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Talk:Optimus Prime (RID)

2010-01-12T02:44:06Z

Im a bell: /* "Hypergoldfish! GOLFBALL"? */ new section

I've noticed that all the links that read "Optimus Prime (RID)" don't direct here because of the uppercase "I". Is it worth a redirect from "(RID)" or should we just fix the uppercase "I" every time we see them? --[[User:DrSpengler|DrSpengler]] 20:43, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

Much as I dig the Universe incarnation coloration... I think we should probably use an "original" color picture. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 01:25, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

==Universe RiD mini-Prime?==
I'm fuzzy on the details... but is the Basic-sized Wal*Mart RiD Prime considered a separate character? He was in the OTFCC 04 script reading as a specifically alt-universe version, yes? --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 02:34, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
: Yeah, he was. All the little Spychanger guys were from a distinct universe. Everyone's small there. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 13:36, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

== Costco exclusive ==

Doesn't his bio seem to indicate that he's AEC Prime?
: Yeah, but then that toy was used in fiction as RiD Prime crossed over into the UT universe. He's a fun one. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 13:35, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

== Minicon ports? ==

Does this mean that Mini-cons were in development as a concept ''before'' Armada?
:No. --[[User:Detour|Detour]] 16:00, 22 March 2009 (EDT)

== "Hypergoldfish! GOLFBALL"? ==

What is that referring to? [[User:Im a bell|Im a bell]] 21:44, 11 January 2010 (EST)

User:Im a bell

2010-01-05T20:02:30Z

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Facial hair

2010-01-03T21:27:04Z

Im a bell: /* Generation 1 */ Sure, they're pretty much Scourge clones, but shouldn't the Sweeps be on here?

[[Image:WreckGar.JPG|right|300px|thumb|But teeth are out of the question.]]
Some [[Transformer|Transformers]] have facial features that resemble [[human]] '''facial hair'''. These features sometimes indicate age, but this is not always the case.

==Transformers with facial hair==
===Generation 1===
[[Image:G1Scourge.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Just like daddy.]]
*[[Alpha Trion (G1)|A3/Alpha Trion]]
*[[Detritus]]
*[[Early Decepticon leader]]
*[[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]]
*[[Sweep|Sweeps]]
*[[Unicron]]
*[[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]]
*[[Governor Riker]]
*[[Maccadam's bartender#The moustachioed bartender|The moustachioed bartender]]
{{-}}
====Beast Era====
*[[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]] (''Wreckers'')
*[[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] ([[Transmetal 2]])
*[[Ramulus]]
*[[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]] (''Beast Machines'')
*[[Tigatron]]
{{-}}

===Unicron Trilogy===
[[Image:Alphatrionsigomega.jpg|right|200px|thumb|I've got a wicked sweet mustache! Who wants to touch me?]]
*[[Alpha Trion (Energon)|Alpha Trion/Sig-Omega]]
*[[Bulkhead (Energon)|Bulkhead]]
*[[Levitacus]]
*[[Quickstrike (Energon)|Quickstrike]]
*[[Brakedown (Cybertron)|Brakedown]]
{{-}}

===Shattered Glass===
[[Image:Rodimus goatee.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Fear the power of the 'stache!]]
*[[Rodimus (SG)|Rodimus]]
*[[Bug Bite (SG)|Bug Bite]]

{{-}}

===Movie===
[[Image:ROFT Jetfire Bay clip.jpg|thumb|right|200px|What are you looking at?]]
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] (goatee)
*[[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] (walrus moustache)
*[[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]]'s second body (mutton chops)
*[[Jetfire (ROTF)|Jetfire]] (beard)
*[[The Fallen]] (braided beard)

{{-}}

===Animated===
[[Image:Imgdirtboss-animated.jpg|right|200px|thumb|I drew a pencil moustache. I like it 'cause it's just above my lip. The kind of moustache that says "Yeah I've been nude on camera, what of it?"]]
*[[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] (Chin Stripe)
*[[Mixmaster (Animated)|Mixmaster]] (The Lemmy)
*[[Scrapper (Animated)|Scrapper]] (Sideburns)
*[[Jazz (Animated)|Jazz]] (Jawline, with Soul Patch attachment)
*[[Blurr (Animated)|Blurr]] (Chin Stripe)
*[[Wreck-Gar (Animated)|Wreck-Gar]] (Van Dyke)
*[[Cyclonus (Animated)|Cyclonus]] (Chin Stripe)
*[[Wheeljack (Animated)|Wheeljack]] (Jamie Hyneman's face)
*[[Highbrow (Animated)|Highbrow]] (Mustache)
*[[Alpha Trion (Animated)|Alpha Trion]] (Mustache and Beard)
*[[Dirt Boss (Animated)|Dirt Boss]] (Mustache)
*[[Huffer (Animated)|Huffer]] (Mustache)
*[[Tracks (Animated)|Tracks]] (Soul patch)
{{-}}

==See also==
*[[Humanization|Humanizing]]

[[Category:Transformer anatomy]]

Insecticon swarm

2009-12-06T01:25:04Z

Im a bell: "Pleeeeease" was mispelled - The a was left out.

