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Transformers Animated (toyline)

2009-08-30T23:07:10Z

Nageto Major: /* Voyager Class */

{{Nav-Animated}}

[[Image:TFAnimated Voyager EarthOptimusPrime toy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Putting the "cool" in "Playskool".]]
The '''Transformers Animated''' toy line merges the more expressive design style of the [[Transformers Animated|cartoon]] with extremely poseable robot forms (to a degree which seemed pleasantly surprising even to [[Hasbro]]). Unlike the [[franchise]]s immediately before it, there is no overarching, line-wide [[gimmick]] (such as [[Mini-Con]]s or [[Cyber Planet Key]]s). Rather, transforming ''is'' the gimmick, and the toys have other special features unique and appropriate to the character (such as [[Blitzwing (Animated)|triple-changing]] or [[Ratchet (Animated)|interchangeable tools]]). While the designs originated with Hasbro and the [[Cartoon Network]] team, [[TakaraTomy]] stepped up to the plate to engineer the toys. The line debuted on July 1, 2007, at Hasbro's Future Products panel at [[BotCon 2007|BotCon]].

Hasbro, citing the strength of the [[Transformers (2007)|movie]] toyline, [[Ruined FOREVER|postponed]] the official release of the Animated toyline to June 22, 2008 in the US. However, some toys began showing up at retailers in the Cincinnati area to coincide with [[BotCon 2008|BotCon]], followed by wider releases in Canada in May and the U.S. shortly thereafter.
{{-}}

==Toys==
The core toys of this franchise are available at most of the traditional [[size class]]es.

===General retail===
====Deluxe Class====
'''Wave 1'''
{{collist|4|
* [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Cybertron Mode Optimus Prime]]
* [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]]
* [[Lockdown (Animated)|Lockdown]]
* [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]]
}}
'''Wave 2'''
{{collist|4|
* [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Blackarachnia]]
* [[Ratchet (Animated)|Autobot Ratchet]]
}}
'''Wave 3'''
{{collist|4|
* [[Jazz (Animated)|Autobot Jazz]]
* [[Oil Slick (Animated)|Oil Slick]]
* [[Snarl (Animated)|Snarl]]
* [[Soundwave (Animated)|Soundwave]]
}}
'''Wave 4'''
{{collist|4|
* [[Swoop (Animated)|Swoop]]
* [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Elite Guard Bumblebee]]
* [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]]
}}
'''Wave 5'''
{{collist|4|
* [[Lockdown (Animated)|Blazing Lockdown]]
* [[Blurr (Animated)|Blurr]]
* [[Swindle (Animated)|Swindle]]
}}
'''Wave 6'''
{{collist|4|
* [[Wasp|Waspinator]]
* [[Prowl (Animated)|Samurai Prowl]]
}}
'''Future waves'''
{{collist|4|
* [[Arcee (Animated)|Arcee]]
* [[Soundwave (Animated)|Electrostatic Soundwave]]
* [[Jazz (Animated)|Freeway Jazz]]
* [[Oil Slick (Animated)|Toxic Oil Slick]]
* [[Ratchet (Animated)|Cybertron Mode Ratchet]]
* [[Rodimus Minor]]
* [[Wasp|Fugitive Waspinator]]
* [[Ironhide (Animated)|Ironhide]]

}}{{comingsoontoy}}

====Voyager Class====
'''Wave 1'''
{{collist|4|
* [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]]
* [[Megatron (Animated)|Cybertron Mode Megatron]]
* [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]]
}}
'''Wave 2'''
* [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Earth Mode Optimus Prime]]
{{note|Even though Optimus Prime ''officially'' debuted in wave 2 of the Voyager Class toys, he was found at US retail ''later'' than the wave 3 toys Grimlock and Lugnut.}}

'''Wave 3'''
{{collist|4|
* [[Grimlock (Animated)|Grimlock]]
* [[Lugnut]]
}}
'''Wave 4'''
* [[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]]

'''Wave 5'''
{{collist|4|
* [[Shockwave (Animated)|Shockwave/Longarm]]
* [[Skywarp (Animated)|Skywarp]]
}}
'''Wave 6'''
{{collist|4|
* [[Wreck-Gar (Animated)|Wreck-Gar]]
* [[Lugnut|Atomic Lugnut]]
}}
'''Future waves'''
{{collist|4|
* [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Hydrodrive Bumblebee]]
* [[Grimlock (Animated)|Golfire Grimlock]]
* [[Thundercracker (Animated)|Thundercracker]]
* [[Blackout (Animated)|Blackout]]
* [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Wingblade Optimus Prime]]
}}{{comingsoontoy}}

====Leader Class====
'''Wave 1'''
{{collist|4|
* [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]]
* [[Megatron (Animated)|Earth Mode Megatron]]
}}
'''Wave 2'''
* [[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]]

'''Wave 3'''
* [[Megatron (Animated)|Shadow Blade Megatron]]

'''Wave 4'''
* [[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Roadbuster Ultra Magnus]] (redeco colored as a [[Roadbuster]] homage)

====Supreme Class====
'''Wave 1'''
*[[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Roll-Out Command Optimus Prime]]

====Entertainment Packs====
'''Wave 1'''
* [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] vs. [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] - The Battle Begins

'''Wave 2'''
* [[Jetstorm (Animated)|Jetstorm]] and [[Jetfire (Animated)|Jetfire]]

====Activators====
The Activators subcategory consists of chunkier, simpler, Scout-class-sized toys with one-touch, spring-loaded transformations.

