[Dan Gilvezan]]
*Wreck-Gar - Eric Idle
*[[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] - [[Buster Jones]]
*[[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] - [[Stan Jones]]
*[[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] - [[Casey Kasem]]
*[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] - [[Chris Latta]]
*[[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel]] - [[David Mendenhall]]
*[[Gears (G1)|Gears]] - [[Don Messick]]
*Blurr - John Moschitta
*Hot Rod, Rodimus Prime - Judd Nelson
*Galvatron - Leonard Nimoy
*[[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]] - [[Hal Rayle]]
*[[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]] - [[Clive Revill]]
*[[Bonecrusher (G1)|Bonecrusher]], [[Hook (G1)|Hook]], [[Springer (G1)|Springer]], [[Slag (G1)|Slag]] - [[Neil Ross]]
*Ultra Magnus - Robert Stack
*Kup - Lionel Stander
*Unicron - Orson Welles
*[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]], [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble ]], [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]], [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]], [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]], [[Junkion (species)|Junkion]] - [[Frank Welker]]

*Voice Recording and Processing by [[Wally Burr Recording]]
*Voice Director - [[Wally Burr]]
*Sound Processing - [[Scott Brownlee]]
*Additional Sound Processing - [[Craig Harris]]
*ADR- [[B&B Sound Studios, Inc.]]
*Engineers - [[Ken Berger]], [[Dave Van Meter]]
*Talent Coordinator - [[Maddy Aaronson]]

===Music===

*Music Supervised by [[Soundtracs]]
*Music Score by Vince DiCola
*Score Arranged and Produced by Vince DiCola and [[Ed Frugé]]
*Technical Advisor [[Charles Calello]]
*Music Editor Ed Frugé
*Music Score Engineered by [[Tony Papa]]
*Synthesizer Programming [[Casey Young]]
*Soundtrack Album on [[Scotti Brothers Records and Tapes]]
*Distributed by [[CBS Records]]

"[[Instruments of Destruction]]"
*Performed by [[N.R.G.|NRG]]
*Written by [[Ernest Petrangelo]], [[Robin Ward]] and [[Steven Serpa]]
*Produced by NRG

"[[Dare]]"
*Performed by Stan Bush
*Written by Vince DiCola and [[Scott Shelly]]
*Produced by Vince DiCola and [[Richie Wise]]

"[[The Touch]]"
*Performed by Stan Bush
*Written by Stan Bush and [[Lenny Macaluso]]
*Produced by Richie Wist

"[[Nothin's Gonna Stand in Our Way]]"
*Performed by [[Kick Axe|Spectre General]]
*Written by [[Randy Bishop]]
*Produced by Randy Bishop with [[Spencer Proffer]] for [[Pasha Music|Pasha]]
*Courtesy of Pasha/CBS Records

"[[Hunger]]"
*Performed by Spectre General
*Written by [[Larry Gillstron]], [[Brian Gillstron]], [[Victor Langen]], [[George Christon]], [[Ray Harvey]] and Spencer Proffer
*Produced by Spencer Proffer for Pasha
*Courtesy of Pasha/CBS Records

"[[Dare to Be Stupid]]"
*Performed by [["Weird Al" Yankovic]]
*Written by "Weird Al" Yankovic
*Produced by [[Rick Derringer]]

"[[The Transformers (Theme)|The Transformers" (Theme)]]
*Performed by [[Lion]]
*Written by [[Ford Kinder]], [[Anne Bryant]], [[Kal Swan|Norman Swan]] and [[Douglas Aldrich]]
*Produced by Richie Wise

===Production Staff===

*Executive in Charge of Production - [[Jim Graziano]]
*Senior Manager of Production - [[Carole Weitzman]]
*Production Managers - [[Gerald Moeller|Gerald L. Moeller]], [[Koh Meguro]], [[Satoru Nakamura]], [[Takuya Igarashi]]
*Executive Production Coordinator - [[Gene Pelc]]
*Production Coordinators - [[Elise Goyette]], [[Terri Gruskin]], [[Hildy Mesnik]]
*Producer's Representative - [[Gene Margoluis]]
*Production Staff - [[Mark Bakshi]], [[Paul Davids]], [[Yung Shin]]
*Original Concept Design - [[Floro Dery]]
*Character and Background Design - [[Gabriel Hoyos]], [[Fred Carrillo]], [[Rico Rival]], [[Dell Barras|Delfin Barras]], [[Romeo Tanghal]], [[Lew Ott]], [[Romeo Francisco]], [[Pat Agnasin]], [[Ernie Guanlao]], [[Eufronio R. Cruz]], [[Mike Sekowsky]]
*[[Storyboard]] Artists - [[Peter Chung]], [[Joo In Kim]], [[Jeong-hwan Oh]], [[Siok Park]], [[Sang Il Sim]], [[David Shin]], [[Su-yong Jeong]], Delfin Barras, [[Jim Gomez|James Gomez]], Ernie Guanlao, [[Doug Lefler]], Rico Rival, Romeo Tanghal
*Supervising Animation Director - [[Kozo Morishita]]
*Animation Directors - [[John Freeman|John Patrick Freeman]], [[Norm McCabe]], [[Gerald Moeller|Gerald L. Moeller]], [[Bob Matz]], [[Margaret Nichols]]
*Assistant Animation Directors - [[Shigeyasu Yamauchi]], [[Masao Ito]], [[Baik Seung Kyun]]
*Associate Story Consultants - [[Douglas Booth|Doug Booth]], [[Roger Slifer]]
*Production Secretaries - [[Joyce Masterson]], [[Joan Davis]], [[Debbie Lehrhoff]]
*Translators - [[Mitsuko Y. Hays]], [[Emi Araki]]
*Account Supervisor - [[Alfa Tate]]
*Publicists - [[Ellen Kroner]], [[Deborah J. Green]]
*Supervising Film Editor - [[Steven C. Brown]]
*Assistant Supervisor Post Production - [[Larry Whelan]]
*Film Editor - [[David Hankins]]
*Supervising Music Editor - [[Mark Shiney]]
*Music Editors - [[Peter Collier]], [[Robert Randles]], S.M.E., [[Bob Mayer]]
*Supervising Sound Effects Editor - [[Brian Courcier]]
*Sound Editors - [[Jim Blodgett]], [[Allison Cobb]], [[Michael L. DePatie]], [[John Detra]], [[Karen Doulac]], [[Ron Fedele]], [[Lenny Geschke]], [[Nicholas James]], [[Warren Taylor]], [[Michael Tomack]], [[Peter Tomaszewicz]], [[John Singleton]], [[Ted Chapman]]
*Dialogue Editor - [[Jerry Jacobson]]
*Assistant Editors - [[Ivan Bilancio]], [[Heather Elliott]], [[Tamra Fitzgerald]], [[Shinichi Fukumitsu]], [[Shinji Shimizu]], [[Sue Vonsi]], [[Dave Weathers]]
*Re-Recording by - [[Todd-AO/Glen Glenn Studios]]
*Re-Recording Mixers - [[R. William A. Thiederman]], [[W. Howard Wilmarth]], [[Peter S. Reale]]
*Re-Recording Recordist - [[David Koelher]]
*Machine Room Operator - [[Sam Kaufman]]
*Pre-Dubb Mixers - [[Bob Harman]], [[Jim Cook]]
*Dubbing Supervisor - [[Jacquie Freeman]]
*Negative Cutting - [[Jack Hooper]]
*Opticals - [[F-Stop]]
*Main Title Design - [[Bill Millar]], [[Deena Burkett]]

Animated by - [[Toei Animation|Toei Animation Co., Ltd.]]
*Associate Producers - [[Masaharu Etoh]], [[Tomoh Fukumoto]]
*Final Checker (Chief Animator) - [[Koichi Tsunoda]]
*Assistant Animation Checkers - [[Takashi Hyodo]], [[Masahiko Okura]], [[Kazuo Hayashi]], [[Kazuhiro Ochi]], [[Akihiro Enomoto]], [[Toshikazu Usami]]
*Key Animators - [[Nobuyoshi Sasakado]], [[Shigemitsu Fujitaka]], [[Koichi Fukuda]], [[Yoshitaka Koyama]], [[Yoshinori Kanemori]], [[Yoshinobu Inano]], [[Baik Nam Yeoul]], [[Kiyomitsu Tsuji]], [[Masanori Shino]], [[Toshio Mori]], [[Shigenobu Nagasaki]], [[Yasuyoshi Uwai]], [[Shigeo Matoba]], [[Satoshi Yamaguchi]], [[Yoichi Mitsu]], [[Shigeru Murakami]], [[Yoshito Miki]], [[Takahiro Kagami]]
*Inbetween Animation Checkers - [[Akira Sato]], [[Hitoshi Abe]], [[Ryokichi Yoshizawa]]
*Inbetween Animators - [[Kiyomi Sugita]], [[Ryuji Ajiri]], [[Hiroaki Daichi]], [[Shizuo Tanaka]], [[Tadashi Yahata]], [[Takako Nakamura]], [[Kei Okazaki]], [[Akira Sugiura]], [[Yoshiharu Azuma]], [[Jun Watanabe]], [[Tomoe Morimoto]], [[Takao Sakano]], [[Mario Ishiyama]], [[Tomoko Fukui]], [[Shigeru Hayashi]], [[Kazuya Komai]], [[Takehiro Iima]], [[Miyo Yamada]], [[Teruo Hattori]], [[Kazunori Nakazawa]]
*Special Effects - [[Masayuki Kawachi]], [[Shoji Sato]]
*Background Art Direction - [[Robert Schaefer]], [[Takao Sawada]], [[Dario Campanile]]
*Assistant Background Designer - [[Tadaumi Shimokawa]]
*Background Painters - [[Kazuo Ebisawa]], [[Toshikatsu Sanuki]]
*Background Department Manager - [[Ryuichi Sugimoto]]
*Chief Cameraman - [[Masatoshi Fukui]]
*Animation Cameramen - [[Masaru Sakanishi]], [[Yukio Katayama]]
**[[Character model|Model]] Color Key - [[Phyllis Craig]]
*Ink and Paint Supervisors - [[Mary Ann Steward]], [[Kuniko Murata]], [[Junko Furuta]]
*Ink and Paint Department Managers - [[Masatoyo Ogura]], [[Hiroshi Kosakai]]
*Inkers - [[Mihoko Irie]], [[Reiko Igarashi]]
*Painters - [[Myrna Gibbs]], [[Marta Skwara]], [[Robin Draper]], [[Britt Van der Nagel]], [[Britt Greko]], [[Kris Brown]], [[Harriette Rossall]], [[Heidi Shellhorn]], [[Liane Douglas]], [[Hannah Powell]], [[Debbie Jorgensborg]]
*Color Checkers - [[Kazuo Kinugasa]], [[Hiroshi Morita]]
*Xerox - [[Virginia Creamer]], [[Bill Hudson]], [[Sandy Kennedy]]
*Script Continuity - [[Yoko Okamoto]]
*Shipping Coordinator - [[Kevin Shaw]]