{{Noname-unconfirmed}}
{{disambig3|Swarm}}
:''The Insecticon Swarm is a [[Decepticon]] abomination of science in the [[IDW continuity|IDW portion]] of the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[Image:AHM7 Swarm.jpg|right|thumb|250px|[[Hasbro]], will we get these as [[Robot Heroes]]? Pleeeeease?]]
The '''Insecticon swarm''' is a horde of horribly mutated insect-like robots created by the Decepticons, stalking about the surface of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] looking for victims to devour.

==Fiction==
===IDW Comics continuity===
{{ongoing}}
The swarm were a side-effect of the Decepticons' attempts to create the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]], and their existence was seen as horrific torture by [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]]. The process created one successful Insecticon for every ''thousand'' swarm clones, with the swarm growing to be three thousand strong {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 7|All Hail Megatron #7}} before being dumped to scamper around on Cybertron.

[[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] stated he and his crashed crew were lucky to avoid the swarm. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 5}} Bowing to narrative effect, two of the swarm chose that very day to walk over to the Autobots' temporary base, allowing [[Drift (G1)|Drift]] and [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] to show how cool and violent they were. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 6|All Hail Megatron #6}}

The Autobots retreated to a fallback position {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 7}}, needing only to destroy a bridge to keep the swarm at bay. The swarm took out [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]], forcing [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] to sacrifice himself manually blowing the bridge. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 8|All Hail Megatron #8}}

During the time the Autobots managed to revive [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 9}}, the swarm managed to locate another bridge and besiege the Autobots. Although emboldened by the return of their [[Prime (rank)|leader]], the swarm's sheer numbers began to whittle the Autobot defenses down. Surrounded, outnumbered, and out-gunned, the Autobots were facing imminent death at the hands of the swarm.

And then this happened:
[[Image:Omega Arrives in AHM.jpg|thumb|left|300px|We were important to the plot, honest!]]
{{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 10|All Hail Megatron #10}}

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File talk:Laserrave.gif

2009-12-06T00:58:54Z

Im a bell:

This is the single greatest image on the wiki. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 12:40, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

Especially when sped up.--[[User:Oboro maru|A ninja]] 20:44, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

I could watch this all day. [[User:Im a bell|Im a bell]] 19:58, 5 December 2009 (EST)

Playback (G1)

2009-11-28T22:30:54Z

Im a bell: No, no, no. That page ends in ".php", not ".asp".

{{factions|autobot}}
:''Playback is an [[Autobot]] [[Autobot Mini-Cassette|Mini-Cassette]] from the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Playback body.jpg|right|180px|thumb|Leaving aside the question of why he needs a magnifying glass to find a hole as big as his head, shouldn't he have zoom capabilities built into his optics?]]
<strike>'''Playback''' isn't live, he's on tape!</strike>

'''Playback''' isn't '''a'''live, he's '''a''' tape!

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comic continuity===
{{noteukonly}}
[[Image:Playback rise.jpg|left|150px|thumb|I LIVE! I HUNGER!]]
''Playback was an Autobot prisoner of war on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. He was released, along with [[Hosehead]] and [[Horsepower]], to be hunted by [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]] as part of a Decepticon High Command test to see if the hunter was fit to become high commander of the Decepticons. Playback was the first of the three Autobots to die, left to rot on a beach, which attracted the attention of the Autobot detective [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]]. While his noisy partner [[Siren]] chased after Hosehead and Horsepower, Nightbeat investigated Playback's body, determining that the dead Autobot was a Decepticon prisoner of war.''

''Further investigation was interrupted when Siren and Hosehead returned with Thunderwing in tow. Nightbeat's Headmaster unit [[Muzzle]] linked up with Playback's corpse, frightening the Decepticon enough for the Autobots to destroy Playback's fuel tanks, sending a burning Thunderwing into the sea.'' {{storylink|The Big Shutdown!}}

==Trivia==
[[Image:Casettebot model.jpg|right|60px|thumb|]]
* When pressed for information, [[Dreadwind (G1)|Dreadwind]] said Playback was once "a Cybertronian Autobot, another of the cassette ones, I think."<ref>[[Letters page (Marvel UK)|Dread Tidings]]</ref>
* As the title of the story in which Playback appears is an obvious homage to the classic detective novel ''[[Wikipedia:The Big Sleep|The Big Sleep]]'' by [[Wikipedia:Raymond Chandler|Raymond Chandler]], it is possible that writer [[Simon Furman]] took Playback's name from the title of a different Chandler novel, ''[[Wikipedia:Playback (novel)|Playback]]''.
* As the closest this [[To sell toys|hi-and-die]] character will ever get to being a toy, [http://reprolabels.com/index.html Reprolabels] created a [http://reprolabels.com/Misc/playback.php custom sticker sheet] for use with the recent all-black [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]]/[[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] [[knockoff]], making for a decent representation of "Playback".

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://s90690880.onlinehome.us/jhiaxus/ukcomics/playback.htm Playback on the Obscure Transformers Website]
* [http://transfans.co.uk/comics_guide_detail.php?id=305&page=15 Transformers #244 Letters Page on Transfans.net]

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