'''Wave 1'''
{{collist|4|
* [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]]
* [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]]
* [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]]
}}
'''Wave 2'''
{{collist|4|
* [[Lockdown (Animated)|Lockdown]]
* [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]]
* [[Ratchet (Animated)|Autobot Ratchet]]
}}
'''Wave 3'''
{{collist|4|
* [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Patrol Bumblebee]]
* [[Thundercracker (Animated)|Thundercracker]]
}}
'''Wave 4'''
{{collist|4|
* [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]]
* [[Grimlock (Animated)|Grimlock]]
* [[Lockdown (Animated)|Bandit Lockdown]]
}}
'''Wave 5'''
{{collist|4|
* [[Cliffjumper (Animated)|Cliffjumper]]
* [[Dirge (Animated)|Dirge]]
}}
'''Wave 6'''
{{collist|4|
* [[Grimlock (Animated)|Fireblast Grimlock]]
* [[Soundwave (Animated)|Soundwave]]
}}{{comingsoontoy}}

====Bumper Battlers====
An expansion on the [[Cyber Slammers]] subline from the 2007 live-action movie toys, Bumper Battlers feature "bump-and-transform" action. Hitting the front bumper causes the toy to change into robot mode, and pressing the toy's sigil activates sound effects and speech gimmicks.

'''Wave 1'''
{{collist|4|
* [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]]
* [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]]
* [[Ratchet (Animated)|Autobot Ratchet]]
}}
'''Wave 2'''
{{collist|4|
* [[Jazz (Animated)|Autobot Jazz]]
* [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]]
}}
'''Wave 3'''
{{collist|4|
* [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Sting Racer Bumblebee]]
* [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Nightwatch Optimus Prime]]
}}
'''Wave 4'''
{{collist|4|
* [[Lockdown (Animated)|Lockdown]]
* [[Soundwave (Animated)|Soundwave]]
}}
'''Future waves'''
{{collist|4|
* [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Workzone Bulkhead]]
* [[Jazz (Animated)|Stealth Ninja Jazz]]
}}{{comingsoontoy}}

====Power Bots====
'''Wave 1'''
*[[Bumblebee (Animated)|Cyber Speed Bumblebee]]

'''Wave 2'''
*Street Patrol Bumblebee (redeco of Cyber Speed Bumblebee)

===Exclusives (United States/Canada market)===
'''Target/Zellers'''
*[[Lockdown (Animated)|Stealth Lockdown]] (Deluxe Class) with [[Legends of Cybertron|Legends Class]] [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] and Legends Class [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]]

* [[Ratchet (Animated)|Rescue Ratchet]] (Deluxe Class) with Legends Class [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]] and Legends Class [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]]
{{note|Both packs were also available as Tesco exclusives in the United Kingdom and are available as Zellers exclusives in Canada.}}

* [[Sunstorm (Animated)| Sunstorm]] (Voyager Class) vs Activators [[Ratchet (Animated)| Ratchet]].

* [[Shockwave (Animated)| Shockwave]] (Voyager Class) (with a new G1 "purple" redeco) vs Activators [[Bumblebee (Animated)| Bumblebee]]

'''Toys "R" Us'''
* [[Bulkhead (Animated)| Bulkhead]] (Leader Class) with Activators [[Bumblebee (Animated)| Bumblebee]]

* [[Megatron (Animated)| Megatron]] (Leader Class) with Activators [[Starscream (Animated)| Starscream]]

'''Wal-Mart'''
*"The Revenge of Blackarachnia" two-pack (Deluxe [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] from "The Battle Begins" two-pack and Deluxe Class [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Blackarachnia]])

*"Battle in Space" two-pack (Deluxe Class [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] and Deluxe [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] from "The Battle Begins" two-pack)

===Foreign market exclusive releases===
'''Multi-packs'''
*[[Ratchet (Animated)|Autobot Ratchet]] & [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] two-pack
{{note|Thus far this pack has only been found at Toys "R" Us stores in the United Kingdom and Germany.}}

===McDonald's Happy Meal toys===
'''North America'''
{{collist|4|
*[[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]]
*[[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]]
*[[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]]
*[[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]]
*[[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]]
*[[Lugnut]]
}}
'''Latin America'''
{{collist|4|
*[[Optimus Prime (Animated)| Optimus Prime]]
*[[Bumblebee (Animated)| Bumblebee]]
*[[Megatron (Animated)| Megatron]]
*[[Starscream (Animated)| Starscream]]
}}
'''France'''
{{collist|4|
*[[Optimus Prime (Animated)| Optimus Prime]]
*[[Bumblebee (Animated)| Bumblebee]]
*[[Megatron (Animated)| Megatron]]
*[[Blitzwing (Animated)| Blitzwing]]
}}
'''Poland'''
{{collist|4|
*[[Optimus Prime (Animated)| Optimus Prime]]
*[[Bumblebee (Animated)| Bumblebee]]
*[[Megatron (Animated)| Megatron]]
*[[Starscream (Animated)| Starscream]]
{{note|Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, and Megatron are the same molds from the North American release but with more detailed [[Paint operation|paint application]]s. Blitzwing is a new mold.}}