===Technical Advisors===
{{collist|2|
*[[Bob Prupis]]
*[[Steve Schwartz]]
*[[Walt Barric]]
*[[Michael Brochstein]]
*[[Chris Brown]]
*[[Al Carosi]]
*[[John Costello]]
*[[Bob Darcy]]
*[[Paul Denault]]
*[[George Dunsay]]
*[[Eric Early]]
*[[Jim Engle]]
*[[Chuck Fisher]]
*[[Bill Ford]]
*[[Carl Fritz]]
*[[Sid Good]]
*[[Norman Hajjar]]
*[[Deborah Heineman]]
*[[Art Heller]]
*[[Bob Horne]]
*[[Heide Kahme]]
*[[Pat Kiley]]
*[[Paul Kurnit]]
*[[Dave LeBlanc]]
*[[Matt Lizak]]
*[[Richard Marcej]]
*[[Kevin Massey]]
*[[Bob Mitchell]]
*[[Melissa Mitten]]
*[[Susan Marie Panettieri]]
*[[Andy Perlmutter]]
*[[Susanne Pollak]]
*[[Steven Raskin]]
*[[Jack Raiter]]
*[[Steve Reiss]]
*[[Jeff Reynolds]]
*[[Mike Riley]]
*[[Brent Robertson]]
*[[Steve Rodyn]]
*[[Julie Rud]]
*[[Rob Rundbaken]]
*[[Bill Schmidt]]
*[[Rosemary Serluca]]
*[[Alison Shinners]]
*[[Howard Steinberg]]
*[[Ed Torton]]
*[[Hildy Travis]]
*[[Norm Young]]
}}

A SUNBOW and MARVEL Production

[[Dolby]] Stereo In Selected Theaters

Dolby Consultants - [[Jim Fitzpatrick]]

Prints by [[Technicolor]]

==Notes==
*In the UK releases, the opening credits are omitted, replaced by a text crawl to recap the backstory for the movie.
*While Walker Edmiston was credited as Inferno and Don Messick was credited as Gears, neither appeared in the final film.
*Though not credited in the film's credits, [[Masumi Kaneda]] was a supervisor for the film.
*Some individuals names in the credits were misspelled or had typos in them:
**Joo In Kim was credited as Jooin Kim.
**Jeong-hwan Oh was listed as Chung Hwan Oh.
**Siok Park was misspelled as Sioak Park.
**Sang Il Sim was credited as Sangil Shim.
**Su-yong Jeong was misspelled credited as Soo Young Chung.
**Fred Carrillo last name was listed as Carillo.
**Allison Cobb's first name was listed as Alison.
**Masaru Sakanishi was credited as Masaru Banzai
**Hiroaki Daichi was credited as Hiroaki Daiji
**Ryokichi Yoshizawa was credited as Ryukichi Yoshizawa
**Yoshinori Kanemori was credited as Yoshinori Kanamori

[[Category:Generation 1 media]]
[[Category:Media credits]]

The Transformers: The Movie/credits

2023-04-10T19:40:17Z

Evan1975: /* Production Staff */

{{Nav-G1cartoon}}
[[File:Transformersanimatedfilmposter.jpg|thumb|upright=1.6]]

==Opening Credits==

[[DEG]] [[Dino De Laurentiis|De Laurentiis]] Entertainment Group (title card)

[[Sunbow Productions]], [[Marvel Productions]] (title card)

''The Transformers The Movie''
===Starring===
*[[Eric Idle]] as [[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]]
*[[Judd Nelson]] as [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]]
*[[Leonard Nimoy]] as [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]
*[[Robert Stack]] as [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]
*[[Lionel Stander]] as [[Kup (G1)|Kup]]
*[[Orson Welles]] as [[Unicron]]
*Co-starring [[John Moschitta]] as [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]]

Casting by [[Reuben Cannon & Associates]], [[Carol Dudley]]

Music Score by [[Vince DiCola]]

Story Consultant [[Flint Dille]]

Written by [[Ron Friedman]]

Executive Producers [[Margaret Loesch]], [[Lee Gunther]]

Supervising Producer [[Jay Bacal]]

Produced by [[Joe Bacal]], [[Tom Griffin]]

Co-Produced and Directed by [[Nelson Shin]]

==End Credits==

===Cast (in alphabetical order)===
*[[Kranix (G1)|Kranix]] - [[Norman Alden]]
*[[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] - [[Jack Angel]]
*[[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]], [[Scrapper (G1)|Scrapper]], [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]], [[Junkion (species)|Junkion]] - [[Michael Bell]]
*[[Grimlock (G1)| Grimlock]] - [[Gregg Berger]]
*[[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] - [[Susan Blu]]
*[[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] - [[Arthur Burghardt]]
*[[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike]], [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]], [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] - [[Corey Burton]]
*[[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]], [[Quintesson Prosecutor|Quintesson Leader]] - [[Roger C. Carmel]]
*[[Narrator]] - [[Victor Caroli]]
*[[Quintesson Judge]] - [[Regis Cordic|Rege Cordic]]
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] - [[Peter Cullen]]
*[[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] - [[Scatman Crothers]]
*[[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]] - [[Bud Davis]]
*[[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] - [[Walker Edmiston]]
*[[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] - [[Paul Eiding]]
*[[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] - [[Ed Gilbert]]
*[[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] - [[Dan Gilvezan]]
*Wreck-Gar - Eric Idle
*[[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] - [[Buster Jones]]
*[[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] - [[Stan Jones]]
*[[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] - [[Casey Kasem]]
*[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] - [[Chris Latta]]
*[[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel]] - [[David Mendenhall]]
*[[Gears (G1)|Gears]] - [[Don Messick]]
*Blurr - John Moschitta
*Hot Rod, Rodimus Prime - Judd Nelson
*Galvatron - Leonard Nimoy
*[[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]] - [[Hal Rayle]]
*[[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]] - [[Clive Revill]]
*[[Bonecrusher (G1)|Bonecrusher]], [[Hook (G1)|Hook]], [[Springer (G1)|Springer]], [[Slag (G1)|Slag]] - [[Neil Ross]]
*Ultra Magnus - Robert Stack
*Kup - Lionel Stander
*Unicron - Orson Welles
*[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]], [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble ]], [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]], [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]], [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]], [[Junkion (species)|Junkion]] - [[Frank Welker]]

*Voice Recording and Processing by [[Wally Burr Recording]]
*Voice Director - [[Wally Burr]]
*Sound Processing - [[Scott Brownlee]]
*Additional Sound Processing - [[Craig Harris]]
*ADR- [[B&B Sound Studios, Inc.]]
*Engineers - [[Ken Berger]], [[Dave Van Meter]]
*Talent Coordinator - [[Maddy Aaronson]]

===Music===

*Music Supervised by [[Soundtracs]]
*Music Score by Vince DiCola
*Score Arranged and Produced by Vince DiCola and [[Ed Frugé]]
*Technical Advisor [[Charles Calello]]
*Music Editor Ed Frugé
*Music Score Engineered by [[Tony Papa]]
*Synthesizer Programming [[Casey Young]]
*Soundtrack Album on [[Scotti Brothers Records and Tapes]]
*Distributed by [[CBS Records]]

"[[Instruments of Destruction]]"
*Performed by [[N.R.G.|NRG]]
*Written by [[Ernest Petrangelo]], [[Robin Ward]] and [[Steven Serpa]]
*Produced by NRG

"[[Dare]]"
*Performed by Stan Bush
*Written by Vince DiCola and [[Scott Shelly]]
*Produced by Vince DiCola and [[Richie Wise]]

"[[The Touch]]"
*Performed by Stan Bush
*Written by Stan Bush and [[Lenny Macaluso]]
*Produced by Richie Wist

"[[Nothin's Gonna Stand in Our Way]]"
*Performed by [[Kick Axe|Spectre General]]
*Written by [[Randy Bishop]]
*Produced by Randy Bishop with [[Spencer Proffer]] for [[Pasha Music|Pasha]]
*Courtesy of Pasha/CBS Records

"[[Hunger]]"
*Performed by Spectre General
*Written by [[Larry Gillstron]], [[Brian Gillstron]], [[Victor Langen]], [[George Christon]], [[Ray Harvey]] and Spencer Proffer
*Produced by Spencer Proffer for Pasha
*Courtesy of Pasha/CBS Records

"[[Dare to Be Stupid]]"
*Performed by [["Weird Al" Yankovic]]
*Written by "Weird Al" Yankovic
*Produced by [[Rick Derringer]]

"[[The Transformers (Theme)|The Transformers" (Theme)]]
*Performed by [[Lion]]
*Written by [[Ford Kinder]], [[Anne Bryant]], [[Kal Swan|Norman Swan]] and [[Douglas Aldrich]]
*Produced by Richie Wise

===Production Staff===

*Executive in Charge of Production - [[Jim Graziano]]
*Senior Manager of Production - [[Carole Weitzman]]
*Production Managers - [[Gerald Moeller|Gerald L. Moeller]], [[Koh Meguro]], [[Satoru Nakamura]], [[Takuya Igarashi]]
*Executive Production Coordinator - [[Gene Pelc]]
*Production Coordinators - [[Elise Goyette]], [[Terri Gruskin]], [[Hildy Mesnik]]
*Producer's Representative - [[Gene Margoluis]]
*Production Staff - [[Mark Bakshi]], [[Paul Davids]], [[Yung Shin]]
*Original Concept Design - [[Floro Dery]]
*Character and Background Design - [[Gabriel Hoyos]], [[Fred Carrillo]], [[Rico Rival]], [[Dell Barras|Delfin Barras]], [[Romeo Tanghal]], [[Lew Ott]], [[Romeo Francisco]], [[Pat Agnasin]], [[Ernie Guanlao]], [[Eufronio R. Cruz]], [[Mike Sekowsky]]
*[[Storyboard]] Artists - [[Peter Chung]], [[Joo In Kim]], [[Jeong-hwan Oh]], [[Siok Park]], [[Sang Il Sim]], [[David Shin]], [[Su-yong Jeong]], Delfin Barras, [[Jim Gomez|James Gomez]], Ernie Guanlao, [[Doug Lefler]], Rico Rival, Romeo Tanghal
*Supervising Animation Director - [[Kozo Morishita]]
*Animation Directors - [[John Freeman|John Patrick Freeman]], [[Norm McCabe]], [[Gerald Moeller|Gerald L. Moeller]], [[Bob Matz]], [[Margaret Nichols]]
*Assistant Animation Directors - [[Shigeyasu Yamauchi]], [[Masao Ito]], [[Baik Seung Kyun]]
*Associate Story Consultants - [[Douglas Booth|Doug Booth]], [[Roger Slifer]]
*Production Secretaries - [[Joyce Masterson]], [[Joan Davis]], [[Debbie Lehrhoff]]
*Translators - [[Mitsuko Y. Hays]], [[Emi Araki]]
*Account Supervisor - [[Alfa Tate]]
*Publicists - [[Ellen Kroner]], [[Deborah J. Green]]
*Supervising Film Editor - [[Steven C. Brown]]
*Assistant Supervisor Post Production - [[Larry Whelan]]
*Film Editor - [[David Hankins]]
*Supervising Music Editor - [[Mark Shiney]]
*Music Editors - [[Peter Collier]], [[Robert Randles]], S.M.E., [[Bob Mayer]]
*Supervising Sound Effects Editor - [[Brian Courcier]]
*Sound Editors - [[Jim Blodgett]], [[Allison Cobb]], [[Michael L. DePatie]], [[John Detra]], [[Karen Doulac]], [[Ron Fedele]], [[Lenny Geschke]], [[Nicholas James]], [[Warren Taylor]], [[Michael Tomack]], [[Peter Tomaszewicz]], [[John Singleton]], [[Ted Chapman]]
*Dialogue Editor - [[Jerry Jacobson]]
*Assistant Editors - [[Ivan Bilancio]], [[Heather Elliott]], [[Tamra Fitzgerald]], [[Shinichi Fukumitsu]], [[Shinji Shimizu]], [[Sue Vonsi]], [[Dave Weathers]]
*Re-Recording by - [[Todd-AO/Glen Glenn Studios]]
*Re-Recording Mixers - [[R. William A. Thiederman]], [[W. Howard Wilmarth]], [[Peter S. Reale]]
*Re-Recording Recordist - [[David Koelher]]
*Machine Room Operator - [[Sam Kaufman]]
*Pre-Dubb Mixers - [[Bob Harman]], [[Jim Cook]]
*Dubbing Supervisor - [[Jacquie Freeman]]
*Negative Cutting - [[Jack Hooper]]
*Opticals - [[F-Stop]]
*Main Title Design - [[Bill Millar]], [[Deena Burkett]]

Animated by - [[Toei Animation|Toei Animation Co., Ltd.]]
*Associate Producers - [[Masaharu Etoh]], [[Tomoh Fukumoto]]
*Final Checker (Chief Animator) - [[Koichi Tsunoda]]
*Assistant Animation Checkers - [[Takashi Hyodo]], [[Masahiko Okura]], [[Kazuo Hayashi]], [[Kazuhiro Ochi]], [[Akihiro Enomoto]], [[Toshikazu Usami]]
*Key Animators - [[Nobuyoshi Sasakado]], [[Shigemitsu Fujitaka]], [[Koichi Fukuda]], [[Yoshitaka Koyama]], [[Yoshinori Kanemori]], [[Yoshinobu Inano]], [[Baik Nam Yeoul]], [[Kiyomitsu Tsuji]], [[Masanori Shino]], [[Toshio Mori]], [[Shigenobu Nagasaki]], [[Yasuyoshi Uwai]], [[Shigeo Matoba]], [[Satoshi Yamaguchi]], [[Yoichi Mitsu]], [[Shigeru Murakami]], [[Yoshito Miki]], [[Takahiro Kagami]]
*Inbetween Animation Checkers - [[Akira Sato]], [[Hitoshi Abe]], [[Ryokichi Yoshizawa]]
*Inbetween Animators - [[Kiyomi Sugita]], [[Ryuji Ajiri]], [[Hiroaki Daichi]], [[Shizuo Tanaka]], [[Tadashi Yahata]], [[Takako Nakamura]], [[Kei Okazaki]], [[Akira Sugiura]], [[Yoshiharu Azuma]], [[Jun Watanabe]], [[Tomoe Morimoto]], [[Takao Sakano]], [[Mario Ishiyama]], [[Tomoko Fukui]], [[Shigeru Hayashi]], [[Kazuya Komai]], [[Takehiro Iima]], [[Miyo Yamada]], [[Teruo Hattori]], [[Kazunori Nakazawa]]
*Special Effects - [[Masayuki Kawachi]], [[Shoji Sato]]
*Background Art Direction - [[Robert Schaefer]], [[Takao Sawada]], [[Dario Campanile]]
*Assistant Background Designer - [[Tadaumi Shimokawa]]
*Background Painters - [[Kazuo Ebisawa]], [[Toshikatsu Sanuki]]
*Background Department Manager - [[Ryuichi Sugimoto]]
*Chief Cameraman - [[Masatoshi Fukui]]
*Animation Cameramen - [[Masaru Sakanishi]], [[Yukio Katayama]]
**[[Character model|Model]] Color Key - [[Phyllis Craig]]
*Ink and Paint Supervisors - [[Mary Ann Steward]], [[Kuniko Murata]], [[Junko Furuta]]
*Ink and Paint Department Managers - [[Masatoyo Ogura]], [[Hiroshi Kosakai]]
*Inkers - [[Mihoko Irie]], [[Reiko Igarashi]]
*Painters - [[Myrna Gibbs]], [[Marta Skwara]], [[Robin Draper]], [[Britt Van der Nagel]], [[Britt Greko]], [[Kris Brown]], [[Harriette Rossall]], [[Heidi Shellhorn]], [[Liane Douglas]], [[Hannah Powell]], [[Debbie Jorgensborg]]
*Color Checkers - [[Kazuo Kinugasa]], [[Hiroshi Morita]]
*Xerox - [[Virginia Creamer]], [[Bill Hudson]], [[Sandy Kennedy]]
*Script Continuity - [[Yoko Okamoto]]
*Shipping Coordinator - [[Kevin Shaw]]

===Technical Advisors===
{{collist|2|
*[[Bob Prupis]]
*[[Steve Schwartz]]
*[[Walt Barric]]
*[[Michael Brochstein]]
*[[Chris Brown]]
*[[Al Carosi]]
*[[John Costello]]
*[[Bob Darcy]]
*[[Paul Denault]]
*[[George Dunsay]]
*[[Eric Early]]
*[[Jim Engle]]
*[[Chuck Fisher]]
*[[Bill Ford]]
*[[Carl Fritz]]
*[[Sid Good]]
*[[Norman Hajjar]]
*[[Deborah Heineman]]
*[[Art Heller]]
*[[Bob Horne]]
*[[Heide Kahme]]
*[[Pat Kiley]]
*[[Paul Kurnit]]
*[[Dave LeBlanc]]
*[[Matt Lizak]]
*[[Richard Marcej]]
*[[Kevin Massey]]
*[[Bob Mitchell]]
*[[Melissa Mitten]]
*[[Susan Marie Panettieri]]
*[[Andy Perlmutter]]
*[[Susanne Pollak]]
*[[Steven Raskin]]
*[[Jack Raiter]]
*[[Steve Reiss]]
*[[Jeff Reynolds]]
*[[Mike Riley]]
*[[Brent Robertson]]
*[[Steve Rodyn]]
*[[Julie Rud]]
*[[Rob Rundbaken]]
*[[Bill Schmidt]]
*[[Rosemary Serluca]]
*[[Alison Shinners]]
*[[Howard Steinberg]]
*[[Ed Torton]]
*[[Hildy Travis]]
*[[Norm Young]]
}}

A SUNBOW and MARVEL Production

[[Dolby]] Stereo In Selected Theaters

Dolby Consultants - [[Jim Fitzpatrick]]

Prints by [[Technicolor]]

==Notes==
*In the UK releases, the opening credits are omitted, replaced by a text crawl to recap the backstory for the movie.
*While Walker Edmiston was credited as Inferno and Don Messick was credited as Gears, neither appeared in the final film.
*Though not credited in the film's credits, [[Masumi Kaneda]] was a supervisor for the film.
*Some individuals names in the credits were misspelled or had typos in them:
**Joo In Kim was credited as Jooin Kim.
**Jeong-hwan Oh was listed as Chung Hwan Oh.
**Siok Park was misspelled as Sioak Park.
**Sang Il Sim was credited as Sangil Shim.
**Su-yong Jeong was misspelled credited as Soo Young Chung.
**Fred Carrillo last name was listed as Carillo.
**Allison Cobb's first name was listed as Alison.

[[Category:Generation 1 media]]
[[Category:Media credits]]

The Transformers (cartoon)/credits

2023-04-10T16:48:19Z

Evan1975: /* Season 4 */

{{Nav-G1cartoon}}

==End Credits==
===Season 1 More than Meets the Eye miniseries===
[[File:G1season1intro01.jpg|thumb|upright=1.6]]
*Supervising Director – [[John Gibbs]]
*Sequence Directors – [[Dave Brain]], [[Gerry Chiniquy]], [[Jeff Hale]], [[Norm McCabe]], [[Tom Ray]], [[Dan Thompson]], [[James T. Walker]], [[John Walker]], [[Warren Batchelder]],
*Voice Director – [[Wally Burr]]
*Voice Talents of – [[Michael Bell]], [[Corey Burton]], [[Peter Cullen]], [[Dan Gilvezan]], [[Casey Kasem]], [[Chris Latta]], [[Don Messick]], [[Ken Sansom]], [[Scatman Crothers]], [[John Stephenson]], [[Victor Caroli]]
*Voice Processing – [[Scott Brownlee]], [[Soundtraxx]]
*[[Storyboard]] by – [[Floro Dery]], [[Jim Fletcher]], [[George Goode]], [[Paul Gruwell]], [[Peter Chung]], [[David Russell]], [[Don Sheppard]], [[Bob Smith]], [[Victor Dal Chele|Vic Dalchele]], [[Gregg Davidson|Greg Davidson]]
*[[Character model|Model]] and Background Design by – Floro Dery, George Goode, [[Andy Kim]]
*Supervising Editor – [[Robert T. Gillis]]
*Music Editors – [[Joe Siracusa]], [[Mark Shiney]]
*Sound Effects Editors – [[Richard Gannon]], [[Bruce Elliott]], [[Ron Fedele]], [[Michael Tomack|Mike Tomack]], [[Jim Blodgett]], [[John Detra]], [[Michael L. DePatie]]
*Production Manager – [[Carole Weitzman]]
*Production Assistant – [[Yung Shin]]
*Creative Director – [[Jay Bacal]]
*Distributed by – [[Claster Television|Claster TV Productions]]
**A Division of [[Hasbro]] Industries
*Hasbro logo image
**Copyright [[1984]] Hasbro Industries Inc. All Rights Reserved.
**Trademark of Hasbro Industries Inc. and is registered in the US Patent and Trademark Office
* Produced in Association with – [[Toei Animation|Toei Doga]]
**Copyright [[1984]] [[Sunbow Productions]] Inc.
*Music by – [[Johnny Douglas]]
*Title Song by – [[Ford Kinder]] and [[Anne Bryant|Ann Bryant]]
*Executive in Charge of Production – [[Lee Gunther]]
*Written by – [[George Arthur Bloom]]
*Produced by – [[Nelson Shin]]
*Executive Producers – [[Joe Bacal]], [[Margaret Loesch]], [[Tom Griffin]]
*Sunbow Productions and [[Marvel Productions]] title card