==Toys of ''Animated'' characters released as part of other lines==
===Movie (2007)===
'''Wal-Mart exclusives'''
* The Legacy of Bumblebee three-pack (movie-inspired minor [[redeco]] of ''[[Classics (2006)|Classic]]'' Deluxe [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys|Bumblebee]], regular [[Movie (toyline)|Movie]] Deluxe Class "[[Premium Series|Premium]]" [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] and regular ''Animated'' Deluxe Class [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]])

===Universe (2008)===
'''Legends Class (wave 3)'''
* [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]]
* [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]]
* [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]]

'''Legends Class (wave 4)'''
* [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]]

==Criticisms==
Since the first wave of Animated toys were released, there have been multiple complaints of poor quality [[Paint operation|paint application]]s, sloppy paint applications, and very greasy ball and hinge joints. There are also complaints over certain breakage issues, such as Lockdown's wrists, and toy functionality being limited by support struts added [[For safety reasons|to prevent breakage]], such as with Voyager Megatron's cannon and Bumblebee's stingers being unable to position properly.

Most of these issues can be fixed with relative ease. <ref>[http://www.allspark.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=47309 Animated Fixes on AllSpark.com]</ref>

==References==
<references/>

==External links==
*[http://www.hasbro.com/transformers/animated/ Hasbro's official ''Transformers'' Animated homepage]

[[Category:Animated| Transformers Animated (toyline)]]
[[Category:Toys]]

Transformers Animated (toyline)

2009-08-30T23:05:19Z

Nageto Major: /* Voyager Class */

{{Nav-Animated}}

[[Image:TFAnimated Voyager EarthOptimusPrime toy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Putting the "cool" in "Playskool".]]
The '''Transformers Animated''' toy line merges the more expressive design style of the [[Transformers Animated|cartoon]] with extremely poseable robot forms (to a degree which seemed pleasantly surprising even to [[Hasbro]]). Unlike the [[franchise]]s immediately before it, there is no overarching, line-wide [[gimmick]] (such as [[Mini-Con]]s or [[Cyber Planet Key]]s). Rather, transforming ''is'' the gimmick, and the toys have other special features unique and appropriate to the character (such as [[Blitzwing (Animated)|triple-changing]] or [[Ratchet (Animated)|interchangeable tools]]). While the designs originated with Hasbro and the [[Cartoon Network]] team, [[TakaraTomy]] stepped up to the plate to engineer the toys. The line debuted on July 1, 2007, at Hasbro's Future Products panel at [[BotCon 2007|BotCon]].

Hasbro, citing the strength of the [[Transformers (2007)|movie]] toyline, [[Ruined FOREVER|postponed]] the official release of the Animated toyline to June 22, 2008 in the US. However, some toys began showing up at retailers in the Cincinnati area to coincide with [[BotCon 2008|BotCon]], followed by wider releases in Canada in May and the U.S. shortly thereafter.
{{-}}

==Toys==
The core toys of this franchise are available at most of the traditional [[size class]]es.

===General retail===
====Deluxe Class====
'''Wave 1'''
{{collist|4|
* [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Cybertron Mode Optimus Prime]]
* [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]]
* [[Lockdown (Animated)|Lockdown]]
* [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]]
}}
'''Wave 2'''
{{collist|4|
* [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Blackarachnia]]
* [[Ratchet (Animated)|Autobot Ratchet]]
}}
'''Wave 3'''
{{collist|4|
* [[Jazz (Animated)|Autobot Jazz]]
* [[Oil Slick (Animated)|Oil Slick]]
* [[Snarl (Animated)|Snarl]]
* [[Soundwave (Animated)|Soundwave]]
}}
'''Wave 4'''
{{collist|4|
* [[Swoop (Animated)|Swoop]]
* [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Elite Guard Bumblebee]]
* [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]]
}}
'''Wave 5'''
{{collist|4|
* [[Lockdown (Animated)|Blazing Lockdown]]
* [[Blurr (Animated)|Blurr]]
* [[Swindle (Animated)|Swindle]]
}}
'''Wave 6'''
{{collist|4|
* [[Wasp|Waspinator]]
* [[Prowl (Animated)|Samurai Prowl]]
}}
'''Future waves'''
{{collist|4|
* [[Arcee (Animated)|Arcee]]
* [[Soundwave (Animated)|Electrostatic Soundwave]]
* [[Jazz (Animated)|Freeway Jazz]]
* [[Oil Slick (Animated)|Toxic Oil Slick]]
* [[Ratchet (Animated)|Cybertron Mode Ratchet]]
* [[Rodimus Minor]]
* [[Wasp|Fugitive Waspinator]]
* [[Ironhide (Animated)|Ironhide]]