===Season 1 Expanded Credits===
*Story Editors – [[Dick Robbins]], [[Bryce Malek]]
*Written By – [[Douglas Booth]], [[Donald F. Glut]], [[Alfred A. Pegal]], [[Larry Strauss]], [[Earl Kress]], [[Leo D. Paur]], [[Reed Robbins]], [[Peter Salas]]
*Additional Dialogue by – [[Ron Friedman]]
*Voice Talents of – Michael Bell, Corey Burton, Peter Cullen, Dan Gilvezan, Casey Kasem, Chris Latta, Don Messick, Ken Sansom, Scatman Crothers, John Stephenson
*Voice Talents of – Victor Caroli, [[Gregg Berger]], [[Michael Horton]], [[Mona Marshall]], [[Hal Rayle]], [[Clive Revill]], [[Neil Ross]], [[Frank Welker]], [[Arthur Burghardt]]
*Voice Processing – Scott Brownlee, Soundtraxx
*Director – John Walker
*Sequence Directors – John Gibbs, Norm McCabe, Jeff Hale, [[Brad Case]]
*Storyboard Supervisor – [[Don Goodman]]
*Storyboard by – Floro Dery, George Goode, Peter Chung, [[Wendell Washer]], David Russell, Bob Smith, Greg Davidson, [[Lindsay Dawson]], [[Doug Lefler]], [[Gerald Moeller]], [[Brian Ray]], [[Rhoydon Shishido|Roy Shishido]], [[George Scribner]]
*Model and Background Design by – Floro Dery
*Assistant Designs by – [[Gabriel Hoyos]], [[Leandro Martinez]]
*Key Background – [[Dennis Venizelos]]
*Supervising Editor – Robert T. Gillis
*Music Editors – Joe Siracusa, Mark Shiney
*Sound Effects Editors – Michael L. DePatie, Richard Gannon, [[Richard Allen]], Jim Blodgett, Bruce Elliott, Mike Tomack, John Detra, Ron Fedele
*Director of Production – Carole Weitzman
*Production Assistant – Yung Shin
*Creative Director – Jay Bacal
*Copyright [[1985]] Sunbow productions Inc.
*Distributed by – Claster TV Productions
**A Division of Hasbro Industries
*Hasbro logo image
**Copyright 1984 Hasbro Industries Inc. All Rights Reserved.
**Trademark of Hasbro Industries Inc. and is registered in the US Patent and Trademark Office
*Title Song by – Ford Kinder and Ann Bryant
*Music Composed and Conducted by – Johnny Douglas, [[Robert J. Walsh|Rob Walsh]]
*Executive in Charge of Production – Lee Gunther
*Produced by – Nelson Shin
*Executive Producers – Joe Bacal, Margaret Loesch, Tom Griffin
*Sunbow Productions and Marvel Productions title card

===Season 2===
[[File:G1 Blitzwing crushed season 2 intro.JPG|thumb|upright=1.6]]
*Supervising Producer – Nelson Shin
*Producers – [[George Singer]], John Walker, [[Gwen Wetzler]]
*Production Coordinator – [[Paul Davids]]
*Director of Production – [[Jim Graziano]]
*Supervising Director – Terry Lennon
*Directors – Norm McCabe, [[Bob Shellhorn]], [[Karen Peterson]], [[Bob Kirk]], [[Bob Treat]], Tom Ray, [[Margaret Nichols]], [[Bob Matz]], [[Al Kouzel]], Andy Kim
*Production Manager – Yung Shin
*Story Editors – Dick Robbins, Bryce Malek
*Additional Dialogue by – Ron Friedman
*Voice Director – Wally Burr
*Voice Talents of – [[Jack Angel]], [[Arlene Banas]], Michael Bell, Gregg Berger, Arthur Burghardt, Corey Burton, [[Michael Chain]], Scatman Crothers, Peter Cullen, [[Bud Davis]], [[Walker Edmiston]], [[Paul Eiding]], [[Ed Gilbert]], Dan Gilvezan, Michael Horton, [[Buster Jones]], Victor Caroli
*Voice Talents of – Casey Kasem, Chris Latta, [[Morgan Lofting]], Don Messick, [[Michael McConnohie|Mike McConnohie]], [[Alan Oppenheimer]], Hal Rayle, [[Peter Renaday|Peter Reneday]], Clive Revill, Neil Ross, Ken Sansom, John Stephenson, Frank Welker
*Voice Processing – Scott Brownlee, [[Wally Burr Recording]]
*Storyboard Supervisor – [[Don Goodman]]
*Storyboard by – Peter Chung, Greg Davidson, George Goode, Doug Lefler, Gerald Moeller, David Russell, [[David Shin]], Roy Shishido, [[Vincenzo Trippetti]], Wendell Washer
*Model and Background Design by – Floro Dery, Gadriel Hoyos, [[Dell Barras]], [[Fred Carrillo]], [[Romeo Tanghal]], [[Pat Agnasin]], [[Romeo Francisco]]
*Color Models – [[Phyllis Craig]]
*Key Background – Dennis Venizelos, [[Bob Schaefer]], [[Phil Phillipson]]
*Supervising Editor – Robert T. Gillis
*Music Editors – Joe Siracusa, Mark Shiney, [[Peter Collier]]
*Sound Effects Editors – Richard Gannon, Jim Blodgett, Michael L. DePatie, [[Nicholas James]], [[Efraim Reuveni]], Bruce Elliott, Michael Tomack, John Detra, Ron Fedele, Allison Cobb
*Sunbow Productions
**Associate Producers – [[Flint Dille]], [[Roger Slifer]]
**Production Manager – Carole Weitzman
**Production Assistant – [[Terri Gruskin]]
*Creative Director – Jay Bacal
**Copyright 1985 Sunbow Productions Inc.
**Copyright 1985 [[Wildstar Music]], Inc.
*Distributed by – Claster Television Productions
**A Division of Hasbro, Inc.
*Hasbro, Inc.
**Copyright 1985 Hasbro Industries Inc. All Rights Reserved.
**Trademark of Hasbro Industries Inc. and is registered in the US Patent and Trademark Office
*Title Song by – Ford Kinder and Ann Bryant
*Music Composed and Conducted by – Johnny Douglas, Rob Walsh
*Executive in Charge of Production – Lee Gunther
*Executive Producers – Joe Bacal, Margaret Loesch, Tom Griffin
*Sunbow Productions and Marvel Productions title card

===Season 3===
[[File:Intro3 4 with error.jpg|thumb|upright=1.6]]
*Supervising Director – [[Ray Lee]], Andy Kim
*Sequence Directors – Warren Batchelder, [[Bob Bemiller]], [[Rudy Cataldi]], Gerry Chiniquy, [[Charlie Downs]], [[Lillian Evans]], [[Caroline Heyward]], Bob Kirk, [[Bill Knoll]], Bob Matz, Norm McCabe, [[Joe Morrison]], Margaret Nichols, [[Spencer Peel]], Karen Peterson, [[Stan Phillips]], Tom Ray, Bob Treat, [[Neal Warner]]
*Assistants to the Supervisors – [[Myrna Bushman]], [[Lisa Wilson]]
*Background Supervisors – Dennis Venizelos
*Voice Talents of – [[Charlie Adler]], Jack Angel, Arlene Banas, [[Roger Behr]], Michael Bell, Gregg Berger, [[Susan Blu]], Corey Burton, [[Roger C. Carmel]], Victor Caroli, Michael Chain, [[Philip L. Clarke|Phillip Clarke]], [[Regis Cordic|Rege Cordic]], Peter Cullen, Bud Davis, Paul Eiding, [[Laurie Faso]], [[Ron Feinberg]], [[Ron Gans]], [[Linda Gary]], [[Brad Garrett]], [[Dick Gautier]], Ed Gilbert, Dan Gilvezan, [[Johnny Haymer|John Haymer]], [[John Hostetter]], [[Jerry Houser]]
*Voice Talents of – [[Milt Jamin]], Buster Jones, Casey Kasem, [[Aron Kincaid]], Chris Latta, [[Joe Leahy]], [[Jeff MacKay]], [[Terry McGovern]], [[David Mendenhall]], [[Denise Mora]], [[John Moschitta]], Allen Oppenheimer, [[Rob Paulsen]], [[Tony Pope]], [[Bill Ratner]], Hal Rayle, Clive Revill, Neil Ross, [[Ted Schwartz]], [[Tony St. James]], John Stephenson, Frank Welker, [[Beau Weaver]]
*Voices Directed by – Wally Burr
* Voice Recording Engineer – [[Joel Iwataki]]
*Recording Coordinator – [[Ellen Burr]]
*Storyboard Artists – Dell Barras, [[Bill Barry]], [[Danny Bulanadi]], [[Su-yong Jeong|Soo Young Chung]], [[Joo In Kim]], David Shin, [[Leo Sullivan]], [[Young Sang Yoon]]
*Model and Background Design – [[Pat Agnasin]], Fred Carrillo, [[Eufronio R. Cruz]], Romeo Francisco, Gadriel Hoyos, [[Rico Rival]]
*Key Background Design – Dennis Venizelos, Bob Schaffer, Phil Phillipson, [[Jeff Richards]], [[Fred Warter]]
*Color Models – Phyllis Craig
*Supervising Editor – [[Steven C. Brown]]
*Assistants to the Supervising Editor – [[Larry Whelan]], [[Rick Gehr]]
*Music Editors – Joe Siracusa, Mark Shiney, Peter Collier
* Effects Editors – Jim Blodgett, [[Matt Cope]], Mike DePatie, John Detra, [[Karen Doulac]], Ron Fedele, Allison Cobb, [[Lenny Geschke]], [[Brad Gunther]], [[David Hankins]], Nick James, [[Richard Raderman]], [[Joseph Sorokin]], [[Warren Taylor]], Michael Tomack, [[Peter Tomaszewicz]]
*Music Editors – Mark Shiney, Peter Collier, [[Robert Randles]] S.M.E., [[Bob Mayer]], Richard Allen
*Dubbing Supervisors – [[Jacquie Freeman]], [[John Hart]]
*Telecine Supervisors – [[Sarah Swiskow]], [[Andrew Golov]]
*Post Production Supervisors – [[Eric Early]], [[Steven Heth]]
*Production Managers – Carole Weitzman, Yung Shin
*Production Coordinators – Paul Davids, [[Elise Goyette]], [[Hildy Mesnik]]
*Production Assistants – [[Mitsuko Hayes]], [[Lizabeth Elliott]]
*Director of Production – Jim Graziano
*Supervising Producer – Nelson Shin
*Producers – Gerald Moeller, George Singer
*Original Music Score Composed and Conducted by – Robert J. Walsh, Johnny Douglas
*Main Title Theme
**Music and Lyrics by – Ford Kinder, Anne Bryant
*Post-Production Services – [[L. Ed Walsh]], [[Terry Jennings]], [[Saturday Morning Incorporated]]
*Co-Producer – Roger Slifer
*Story Editors – Flint Dille, [[Steve Gerber]], [[Marv Wolfman]]
*Creative Director – Jay Bacal
*Copyright [[1986]] Sunbow Productions, Inc.
*Copyright 1986 Wildstar Music, Inc.
*Copyright 1986 [[Starwild Music]], Inc.
*Distributed by – Claster Television Productions
**A Division of Hasbro, Inc.
*Hasbro, Inc.
**Copyright 1986 Hasbro Industries Inc. All Rights Reserved.
**Trademark of Hasbro Industries Inc. and is registered in the US Patent and Trademark Office
* Executive in Charge of Production – Lee Gunther
*Executive Producers – Joe Bacal, Margaret Loesch, Tom Griffin
*Sunbow Productions and Marvel Productions title card

===Season 4===
[[File:Scorponok-Rebirth.jpg|thumb|upright=1.6]]
*Director – [[Jae ho Hong]]
*Assistant Directors – [[Mooyoung Song]], [[Kyungme Kim]]
*Animators – [[Youngduk Kim]], [[Kyungkwan Kim]], [[Baekyup Sung]], [[Sungok Sung]], [[Chiman Park]], [[Byungchong Oh]], [[Nosoo Kwak]], [[Byungnam Choi]], [[Eynam Park]], [[Myunghi Park]], [[Chigeun Kang]], [[Hanyong Chung]], [[Sang Il Sim]], [[Namyul Baik]], [[Youngchan Shin]]
*Voice Talents of – Charlie Adler, Jack Angel, [[Jered Barclay]], Michael Bell, Susan Blu, [[Steve Bulen]], Corey Burton, Victor Caroli, Peter Cullen, Dick Gautier, Dan Gilvezan, John Haymer, Milt Jamin, [[Stan Jones]], [[Stephen Keener]], Chris Latta, [[Danny Mann]], David Mendenhall, Rob Paulson, Neil Ross, John Stephenson, Frank Welker
*Voices Directed by – Wally Burr
* Voice Recording Engineers – Joel Iwataki, [[Sylvester Rivers]], Scott Brownlee
*Recording Coordinator – Ellen Burr
*Editor – [[Al Breitenbach]]
*Assistant Editor – [[David Weathers]]
*Post Production Services – [[Paul Vitello]] & Associates
*Telecine Supervisor – Sarah Swiskow
*Post Production Supervisors – Eric Early
*Production Managers – Gerald Moeller, Elise Goyette
*Production Assistant – [[Laurie Pessell]]
*Director of Production – Jim Graziano
*Senior Production Manager – Carole Weitzman
*Original Music Score Composed and Conducted by – Robert J. Walsh, Johnny Douglas
*Main Title Theme by – Kinder and Bryant
*Copyright [[1987]] Sunbow Productions, Inc.
*Copyright 1986 Wildstar Music, Inc.
*Copyright 1986 Starwild Music, Inc.
*Creative Director – Jay Bacal
*Distributed by – Claster Television Productions
**A Division of Hasbro, Inc.
*Hasbro, Inc.
**Copyright 1986 Hasbro Industries Inc. All Rights Reserved.
**Trademark of Hasbro Industries Inc. and is registered in the US Patent and Trademark Office
*Produced by – Nelson Shin
*Executive in Charge of Production – Lee Gunther
*Executive Producers – Joe Bacal, Margaret Loesch, Tom Griffin
*Sunbow Productions and Marvel Productions title card

===Season 5===
[[File:PrimeTommyCommercialBumper.jpg|thumb|upright=1.6]]
*Live Action Sequences
**Tommy – [[Jason Jansen]]
**[[Optimus Prime (G1) |Optimus Prime]] – Peter Cullen
**Head Puppeteer – [[Marty Robinson]]
**Director – [[Peter Wallach]]
**Production Designer – [[Mike Sullivan]]
**Director of Photography – Mike Sullivan
**Writer – Roger Slifer
**Producer – [[Tim Speidel]]
**Line Producer – [[Edward Lee Rapp]]
**Animator – [[Joe Laudati]]
**Supervising Editor – [[Lisa Orlando]]
**Production Manager – [[Nel Lombardo]]

As season 5 was a repackage of older episodes, the original credits for the appropriate season were used.

==Notes==
*Frank Welker is not listed in the credits for the [[More than Meets the Eye (mini-series)|More than Meets the Eye]] miniseries.
*Some credits had misspellings or typos in the credited names:
**Norm McCabe's name is listed incorrectly as Nor M McCabe in the More than Meets the Eye miniseries credits. It's spelled correctly in the season 5 use of the miniseries credits.
**Paul Gruwell last name is misspelled as Grewell.
**Larry Strauss is credited as Larry Strass.
**Lindsay Dawson's first name is misspelled as Lynsey.
**Leandro Martinez's first name is spelled Leondro.
**Alan Oppenheimer's first name is listed as Allan.
**Bob Schaefer's last name is misspelled as Schaffer.
**Casey Kasem's first name is incorrectly listed as Kasey in season 3.
**Aron Kincaid's last name is misspelled as Kindaid.
**Rob Paulsen's last name is listed as Paulson.
**Gerald Moeller's last name is spelled as Modeller in the season 3 credits.
**Su-yong Jeong is credited as Soo Young Chung.
**Jae ho Hong was credited as Jaeho Hong.
**Sang Il Sim was listed as Sangil Shim.
**Jered Barclay's first name is misspelled as Jared.
*For the DVD releases, there were a few errors with credits on some season 1 episodes. [[Transport to Oblivion (episode)|Transport to Oblivion]], and [[Roll for It]] use the miniseries credits instead of the expanded season 1 credits. [[Divide and Conquer]], [[Fire in the Sky]], [[War of the Dinobots]], [[The Ultimate Doom, Part 3]], and [[Countdown to Extinction (episode)|Countdown to Extinction]] use the season 2 credits overlayed onto the season 1 closing animation.

[[Category:Generation 1 media]]
[[Category:Media credits]]

Jae ho Hong

2023-04-10T15:56:28Z

Evan1975:

'''Jae ho Hong''' (홍재호 ''Hong Jae ho'') is a Korean director and animator. He was also a director on ''[[My Little Pony]]: The Movie'', ''Spiral Zone'' and ''Bucky O'Hare and the Toad Wars!''. His animation work also includes ''Video Ranger 007'' and ''Blue Seagull''. He also worked on many anime under the name '''Kosei Shiozawa''' or '''Hiroyo Shiozawa''' (塩沢洪世) [https://w.atwiki.jp/anime_wiki/pages/11093.html] for [[Dai Won Animation Co.]].

==Episodes directed==
*"[[The Rebirth]]"

==External links==
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2980233/ Jaeho Hong] on the IMDB.

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hong, Jae ho}}
[[Category:Directors]]

The Transformers (cartoon)/credits

2023-04-10T15:45:14Z

Evan1975: /* Season 4 */

{{Nav-G1cartoon}}

==End Credits==
===Season 1 More than Meets the Eye miniseries===
[[File:G1season1intro01.jpg|thumb|upright=1.6]]
*Supervising Director – [[John Gibbs]]
*Sequence Directors – [[Dave Brain]], [[Gerry Chiniquy]], [[Jeff Hale]], [[Norm McCabe]], [[Tom Ray]], [[Dan Thompson]], [[James T. Walker]], [[John Walker]], [[Warren Batchelder]],
*Voice Director – [[Wally Burr]]
*Voice Talents of – [[Michael Bell]], [[Corey Burton]], [[Peter Cullen]], [[Dan Gilvezan]], [[Casey Kasem]], [[Chris Latta]], [[Don Messick]], [[Ken Sansom]], [[Scatman Crothers]], [[John Stephenson]], [[Victor Caroli]]
*Voice Processing – [[Scott Brownlee]], [[Soundtraxx]]
*[[Storyboard]] by – [[Floro Dery]], [[Jim Fletcher]], [[George Goode]], [[Paul Gruwell]], [[Peter Chung]], [[David Russell]], [[Don Sheppard]], [[Bob Smith]], [[Victor Dal Chele|Vic Dalchele]], [[Gregg Davidson|Greg Davidson]]
*[[Character model|Model]] and Background Design by – Floro Dery, George Goode, [[Andy Kim]]
*Supervising Editor – [[Robert T. Gillis]]
*Music Editors – [[Joe Siracusa]], [[Mark Shiney]]
*Sound Effects Editors – [[Richard Gannon]], [[Bruce Elliott]], [[Ron Fedele]], [[Michael Tomack|Mike Tomack]], [[Jim Blodgett]], [[John Detra]], [[Michael L. DePatie]]
*Production Manager – [[Carole Weitzman]]
*Production Assistant – [[Yung Shin]]
*Creative Director – [[Jay Bacal]]
*Distributed by – [[Claster Television|Claster TV Productions]]
**A Division of [[Hasbro]] Industries
*Hasbro logo image
**Copyright [[1984]] Hasbro Industries Inc. All Rights Reserved.
**Trademark of Hasbro Industries Inc. and is registered in the US Patent and Trademark Office
* Produced in Association with – [[Toei Animation|Toei Doga]]
**Copyright [[1984]] [[Sunbow Productions]] Inc.
*Music by – [[Johnny Douglas]]
*Title Song by – [[Ford Kinder]] and [[Anne Bryant|Ann Bryant]]
*Executive in Charge of Production – [[Lee Gunther]]
*Written by – [[George Arthur Bloom]]
*Produced by – [[Nelson Shin]]
*Executive Producers – [[Joe Bacal]], [[Margaret Loesch]], [[Tom Griffin]]
*Sunbow Productions and [[Marvel Productions]] title card

===Season 1 Expanded Credits===
*Story Editors – [[Dick Robbins]], [[Bryce Malek]]
*Written By – [[Douglas Booth]], [[Donald F. Glut]], [[Alfred A. Pegal]], [[Larry Strauss]], [[Earl Kress]], [[Leo D. Paur]], [[Reed Robbins]], [[Peter Salas]]
*Additional Dialogue by – [[Ron Friedman]]
*Voice Talents of – Michael Bell, Corey Burton, Peter Cullen, Dan Gilvezan, Casey Kasem, Chris Latta, Don Messick, Ken Sansom, Scatman Crothers, John Stephenson
*Voice Talents of – Victor Caroli, [[Gregg Berger]], [[Michael Horton]], [[Mona Marshall]], [[Hal Rayle]], [[Clive Revill]], [[Neil Ross]], [[Frank Welker]], [[Arthur Burghardt]]
*Voice Processing – Scott Brownlee, Soundtraxx
*Director – John Walker
*Sequence Directors – John Gibbs, Norm McCabe, Jeff Hale, [[Brad Case]]
*Storyboard Supervisor – [[Don Goodman]]
*Storyboard by – Floro Dery, George Goode, Peter Chung, [[Wendell Washer]], David Russell, Bob Smith, Greg Davidson, [[Lindsay Dawson]], [[Doug Lefler]], [[Gerald Moeller]], [[Brian Ray]], [[Rhoydon Shishido|Roy Shishido]], [[George Scribner]]
*Model and Background Design by – Floro Dery
*Assistant Designs by – [[Gabriel Hoyos]], [[Leandro Martinez]]
*Key Background – [[Dennis Venizelos]]
*Supervising Editor – Robert T. Gillis
*Music Editors – Joe Siracusa, Mark Shiney
*Sound Effects Editors – Michael L. DePatie, Richard Gannon, [[Richard Allen]], Jim Blodgett, Bruce Elliott, Mike Tomack, John Detra, Ron Fedele
*Director of Production – Carole Weitzman
*Production Assistant – Yung Shin
*Creative Director – Jay Bacal
*Copyright [[1985]] Sunbow productions Inc.
*Distributed by – Claster TV Productions
**A Division of Hasbro Industries
*Hasbro logo image
**Copyright 1984 Hasbro Industries Inc. All Rights Reserved.
**Trademark of Hasbro Industries Inc. and is registered in the US Patent and Trademark Office
*Title Song by – Ford Kinder and Ann Bryant
*Music Composed and Conducted by – Johnny Douglas, [[Robert J. Walsh|Rob Walsh]]
*Executive in Charge of Production – Lee Gunther
*Produced by – Nelson Shin
*Executive Producers – Joe Bacal, Margaret Loesch, Tom Griffin
*Sunbow Productions and Marvel Productions title card