}}{{comingsoontoy}}

====Voyager Class====
'''Wave 1'''
{{collist|4|
* [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]]
* [[Megatron (Animated)|Cybertron Mode Megatron]]
* [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]]
}}
'''Wave 2'''
* [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Earth Mode Optimus Prime]]
{{note|Even though Optimus Prime ''officially'' debuted in wave 2 of the Voyager Class toys, he was found at US retail ''later'' than the wave 3 toys Grimlock and Lugnut.}}

'''Wave 3'''
{{collist|4|
* [[Grimlock (Animated)|Grimlock]]
* [[Lugnut]]
}}
'''Wave 4'''
* [[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]]

'''Wave 5'''
{{collist|4|
* [[Shockwave (Animated)|Shockwave/Longarm]]
* [[Skywarp (Animated)|Skywarp]]
}}
'''Wave 6'''
{{collist|4|
* [[Wreck-Gar (Animated)|Wreck-Gar]]
* [[Lugnut|Atomic Lugnut]]
}}
'''Future waves'''
{{collist|4|
* [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Hydrodrive Bumblebee]]
* [[Grimlock (Animated)|Golfire Grimlock]]
* [[Thundercracker (Animated)|Thundercracker]]
* [[Blackout (Animated)|Blackout]]
* [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Wingblade Optimus Prime]]
* [[Rodimus Prime (Animated)|Rodimus Minor]]
}}{{comingsoontoy}}

====Leader Class====
'''Wave 1'''
{{collist|4|
* [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]]
* [[Megatron (Animated)|Earth Mode Megatron]]
}}
'''Wave 2'''
* [[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]]

'''Wave 3'''
* [[Megatron (Animated)|Shadow Blade Megatron]]

'''Wave 4'''
* [[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Roadbuster Ultra Magnus]] (redeco colored as a [[Roadbuster]] homage)

====Supreme Class====
'''Wave 1'''
*[[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Roll-Out Command Optimus Prime]]

====Entertainment Packs====
'''Wave 1'''
* [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] vs. [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] - The Battle Begins

'''Wave 2'''
* [[Jetstorm (Animated)|Jetstorm]] and [[Jetfire (Animated)|Jetfire]]

====Activators====
The Activators subcategory consists of chunkier, simpler, Scout-class-sized toys with one-touch, spring-loaded transformations.

'''Wave 1'''
{{collist|4|
* [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]]
* [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]]
* [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]]
}}
'''Wave 2'''
{{collist|4|
* [[Lockdown (Animated)|Lockdown]]
* [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]]
* [[Ratchet (Animated)|Autobot Ratchet]]
}}
'''Wave 3'''
{{collist|4|
* [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Patrol Bumblebee]]
* [[Thundercracker (Animated)|Thundercracker]]
}}
'''Wave 4'''
{{collist|4|
* [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]]
* [[Grimlock (Animated)|Grimlock]]
* [[Lockdown (Animated)|Bandit Lockdown]]
}}
'''Wave 5'''
{{collist|4|
* [[Cliffjumper (Animated)|Cliffjumper]]
* [[Dirge (Animated)|Dirge]]
}}
'''Wave 6'''
{{collist|4|
* [[Grimlock (Animated)|Fireblast Grimlock]]
* [[Soundwave (Animated)|Soundwave]]
}}{{comingsoontoy}}

====Bumper Battlers====
An expansion on the [[Cyber Slammers]] subline from the 2007 live-action movie toys, Bumper Battlers feature "bump-and-transform" action. Hitting the front bumper causes the toy to change into robot mode, and pressing the toy's sigil activates sound effects and speech gimmicks.

'''Wave 1'''
{{collist|4|
* [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]]
* [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]]
* [[Ratchet (Animated)|Autobot Ratchet]]
}}
'''Wave 2'''
{{collist|4|
* [[Jazz (Animated)|Autobot Jazz]]
* [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]]
}}
'''Wave 3'''
{{collist|4|
* [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Sting Racer Bumblebee]]
* [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Nightwatch Optimus Prime]]
}}
'''Wave 4'''
{{collist|4|
* [[Lockdown (Animated)|Lockdown]]
* [[Soundwave (Animated)|Soundwave]]
}}
'''Future waves'''
{{collist|4|
* [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Workzone Bulkhead]]
* [[Jazz (Animated)|Stealth Ninja Jazz]]
}}{{comingsoontoy}}

====Power Bots====
'''Wave 1'''
*[[Bumblebee (Animated)|Cyber Speed Bumblebee]]

'''Wave 2'''
*Street Patrol Bumblebee (redeco of Cyber Speed Bumblebee)

===Exclusives (United States/Canada market)===
'''Target/Zellers'''
*[[Lockdown (Animated)|Stealth Lockdown]] (Deluxe Class) with [[Legends of Cybertron|Legends Class]] [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] and Legends Class [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]]

* [[Ratchet (Animated)|Rescue Ratchet]] (Deluxe Class) with Legends Class [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]] and Legends Class [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]]
{{note|Both packs were also available as Tesco exclusives in the United Kingdom and are available as Zellers exclusives in Canada.}}

* [[Sunstorm (Animated)| Sunstorm]] (Voyager Class) vs Activators [[Ratchet (Animated)| Ratchet]].

* [[Shockwave (Animated)| Shockwave]] (Voyager Class) (with a new G1 "purple" redeco) vs Activators [[Bumblebee (Animated)| Bumblebee]]

'''Toys "R" Us'''
* [[Bulkhead (Animated)| Bulkhead]] (Leader Class) with Activators [[Bumblebee (Animated)| Bumblebee]]

* [[Megatron (Animated)| Megatron]] (Leader Class) with Activators [[Starscream (Animated)| Starscream]]

'''Wal-Mart'''
*"The Revenge of Blackarachnia" two-pack (Deluxe [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] from "The Battle Begins" two-pack and Deluxe Class [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Blackarachnia]])

*"Battle in Space" two-pack (Deluxe Class [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] and Deluxe [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] from "The Battle Begins" two-pack)

===Foreign market exclusive releases===
'''Multi-packs'''
*[[Ratchet (Animated)|Autobot Ratchet]] & [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] two-pack
{{note|Thus far this pack has only been found at Toys "R" Us stores in the United Kingdom and Germany.}}

===McDonald's Happy Meal toys===
'''North America'''
{{collist|4|
*[[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]]
*[[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]]
*[[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]]
*[[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]]
*[[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]]
*[[Lugnut]]
}}
'''Latin America'''
{{collist|4|
*[[Optimus Prime (Animated)| Optimus Prime]]
*[[Bumblebee (Animated)| Bumblebee]]
*[[Megatron (Animated)| Megatron]]
*[[Starscream (Animated)| Starscream]]
}}
'''France'''
{{collist|4|
*[[Optimus Prime (Animated)| Optimus Prime]]
*[[Bumblebee (Animated)| Bumblebee]]
*[[Megatron (Animated)| Megatron]]
*[[Blitzwing (Animated)| Blitzwing]]
}}
'''Poland'''
{{collist|4|
*[[Optimus Prime (Animated)| Optimus Prime]]
*[[Bumblebee (Animated)| Bumblebee]]
*[[Megatron (Animated)| Megatron]]
*[[Starscream (Animated)| Starscream]]
{{note|Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, and Megatron are the same molds from the North American release but with more detailed [[Paint operation|paint application]]s. Blitzwing is a new mold.}}

==Toys of ''Animated'' characters released as part of other lines==
===Movie (2007)===
'''Wal-Mart exclusives'''
* The Legacy of Bumblebee three-pack (movie-inspired minor [[redeco]] of ''[[Classics (2006)|Classic]]'' Deluxe [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys|Bumblebee]], regular [[Movie (toyline)|Movie]] Deluxe Class "[[Premium Series|Premium]]" [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] and regular ''Animated'' Deluxe Class [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]])

===Universe (2008)===
'''Legends Class (wave 3)'''
* [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]]
* [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]]
* [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]]

'''Legends Class (wave 4)'''
* [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]]

==Criticisms==
Since the first wave of Animated toys were released, there have been multiple complaints of poor quality [[Paint operation|paint application]]s, sloppy paint applications, and very greasy ball and hinge joints. There are also complaints over certain breakage issues, such as Lockdown's wrists, and toy functionality being limited by support struts added [[For safety reasons|to prevent breakage]], such as with Voyager Megatron's cannon and Bumblebee's stingers being unable to position properly.

Most of these issues can be fixed with relative ease. <ref>[http://www.allspark.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=47309 Animated Fixes on AllSpark.com]</ref>

==References==
<references/>

==External links==
*[http://www.hasbro.com/transformers/animated/ Hasbro's official ''Transformers'' Animated homepage]

[[Category:Animated| Transformers Animated (toyline)]]
[[Category:Toys]]

Blackout (Animated)

2009-08-30T23:01:06Z

Nageto Major: /* Animated */

{{factions|decepticon}}
{{disambig3|Blackout}}
:''Blackout is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Animated]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Blackoutanimated.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Not Shown: The fleeing US Army.]]

'''Blackout''' is a monstrous brute of titanic proportions, larger than any other Decepticon. Few have survived an encounter with this hulking behemoth and lived to tell the tale, but those who have survived have added his story to Decepticon lore, which tells of him single-handedly obliterating vast numbers of [[Omega Sentinel (Animated)|Omega Sentinels]], before finally falling himself at the [[Great War (Animated)|Great War]]'s end.