===Season 2===
[[File:G1 Blitzwing crushed season 2 intro.JPG|thumb|upright=1.6]]
*Supervising Producer – Nelson Shin
*Producers – [[George Singer]], John Walker, [[Gwen Wetzler]]
*Production Coordinator – [[Paul Davids]]
*Director of Production – [[Jim Graziano]]
*Supervising Director – Terry Lennon
*Directors – Norm McCabe, [[Bob Shellhorn]], [[Karen Peterson]], [[Bob Kirk]], [[Bob Treat]], Tom Ray, [[Margaret Nichols]], [[Bob Matz]], [[Al Kouzel]], Andy Kim
*Production Manager – Yung Shin
*Story Editors – Dick Robbins, Bryce Malek
*Additional Dialogue by – Ron Friedman
*Voice Director – Wally Burr
*Voice Talents of – [[Jack Angel]], [[Arlene Banas]], Michael Bell, Gregg Berger, Arthur Burghardt, Corey Burton, [[Michael Chain]], Scatman Crothers, Peter Cullen, [[Bud Davis]], [[Walker Edmiston]], [[Paul Eiding]], [[Ed Gilbert]], Dan Gilvezan, Michael Horton, [[Buster Jones]], Victor Caroli
*Voice Talents of – Casey Kasem, Chris Latta, [[Morgan Lofting]], Don Messick, [[Michael McConnohie|Mike McConnohie]], [[Alan Oppenheimer]], Hal Rayle, [[Peter Renaday|Peter Reneday]], Clive Revill, Neil Ross, Ken Sansom, John Stephenson, Frank Welker
*Voice Processing – Scott Brownlee, [[Wally Burr Recording]]
*Storyboard Supervisor – [[Don Goodman]]
*Storyboard by – Peter Chung, Greg Davidson, George Goode, Doug Lefler, Gerald Moeller, David Russell, [[David Shin]], Roy Shishido, [[Vincenzo Trippetti]], Wendell Washer
*Model and Background Design by – Floro Dery, Gadriel Hoyos, [[Dell Barras]], [[Fred Carrillo]], [[Romeo Tanghal]], [[Pat Agnasin]], [[Romeo Francisco]]
*Color Models – [[Phyllis Craig]]
*Key Background – Dennis Venizelos, [[Bob Schaefer]], [[Phil Phillipson]]
*Supervising Editor – Robert T. Gillis
*Music Editors – Joe Siracusa, Mark Shiney, [[Peter Collier]]
*Sound Effects Editors – Richard Gannon, Jim Blodgett, Michael L. DePatie, [[Nicholas James]], [[Efraim Reuveni]], Bruce Elliott, Michael Tomack, John Detra, Ron Fedele, Allison Cobb
*Sunbow Productions
**Associate Producers – [[Flint Dille]], [[Roger Slifer]]
**Production Manager – Carole Weitzman
**Production Assistant – [[Terri Gruskin]]
*Creative Director – Jay Bacal
**Copyright 1985 Sunbow Productions Inc.
**Copyright 1985 [[Wildstar Music]], Inc.
*Distributed by – Claster Television Productions
**A Division of Hasbro, Inc.
*Hasbro, Inc.
**Copyright 1985 Hasbro Industries Inc. All Rights Reserved.
**Trademark of Hasbro Industries Inc. and is registered in the US Patent and Trademark Office
*Title Song by – Ford Kinder and Ann Bryant
*Music Composed and Conducted by – Johnny Douglas, Rob Walsh
*Executive in Charge of Production – Lee Gunther
*Executive Producers – Joe Bacal, Margaret Loesch, Tom Griffin
*Sunbow Productions and Marvel Productions title card

===Season 3===
[[File:Intro3 4 with error.jpg|thumb|upright=1.6]]
*Supervising Director – [[Ray Lee]], Andy Kim
*Sequence Directors – Warren Batchelder, [[Bob Bemiller]], [[Rudy Cataldi]], Gerry Chiniquy, [[Charlie Downs]], [[Lillian Evans]], [[Caroline Heyward]], Bob Kirk, [[Bill Knoll]], Bob Matz, Norm McCabe, [[Joe Morrison]], Margaret Nichols, [[Spencer Peel]], Karen Peterson, [[Stan Phillips]], Tom Ray, Bob Treat, [[Neal Warner]]
*Assistants to the Supervisors – [[Myrna Bushman]], [[Lisa Wilson]]
*Background Supervisors – Dennis Venizelos
*Voice Talents of – [[Charlie Adler]], Jack Angel, Arlene Banas, [[Roger Behr]], Michael Bell, Gregg Berger, [[Susan Blu]], Corey Burton, [[Roger C. Carmel]], Victor Caroli, Michael Chain, [[Philip L. Clarke|Phillip Clarke]], [[Regis Cordic|Rege Cordic]], Peter Cullen, Bud Davis, Paul Eiding, [[Laurie Faso]], [[Ron Feinberg]], [[Ron Gans]], [[Linda Gary]], [[Brad Garrett]], [[Dick Gautier]], Ed Gilbert, Dan Gilvezan, [[Johnny Haymer|John Haymer]], [[John Hostetter]], [[Jerry Houser]]
*Voice Talents of – [[Milt Jamin]], Buster Jones, Casey Kasem, [[Aron Kincaid]], Chris Latta, [[Joe Leahy]], [[Jeff MacKay]], [[Terry McGovern]], [[David Mendenhall]], [[Denise Mora]], [[John Moschitta]], Allen Oppenheimer, [[Rob Paulsen]], [[Tony Pope]], [[Bill Ratner]], Hal Rayle, Clive Revill, Neil Ross, [[Ted Schwartz]], [[Tony St. James]], John Stephenson, Frank Welker, [[Beau Weaver]]
*Voices Directed by – Wally Burr
* Voice Recording Engineer – [[Joel Iwataki]]
*Recording Coordinator – [[Ellen Burr]]
*Storyboard Artists – Dell Barras, [[Bill Barry]], [[Danny Bulanadi]], [[Su-yong Jeong|Soo Young Chung]], [[Joo In Kim]], David Shin, [[Leo Sullivan]], [[Young Sang Yoon]]
*Model and Background Design – [[Pat Agnasin]], Fred Carrillo, [[Eufronio R. Cruz]], Romeo Francisco, Gadriel Hoyos, [[Rico Rival]]
*Key Background Design – Dennis Venizelos, Bob Schaffer, Phil Phillipson, [[Jeff Richards]], [[Fred Warter]]
*Color Models – Phyllis Craig
*Supervising Editor – [[Steven C. Brown]]
*Assistants to the Supervising Editor – [[Larry Whelan]], [[Rick Gehr]]
*Music Editors – Joe Siracusa, Mark Shiney, Peter Collier
* Effects Editors – Jim Blodgett, [[Matt Cope]], Mike DePatie, John Detra, [[Karen Doulac]], Ron Fedele, Allison Cobb, [[Lenny Geschke]], [[Brad Gunther]], [[David Hankins]], Nick James, [[Richard Raderman]], [[Joseph Sorokin]], [[Warren Taylor]], Michael Tomack, [[Peter Tomaszewicz]]
*Music Editors – Mark Shiney, Peter Collier, [[Robert Randles]] S.M.E., [[Bob Mayer]], Richard Allen
*Dubbing Supervisors – [[Jacquie Freeman]], [[John Hart]]
*Telecine Supervisors – [[Sarah Swiskow]], [[Andrew Golov]]
*Post Production Supervisors – [[Eric Early]], [[Steven Heth]]
*Production Managers – Carole Weitzman, Yung Shin
*Production Coordinators – Paul Davids, [[Elise Goyette]], [[Hildy Mesnik]]
*Production Assistants – [[Mitsuko Hayes]], [[Lizabeth Elliott]]
*Director of Production – Jim Graziano
*Supervising Producer – Nelson Shin
*Producers – Gerald Moeller, George Singer
*Original Music Score Composed and Conducted by – Robert J. Walsh, Johnny Douglas
*Main Title Theme
**Music and Lyrics by – Ford Kinder, Anne Bryant
*Post-Production Services – [[L. Ed Walsh]], [[Terry Jennings]], [[Saturday Morning Incorporated]]
*Co-Producer – Roger Slifer
*Story Editors – Flint Dille, [[Steve Gerber]], [[Marv Wolfman]]
*Creative Director – Jay Bacal
*Copyright [[1986]] Sunbow Productions, Inc.
*Copyright 1986 Wildstar Music, Inc.
*Copyright 1986 [[Starwild Music]], Inc.
*Distributed by – Claster Television Productions
**A Division of Hasbro, Inc.
*Hasbro, Inc.
**Copyright 1986 Hasbro Industries Inc. All Rights Reserved.
**Trademark of Hasbro Industries Inc. and is registered in the US Patent and Trademark Office
* Executive in Charge of Production – Lee Gunther
*Executive Producers – Joe Bacal, Margaret Loesch, Tom Griffin
*Sunbow Productions and Marvel Productions title card