==Fiction==
===''Animated'' cartoon===
[[Image:TransWarpedBlackoutAttacks.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Now to the server, I mean...Space Bridge.]]
:''Voice actor'': [[Bumper Robinson]] (English)

Blackout, along with the other members of [[Team Chaar]], assaulted a [[Space Bridge]] in an attempt to capture it and conquer [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. During the battle, he descended from above, sending [[Rodimus Prime (Animated)|Rodimus Prime]] flying and disabling the Space Bridge with a massive shock wave. After being berated by [[Strika (Animated)|Strika]] for his mistake, he apologized and reactivated the Space Bridge with another shock wave. Later, he retreated from the looming battle against the [[Elite Guard]] under the orders of [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] and Strika. {{Storylink|TransWarped}}
{{--}}

==Toys==
===Animated===
*'''Blackout''' (Voyager, 2009)
**''Accessories:'' Disc

:Voyager Blackout is an Earth-mode interpretation of his appearance in "TransWarped", transforming into a helicopter. He shoots a disc from a weapon formed from his tail rotor. This weapon can be removed and placed over either of his forearms.

{{comingsoontoy}}

[[Category:Animated characters]]
[[Category:Decepticons]]

Thundercracker (Animated)

2009-08-30T22:59:50Z

Nageto Major: /* Animated */

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|''The name or term Thundercracker refers to more than one character or idea, all of which are inferior. Do not dignify the other meanings by seeing [[Thundercracker (disambiguation)]].''
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:''Thundercracker condescends to be a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Transformers Animated|Animated]] [[continuity family]]''.

[[Image:Egoscream-ABTC.jpg|thumb|right|300px|The greatest minds in Transformers history against me! Let's pray they're up to it.]]
'''Thundercracker''', the '''Egomaniac Starscream''', is completely awesome. You pin-headed, addle-pated morons haven't even got the tiniest inkling of what a grand and glorious robot this [[Starscream clone]] is. When it comes to Decepticons who are the best of everything, nobody can top this clone, and it comes as no surprise that you would doubt such a simple fact. His brilliance does tend to blind lesser beings... that is to say, everyone else ever.
Even that inferior template, the [[Starscream (Animated)|original Starscream]], cannot comprehend his majesty, mistaking his obvious superiority for simply being a pain in the crankcase.

{{bigquote|You second-rate clones aren't even worthy to breathe my exhaust fumes!|—Thundercracker, "[[A Bridge Too Close, Part I]]".}}

==Fiction==
===''Animated'' cartoon===
:''Voice actor'': The inferior [[Tom Kenny]] (English), Der minderwertige [[Stefan Staudinger]] (German)
Thundercracker quickly asserted his self-image in discussions with the other clones. When Starscream began his speech to lead them into battle, Thundercracker had the bearings to shove Starscream aside and lead the charge to Earth himself. {{storylink|A Bridge Too Close, Part I}}

Some would think he wasn't as hot as he knew he was, as [[Mixmaster (Animated)|Mixmaster]] effortlessly encased him in a gloopy mess early in the battle for the [[space bridge]]. As Thundercracker tried to break free, he caromed into [[Skywarp (Animated)|Skywarp]] and [[Blurr (Animated)|Blurr]], and all three were hurled into the space bridge, to an unknown destination. However, any discerning being would realize that this was all just part of Thundercracker's secret plan. {{storylink|A Bridge Too Close, Part II}}

This plan came to fruition shortly afterwards, when the inferior Autobot humbly suggested that Thundercracker use his incredible sonic powers to free them from the glue. As soon as he had done so, Blurr tried to make his escape; Thundercracker flew after him, but Blurr jumped off his face as he vaulted himself into space. He meant to do that. {{storylink|TransWarped}}

==Toys==
===Animated===
[[Image:Animated_Thundercracker_toy.jpg|thumb|right|250px|I'm an activator and not a voyager? This is a severe misrepresentation of my importance.]]

*'''Thundercracker''' (Activator, 2008)
: Part of the third wave of [[Activators]], Thundercracker is a [[redeco]] of [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]], transforming into a futuristic, forward-swept wing fighter jet based upon the [http://www.airforce-technology.com/projects/s37/ Su-47 (S-37) Berkut Experimental Fighter] and the [http://www.new-un-spacy.com/macrossplus/yf-19.htm YF-19 "Alpha One] from the series ''[[Wikipedia:Macross_Plus|Macross Plus]].'' Like all Activators, he has a spring-loaded [[Autotransform|autotransformation]] from vehicle to robot mode. The actual toy is closer to violet-purple than the production photos make him out to be, and the overall colour scheme is not very close to the animation model. However, it's STILL vastly superior to any other toy in the Activators line.
:This mold was also used to make [[Dirge (Animated)|Dirge]], but Dirge's toy isn't ''near'' as worthy to be bought as Thundercracker's is.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2008/Decepticon/Thundercracker/thundercracker.htm More information on Thundercracker at TFU.info]

*'''Thundercracker''' (Voyager, 2009)
**''Accessories:'' 2 missiles

: You fools honestly didn't expect Thundercracker's superior form to be made into a toy? Shame on you! Of course, he is a (vastly superior) [[redeco]] of his inferior template, [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]], and his fellow (and even more inferior) clones, that worthless coward [[Skywarp (Animated)|Skywarp]] and that two-bit suck-up [[Sunstorm (Animated)|Sunstorm]].

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==Notes==
* Thundercracker is never named as such in the cartoon. He is simply referred to as "an egomaniac" by the female Starscream, and none of the male clones are given separate listings from Starscream in the voice credits. The scripts and animation model sheets simply refer to him as "Egomaniac Starscream". The toy was first to give him a name, and it was later reinforced by the ''[[AllSpark Almanac]]''.

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Dinobot (BW)

2009-08-30T15:04:49Z

Nageto Major: /* Beast Wars */

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:''Dinobot is a [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] and [[Maximal]] from the [[Beast Era]] portion of the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

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"You lived like a warrior ans died to an hero." [http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/msg/ee52db9e103fd5a8?hl=en&&] ]]








'''Dinobot''' is a Predacon ruled by honor. He lives to die gloriously in battle. When he aided [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] in the theft of the [[Golden Disk (Voyager)|Golden Disk]], Dinobot believed he was in the pursuit of endless glory. But when he and his Predacon peers crashed on what seemed to be the wrong planet alongside a Maximal exploration vessel, he rebelled against Megatron and joined the Maximal team. It would be an uneasy alliance, fraught with turns of loyalty and turns of Shakespearean phrase. But it also led to strong friendships and even the salvation of all humanity.

As befits a warrior of his stature, Dinobot is skilled in all forms of combat. He wields a spinning sword and a [[Rotate blade|rotating blade]], both which are his preferred means of battle, though he has been known to use ranged weapons such as his laser eye-beams or a simple handheld gun. He has threatened to use any and all of these on [[Rattrap]], with whom he has an intense rivalry. Deep down, he may respect the rodent, but he'll die before he'll admit to it.

{{bigquote|The question that has haunted my being has been answered: The future is not fixed. My choices are my own. And yet, how ironic, for I now find I have no choice at all! I am a warrior... let the battle be joined.|Dinobot|"[[Code of Hero]]"}}

:''Chinese name (Taiwan):'' '''Kǔng-lúng''' (恐龍, "Dinosaur") / '''Múo Lúng''' (魔龍, "Demonic Dinosaur")
:''Cantonese name:'' '''Dillonburg''' (狄龍堡 ''Dik Lung Bou'')

==Fiction==
===Cartoon continuity===
====Dreamwave comics continuity====
[[Image:Dinobotmtmte8.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Little did we know that there was a giant shovel on the other arm.]]
During the theft of the [[Golden Disk (Voyager)|Golden Disk]], [[Megatron (BW)|He Who Would Be Megatron]] also scanned the historical datatrax of the [[Autobot]]s and [[Decepticon]]s. He failed to notice the approaching guard until Dinobot dispatched him with his sword and insisted they speed up the operation. {{storylink|More Than Meets The Eye (G1)|More Than Meets The Eye Volume 8}}

{{note|The Golden Disk was wrongly drawn as the [[Alien Disk]]. This two-page story is contradicted by many other versions of the story—specifically Megatron's spontaneous renaming of himself—possibly placing it in a version of the [[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]] that occurs only in Dreamwave's Generation 1 continuity. Of course, Dreamwave chose that time to [[Pat Lee|fold]] before this could be explained.}}

====Theft of the Golden Disk====
[[Image:Dinobotdawnoffuturespast.jpg|left|200px|thumb|"Keep up your bright swords, for the dew will rust them."]]
After meeting with [[Cryotek (RID)|Cryotek]], "Dinobot", Megatron, and [[Dirge (BWII)|Dirge]] broke into the archives to steal a [[Data-Con]] which would provide all sorts of information about the Golden Disk. As they were making their getaway, Dinobot threw the Data-Con to Dirge (who was unaware of a switch on Megatron's part) before battling a squadron of [[Maximal Command Security Force|Maximal Security Troopers]], ending with a close combat duel with [[9K]] using his then energy-based sword. Dinobot evidently emerged victorious, as he was later seen with Megatron and "[[Scorponok (BW)|Clamps]]". {{storylink|Theft of the Golden Disk}}

====Dawn of Future's Past====
Megatron and Dinobot joined [[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]] in escaping the archives with the Golden Disk, avoiding patrolmen [[Unit 1]] and [[Tigatron|Unit 2]]. As Dinobot disabled the former, he protested Megatron's apparent cowardice and dishonorable tactics. Megatron responded by clamping his fist around Dinobot's neck, rebuking him for using the "h" word in his presence. After Dinobot had regained his composure, they made their way to the rendezvous point with the ''[[Darksyde]]'' and launched into space, where they activated their transwarp drive.

The ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]'' and the ''[[Chromia 10]]'' gave chase, though the latter was destroyed by [[Laserbeak (G1)|unknown]] [[Buzzsaw (G1)|assailants]]. When the ''Axalon'' caught up with the Predacons, Dinobot balked at the idea of fleeing again and managed to fire a few shots at the ''Axalon''. After Megatron taunted the pilot of the ''Axalon'' via videoscreen, Dinobot and the other rogue Predacons on board the ''Darksyde'' disappeared through a transwarp portal, with the ''Axalon'' close behind. {{storylink|Dawn of Future's Past}}

====''Beast Wars'' cartoon====
:''Voice actor:'' [[Scott McNeil]] (English), [[Keiji Fujiwara]] (Japanese), [[Luiz Carlos de Moraes]], [[Jorge Barcellos]] (Portuguese)

[[Image:BWDinobot arrival.jpg|right|250px|thumb|"Two households, both alike in dignity, in fair... wherever the hell we are."]]
Dinobot was one of a group of rogue Predacons and was party to their theft of the Maximal relic, the Golden Disk. They stole a ship and traveled through a transwarp portal, with the Maximal ship ''Axalon'' not far behind. After a heated space battle over a mysterious planet, both ships were damaged, and they fell blazing towards the ground below.