===Season 4===
[[File:Scorponok-Rebirth.jpg|thumb|upright=1.6]]
*Director – [[Jae ho Hong]]
*Assistant Directors – [[Mooyoung Song]], [[Kyungme Kim]]
*Animators – [[Youngduk Kim]], [[Kyungkwan Kim]], [[Baekyup Sung]], [[Sungok Sung]], [[Chiman Park]] [[Byungchong Oh]], [[Nosoo Kwak]], [[Byungnam Choi]], [[Eynam Park]], [[Myunghi Park]], [[Chigeun Kang]], [[Hanyong Chung]], [[Sang Il Sim]], [[Namyul Baik]], [[Youngchan Shin]]
*Voice Talents of – Charlie Adler, Jack Angel, [[Jered Barclay]], Michael Bell, Susan Blu, [[Steve Bulen]], Corey Burton, Victor Caroli, Peter Cullen, Dick Gautier, Dan Gilvezan, John Haymer, Milt Jamin, [[Stan Jones]], [[Stephen Keener]], Chris Latta, [[Danny Mann]], David Mendenhall, Rob Paulson, Neil Ross, John Stephenson, Frank Welker
*Voices Directed by – Wally Burr
* Voice Recording Engineers – Joel Iwataki, [[Sylvester Rivers]], Scott Brownlee
*Recording Coordinator – Ellen Burr
*Editor – [[Al Breitenbach]]
*Assistant Editor – [[David Weathers]]
*Post Production Services – [[Paul Vitello]] & Associates
*Telecine Supervisor – Sarah Swiskow
*Post Production Supervisors – Eric Early
*Production Managers – Gerald Moeller, Elise Goyette
*Production Assistant – [[Laurie Pessell]]
*Director of Production – Jim Graziano
*Senior Production Manager – Carole Weitzman
*Original Music Score Composed and Conducted by – Robert J. Walsh, Johnny Douglas
*Main Title Theme by – Kinder and Bryant
*Copyright [[1987]] Sunbow Productions, Inc.
*Copyright 1986 Wildstar Music, Inc.
*Copyright 1986 Starwild Music, Inc.
*Creative Director – Jay Bacal
*Distributed by – Claster Television Productions
**A Division of Hasbro, Inc.
*Hasbro, Inc.
**Copyright 1986 Hasbro Industries Inc. All Rights Reserved.
**Trademark of Hasbro Industries Inc. and is registered in the US Patent and Trademark Office
*Produced by – Nelson Shin
*Executive in Charge of Production – Lee Gunther
*Executive Producers – Joe Bacal, Margaret Loesch, Tom Griffin
*Sunbow Productions and Marvel Productions title card

===Season 5===
[[File:PrimeTommyCommercialBumper.jpg|thumb|upright=1.6]]
*Live Action Sequences
**Tommy – [[Jason Jansen]]
**[[Optimus Prime (G1) |Optimus Prime]] – Peter Cullen
**Head Puppeteer – [[Marty Robinson]]
**Director – [[Peter Wallach]]
**Production Designer – [[Mike Sullivan]]
**Director of Photography – Mike Sullivan
**Writer – Roger Slifer
**Producer – [[Tim Speidel]]
**Line Producer – [[Edward Lee Rapp]]
**Animator – [[Joe Laudati]]
**Supervising Editor – [[Lisa Orlando]]
**Production Manager – [[Nel Lombardo]]

As season 5 was a repackage of older episodes, the original credits for the appropriate season were used.

==Notes==
*Frank Welker is not listed in the credits for the [[More than Meets the Eye (mini-series)|More than Meets the Eye]] miniseries.
*Some credits had misspellings or typos in the credited names:
**Norm McCabe's name is listed incorrectly as Nor M McCabe in the More than Meets the Eye miniseries credits. It's spelled correctly in the season 5 use of the miniseries credits.
**Paul Gruwell last name is misspelled as Grewell.
**Larry Strauss is credited as Larry Strass.
**Lindsay Dawson's first name is misspelled as Lynsey.
**Leandro Martinez's first name is spelled Leondro.
**Alan Oppenheimer's first name is listed as Allan.
**Bob Schaefer's last name is misspelled as Schaffer.
**Casey Kasem's first name is incorrectly listed as Kasey in season 3.
**Aron Kincaid's last name is misspelled as Kindaid.
**Rob Paulsen's last name is listed as Paulson.
**Gerald Moeller's last name is spelled as Modeller in the season 3 credits.
**Su-yong Jeong is credited as Soo Young Chung.
**Jae ho Hong was credited as Jaeho Hong.
**Sang Il Sim was listed as Sangil Shim.
**Jered Barclay's first name is misspelled as Jared.
*For the DVD releases, there were a few errors with credits on some season 1 episodes. [[Transport to Oblivion (episode)|Transport to Oblivion]], and [[Roll for It]] use the miniseries credits instead of the expanded season 1 credits. [[Divide and Conquer]], [[Fire in the Sky]], [[War of the Dinobots]], [[The Ultimate Doom, Part 3]], and [[Countdown to Extinction (episode)|Countdown to Extinction]] use the season 2 credits overlayed onto the season 1 closing animation.

[[Category:Generation 1 media]]
[[Category:Media credits]]

Leo Sullivan

2023-04-06T17:26:18Z

Evan1975:

{{disambig2|the storyboard artist on ''The Transformers''|the artist on the Marvel UK comic|Lee Sullivan}}
[[Image:Leo Sullivan.jpg|thumb|right|300px]]
'''Leo Sullivan''' was a storyboard artist. He started out in the industry as an errand boy for Bob Clampett. By the 60s, he was working with Floyd Norman on animated films which eventually helped get Sullivan professional work in the animation industry and began a 50 year career. Shows he worked on included ''Challenge of the Super Friends'', ''Sesame Street'', ''BraveStarr'', ''Tiny Toon Adventures'', and ''Fat Albert''. In 1999, he and Norman created [http://www.afrokids.com/ afrokids.com] to help support African American families, and are using Kickstarter to fund an animated movie on the Tuskegee airmen.

==Storyboarding==
*''[[The Transformers (cartoon)|The Transformers]]'' (season 3, unknown episodes)

==External links==
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0838214/ Leo Sullivan] on the IMDB.

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sullivan, Leo}}
[[Category:Storyboard artists]]

Scramble City: Mobilization

2023-03-24T18:29:08Z

Evan1975:

{{disambig3|Scramble City}}
{{episode|
|seriess=[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (franchise)|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers]]
|prev=Day of the Machines
|next=The Transformers: The Movie
|title="Scramble City: Mobilization"
|japanese=スクランブルシティ発動編
|romaji=Scramble City Hatsudō Hen
|image=Scramblecity title.jpg
|caption=
|production code=
|production company=
|written by=[[Toyohiro Ando]]
|directed by=[[Yuji Endo]]
|animation studio=[[Toei Animation|Toei]]
|release date=April [[1986]]
|continuity=[[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}
'''Megatron is determined to halt the completion of Metroplex, the Autobots' new transforming city. To do the deed, he throws every combiner team the Decepticons have at them. The Autobots counter with their own combiners and things get ugly.'''

==Synopsis==
In a secret subterranean factory, the [[Autobot]]s and their [[human]] allies work diligently on their "Scramble City" project, constructing a giant mobile fortress under the direction of [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]]. When the [[Decepticon]]s detect magnetic fluctuations emanating from the concealed base, however, [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]]'s [[Mini-Cassette|cassettes]] investigate; despite resistance from Blaster and his tapes, [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] manages to penetrate the cavern and discovers the construction work.

[[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] dispatches [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]], [[Thundercracker (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Thundercracker]], [[Skywarp (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Skywarp]], and the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]] to attack the factory, but their way is barred by an Autobot contingent led by [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]]. When Ultra Magnus, monitoring the battle from the base, sees the Constructicons merge into [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]], he sends the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]] to join the fight. Their added firepower fells Devastator and sends the Decepticons retreating, and in retaliation, Megatron deploys the [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]]. The Autobots roll out to confront them, and the battle soon escalates as the two combiner teams form [[Superion (G1)|Superion]] and [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]]. Using Scramble Power, the two super robots shift their limbs for optimum power, but after a few reconfigurations, [[Fireflight (G1)|Fireflight]] gets confused and attempts to connect as the wrong limb, crashing into his team-mates and falling off. Menasor seizes the opportunity and disengages [[Wildrider (G1)|Wildrider]], who attaches as Superion's leg, with painful results for the air warrior. Optimus Prime takes action, blasting Wildrider off and allowing Fireflight to recombine with his team, at which point the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]] arrive to tip the battle in the Decepticons' favor as [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]].

Back in the Autobots' factory, Scramble City has finally been completed, and Ultra Magnus has it transform to mobile fortress mode and sends it to join in the battle along with the [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobots]]. Menasor and Bruticus have already defeated Superion as the team arrives, but as [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]], they protect the other Autobots as Scramble City transforms into its [[robot mode]]—[[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]! A single blast from Metroplex's cannon defeats the two Decepticons, but as the Autobots celebrate their victory, the nearby ocean parts, and from its depths arises [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]!

==Featured characters==
(''For the purposes of this list, the portion of this OVA that is composed of clips from other episodes is not counted.'') 
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
{{collist|2|
*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]] (1)
*[[Grapple (G1)|Grapple]] (2)
*[[Bumblebee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Bumblebee]] (4)
*[[Streetwise (G1)|Streetwise]] (5)
*[[Blades (G1)|Blades]] (9)
*[[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]] (10)
*[[Groove (G1)|Groove]] (11)
*[[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Spot]] (12)
*[[Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Blaster]] (17)
*[[Steeljaw (G1)|Steeljaw]] (18)
*[[Ramhorn (G1)|Ramhorn]] (19)
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] (28)
*[[Jazz (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Jazz]] (29)
*[[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]] (30)
*[[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]] (31)
*[[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]] (32)
*[[Ironhide (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ironhide]] (33)
*[[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]] (35)
*[[Slingshot (G1)|Slingshot]] (36)
*[[Fireflight (G1)|Fireflight]] (37)
*[[Skydive (G1 Aerialbot)|Skydive]] (38)
*[[Air Raid (G1)|Air Raid]] (39)
*[[Superion (G1)|Superion]] (45)
*[[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] (53)
*[[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]] (54)
}}
|c2=
{{collist|2|
*[[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]] (13)
*[[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (14)
*[[Ravage (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ravage]] (15)
*[[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] (16)
*[[Laserbeak (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Laserbeak]] (17)
*[[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] (20)
*[[Thundercracker (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Thundercracker]] (21)
*[[Skywarp (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Skywarp]] (22)
*[[Mixmaster (G1)|Mixmaster]] (23)
*[[Bonecrusher (G1)|Bonecrusher]] (24)
*[[Long Haul (G1)|Long Haul]] (25)
*[[Hook (G1)|Hook]] (26)
*[[Scrapper (G1)|Scrapper]] (27)
*[[Scavenger (G1)|Scavenger]] (28)
*[[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] (34)
*[[Motormaster (G1)|Motormaster]] (40)
*[[Drag Strip (G1)|Drag Strip]] (41)
*[[Dead End (G1)|Dead End]] (42)
*[[Wildrider (G1)|Wildrider]] (43)
*[[Breakdown (G1)|Breakdown]] (44)
*[[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] (46)
*[[Vortex (G1)|Vortex]] (47)
*[[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]] (48)
*[[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] (49)
*[[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]] (50)
*[[Brawl (G1)|Brawl]] (51)
*[[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]] (52)
*[[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] (55)
}}
|c3=
*[[Spike Witwicky (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Spike Witwicky]] (3)
*[[Carly]] (6)
*[[Chip Chase]] (7)
*[[Sparkplug Witwicky]] (8)
}}

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
The concept of the whole combiner-limb-switching thing is practically the whole point of "Scramble City", and is completely wrecked by repeated coloring errors.
*When Menasor reconfigures his limbs for the first time, Wildrider becomes his right arm and Breakdown his left, while Dead End becomes his left leg, and Drag Strip his right. However, as soon as they connect, their colours change back to those of the limbs as if they were in their traditional positions (Breakdown is coloured maroon like Dead End, Drag Strip is off-white like Breakdown, etc.). Though frustrating, it is at least understandable how the error occurred; some of the errors that will follow it are real head-scratchers, however.
*The original colouring error continues into the next shot, as Superion kicks Menasor.
*In the very next shot, as Menasor falls over from the kick, he is both ''drawn'' and coloured with his traditional limb configuration, as if no switching had occurred.
*Next, when he catches the lunging Superion, his right arm is correctly drawn and colored as Breakdown. While not fully visible, so we can't tell who it's ''drawn'' as, we can see his right arm is incorrectly colored as if it were Drag Strip.
*Immediately after ''that'', as Menasor swings Superion around, his arms are correctly drawn as Breakdown and Wildrider, except they're on the wrong sides... ''and'' they're colored like Drag Strip and Dead End (so in this shot, we get a yellow Breakdown). Drag Strip and Dead End are drawn in their correct positions as his legs, but are of course miscoloured as Breakdown and Wildrider.
*''Then,'' as Menasor looms over the fallen Superion, his left arm is correctly drawn and colored as Breakdown, while his right arm is correctly drawn as Wildrider, but colored like Dead End.
*When Menasor launches his arm to replace Superion's leg, the arms are drawn correctly as Breakdown and Wildrider, but are ''both'' colored like Dead End! Wildrider is in the correct colours when he attaches to Superion, however.
*As Menasor fires on Fireflight in the next shot, we return to the original error, as his limbs are drawn in their correct, reconfigured positions, but colored as if in their traditional arrangement.
*This error ''still'' in place as approaches the fallen Superion, but when he lifts his gun, his left arm is correctly drawn and colored as Breakdown. It snaps back to a maroon Lamborghini when he clocks Superion one.
*As Superion strikes back, Breakdown (left arm) and Drag Strip (right leg) are drawn and colored correctly, while Dead End (left leg) and Wildrider (right arm) have their colors swapped.
*When the angle changes and Menasor falls over, his right arm is Breakdown once again colored like Dead End, while his right arm is... well, it's ''colored'' like Drag Strip, but it's hard to tell exactly who it is. It has a visible spoiler, so it's either Drag Strip himself or a miscolored Wildrider, but in another unusual goof, whoever it is, they're attached ''upside down'', because that spoiler is up at Menasor's shoulder instead of his wrist.
*For the rest of the episode, his limbs are drawn as being in their alternate configuration, but are colored like their standard configuration, up until Metroplex dispatches Menasor, at which point it's Breakdown (left arm), Wildrider colored as Dead End (right arm), Dead End colored as Wildrider (left leg) and Drag Strip (right leg).
*Throughout all of this, Superion undergoes several similar errors, but ultimately, they're far less noticeable; the four smaller Aerialbots are virtually identical in limb-form, making it hard to tell if they've changed positions, or if they've been colored wrong. Probably most noticeably, when the Aerialbots undergo their second reconfiguration, the 'bot attaching as Superion's right arm is colored red like Fireflight, but the leg that falls off is ''explicitly'' Fireflight; once he reconnects, he's coloured like... look, I dunno, whichever Aerialbot normally goes there. Nobody knows that!
*My head hurts.

===Continuity notes===
*The discrepancy of the timing of Trypticon's creation would eventually be resolved over thirty years later by [[Hayato Sakamoto]]'s ''Unite Warriors'' and ''Legends'' stories, which explained that in Japanese continuity, Trypticon gets rebuilt and renovated from the ground-up each time he is destroyed in battle.
*The cliffhanger ending would eventually be followed up in [[LG-43 Trypticon Project Chapter|''Legends'' Vol. 42]].

===Trivia===
[[File:ScrambleCityPoster1.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Metroplex poster artwork, or half of it, anyway]]
*This OVA was released about a month before "[[The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 1]]" and "[[The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 2|Part 2]]" first aired in Japan, making this the actual first onscreen appearance of Superion, Bruticus, and Defensor in Japan, and one of the first Japanese appearances of Menasor, who also appeared in the [[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 1|first issue]] of the [[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (manga)|''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' manga]] released that same month.
*The [[title sequence]] for "Scramble City" is newly created for the OVA, and features segments of the second season opening and clips from "[[More than Meets the Eye, Part 1]]". Similarly, the closing sequence combines clips of the season 2 closing, "More than Meets the Eye" and "[[The Master Builders (episode)|The Master Builders]]".
*The first seven minutes of the 23-minute-long "Scramble City" consist of a series of clips from "More Than Meets The Eye, Part 1" and "The Master Builders", retelling the Transformers' struggles on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], their departure for and awakening on [[Earth]], and the creation and importance of Devastator, followed by the title card for the OVA.
*The [[cliffhanger]] that "Scramble City" is left dangling on was never resolved, as no further installments were produced. Although a "Scramble City 2" is often referenced by fans, this is, in actuality, an extended stop-motion toy commercial that's also named "[[Scramble City (diorama)|Scramble City]]", which merely retells the animated episode with the added inclusion of [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]].
*Chronologically, "Scramble City" features the first animated appearances of Ultra Magnus, Ratbat, Ramhorn, Steeljaw, Metroplex, and Trypticon.
*Both Metroplex and Trypticon have different [[character model]]s in "Scramble City" that were later replaced with new designs for the third season of the cartoon. Where Trypticon's "Scramble City" model is not particularly toy-accurate and would be updated to better reflect the appearance of his action figure, Metroplex actually looks ''more'' like his toy in "Scramble City", down to the angling of his limbs and positioning of his accessories in his alternate modes. Trypticon's early model would also be used for his appearances in the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|Marvel Comics series]], but "Scramble City" was the only notable appearance of Metroplex's original look.
*This OVA marks the first time Chip and Carly are seen in the same episode. What took them so long?
*Trypticon's roar is that from the kaijū {{w|Baragon}}.

===Trouble with Toei===
*[[Toei Animation|Toei]], the Japanese animation studio that co-produced "Scramble City", has been unwilling to license the OVA to third party distributors outside of Japan. In 2006, [[Sony]] was unable to secure the rights to the audio track from Toei and were forced to replace it with a non-optional commentary track. [[Metrodome]] and [[Madman Entertainment]] circumvented dealing with Toei altogether by releasing a low-quality, fansubbed version of the OVA (with burnt-in subtitles, of course). [[Shout! Factory]] attempted to negotiate professionally with Toei, but were outright denied in their requests, forcing them to leave the OVA off their releases of American and Japanese ''Transformers'' cartoons. They were likewise snubbed in their attempts to release the ''[[Enter the New Supreme Commander, Dai Atlas!|Zone]]'' OVA, which Toei also co-produced. Despite Toei's outright refusal to cooperate with foreign distributors (their reluctance runs deeper than just OVAs, as they routinely offer incomplete masters of their other shows to foreign distributors), the OVA has been released multiple times in its complete form in Japan by [[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer/Geneon]].

==Home video releases==
;{{w|LaserDisc}}
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] [[1995]] — ''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' — Megatron Set ([[TakaraTomy|Takara]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] [[1999]] — ''The Transformers'' — Decepticon Edition ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only.
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] [[2001]] — ''The Transformers'' — DVD Box 2 (Pioneer LDC) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] [[2006]] — ''The Transformers: The Movie'' — 20th Anniversary Special Edition ([[Sony]]) — Audio commentary by [[Rik Alvarez]] and [[Alex Weiner]] only. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] [[2007]] — ''Transformers: The Movie'' — Ultimate Edition ([[Metrodome]]) — Japanese audio with burnt-in English subs and optional commentary by [[Chris McFeely]]. 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2007 — ''Transformers: The Movie'' — Special Edition ([[Madman Entertainment]]) — Japanese audio with burnt-in English subs and optional commentary by [[Chris McFeely]].

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Original Porsche 924 Choro-Q that Cliffjumper is based on.
Scanned from an old Japanese magazine that I've since lost.
Lo-res image for demonstration purposes.

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Evan1975: /* Known Korean Knockoff Cartoons */

Hello, Transfans

I grew up with ''G1'' and know and love it best, but while going to college in Japan I got acquainted with some of the new toylines there like Beast Wars II, Beast Wars Neo, and Car Robot. Around the time of Car Robot the G1 reissues began, much to my enjoyment.

I used to contribute a lot to ''Wikipedia'', but got disillusioned after having some articles removed by deletionists (as "non-notable") and experiencing some crazed Wiki-stalking by a few individuals. I hope that the fact we all have a common interest in Transformers will prevent that from happening here. If you really hate something I wrote, I'd rather you re-write it in a way you like or ask for me for sources/clarification than just deleting the whole thing.

==Revoltech==
Check out the old [[Revoltech]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Revoltech&oldid=426660234 entry from Wikipedia] before it was deleted by Wikinazis.

==Japanese Voice Actors (Seiyū)==
This is something I know a lot about and have received some praise for my knowledge here. If anyone needs to know anything about this just post the question in ''my talk'' and I'll put the info in.

I've already put up a lot of seiyū info in places like [http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=2597 Anime News Network] and also the [http://akas.imdb.com/find?q=Transformers;s=tt Internet Movie Database].

==Things I'd love translated==
[[Image:Runes1.jpg]] [[Image:Runes2.jpg]] 
Some of these at least seem to be real runes. I'm wondering if it says "Transformers" or some thing because the first two are '''T R''' and the next may very likely be '''A'''.

==Known Korean Knockoff Cartoons==
:Yeah, I know everyone else in the fandom hates these, but I went to a lot of trouble to nail down the Korean titles for them.
*[http://www.kmdb.or.kr/eng/vod/vod_basic.asp?nation=K&p_dataid=05591 Phoenix King] [http://www.kmdb.or.kr/movie/md_basic.asp?nation=K&p_dataid=05591 불사조 로보트 피닉스 킹] (Defenders of Space)
: Features [[Inferno (G1)]]
*[http://www.kmdb.or.kr/eng/vod/vod_basic.asp?nation=K&p_dataid=10383 Robot King Sun Shark] [http://www.kmdb.or.kr/movie/md_basic.asp?nation=K&p_dataid=10383 로보트왕 썬샤크] (Solar Adventure)
: Features [[Reflector (G1)]], [[Whirl (G1)]]
*[http://www.kmdb.or.kr/eng/vod/vod_basic.asp?nation=K&p_dataid=05341 Space Gundam-V] [http://www.kmdb.or.kr/movie/md_basic.asp?nation=K&p_dataid=05341 스페이스 간담브이]
: Features [[Jetfire (G1)]]
*[http://archive.org/details/Micro-commandoDiatron-5 Micro-Commando Diatron-5] [http://www.kmdb.or.kr/eng/vod/vod_basic.asp?nation=K&p_dataid=05315 마이크로특공대 다이야 트론 5] ([http://www.archive.org/details/SpaceTransformer Space Transformers])
: Features Battle Buffalo, Big Powered, Warudaros

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Original Familia Choro-Q that Bumper is based on.
Scanned from an old Japanese magazine that I've since lost.
Lo-res image for demonstration purposes.

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