The entire planet was saturated with [[Energon (fuel)|energon]], so much so that Dinobot and the other Predacons required protection. To this end, organic forms were scanned. In Dinobot's case, ''Velociraptor'' remains buried deep within the volcanic soil of their crash site became the basis for his new form. But the levels of energon were just one problem—this planet looked nothing like [[Earth]], their target destination! As Dinobot ventured outside the base, he blamed Megatron for this error and announced his intention to take over the Predacons himself. Megatron laughed and had [[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]] shoot him over the horizon.

Dinobot, cheated and humbled, took his efforts elsewhere. As the Maximals returned to their crashed ship from an outing, Dinobot was there, blocking the rocky bridge that crossed the waterfall surrounding their new base. This time, he challenged [[Optimus Primal]], and for the leadership of the Maximals. {{storylink|Beast Wars (Part 1)}}

[[Image:BWPart1 bridgefaceoff.jpg|left|250px|thumb|"Ill met by moonlight—er, sunlight, proud Optimus."]]

He and [[Optimus Primal]] began their fight. It almost ended badly for Primal when the Maximal commander's foot slipped on the edge of the bridge, but Dinobot saved him, as the Predacon believed that a dishonorable death would mean a dishonorable victory on his own part. They continued, but their battle was interrupted by a Predacon attack. After that clash subsided, Dinobot helped the Maximals, leading them to a victory against Megatron when he tried to obtain the bounty of a mountain-sized cache of natural energon. Optimus accepted him into the fold—not as a leader, of course, but still as a valued team member. This didn't sit well with the other Maximals, particularly [[Rattrap]]. {{storylink|Beast Wars (Part 2)}}

Dinobot provided not only brute force but an understanding of the enemy. A short time afterward, Dinobot was standing with Primal and [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] on the bridge of the ''Axalon'' around a holo-map of the Predacon base when Primal suggested that Rattrap go on a scouting mission. {{storylink|The Web}}

[[Image:Dinobotbulliescheetor.jpg|right|250px|thumb|"Come not within the measure of my wrath."]]

However, though he was an asset against the Predacons, Dinobot sowed discontent amongst the Maximals' own ranks. Early on, [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] was ordered to his quarters for fumbling the test of an energon monitoring device, and Dinobot suggested to the young Maximal that he secretly test the device himself. This ended in potential disaster when Cheetor unwittingly created a instant-transport stream between the two bases. When [[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]] used this to infiltrate the Maximal base, Dinobot feigned a desire to team up with him and overthrow Megatron. Lulling him into a false sense of security, Dinobot eventually took care of him with the trash disposal unit—all without firing a shot, and the other Maximals never even knew. {{storylink|Equal Measures}}

[[Image:Coc getshorty.jpg|left|300px|thumb|"The course of true love never did run smooth."]]

Dinobot and Optimus Primal investigated an energy signature detected within the [[Standing Stones]], an enigmatic monument of alien origin. After a clash with Megatron and [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]], the monument came to life and Optimus Primal disappeared before their eyes. When Dinobot woke up, he was in the Maximal CR chamber, as he'd been found stripped down and abandoned outside the base by unknown hands. But that wasn't important-Optimus Primal was gone, perhaps dead! The Maximals quickly tried to select a new leader by [[Democracy|secret ballot]], and Dinobot laughed at them when their vote ended in a tie. No, he would be the new leader-by force, if necessary! However, they were all interrupted by a message from Optimus Primal, who was inside the alien monument. Primal put Rattrap in charge, and the remaining Maximals mounted a plan to extract Primal from the alien construct. After another battle with the Predacons at the Standing Stones, the aliens returned Primal to them, with no explanations. {{storylink|Chain of Command}}

When an incoming [[stasis pod]] carrying a potential new Maximal team member was detected, Dinobot refused to let Primal leave without scouting the area outside the ''Axalon'' first himself. Dinobot was convinced the Predacons would try to remove Primal from the equation, as he was their faction's only flying member, and he was right—the Predacons managed to damage Primal enough to keep him out of the race for the pod. Dinobot stayed behind with Primal while the others made a play for the pod on foot. When Dinobot received a transmission indicating the Maximals were having difficulties, he awoke Primal's [[core consciousness]] to consult him. As a result, the two were able to bounce a signal off one of the planet's moons to the dormant stasis pod, beating the Predacons to the punch. [[Tigatron]] joined the team. {{storylink|Fallen Comrades}}

[[Image:Better Mousetrap Dinobot.jpg|right|250px|thumb|"Today is a good day for violence!"]]

Soon after, Dinobot and Primal were investigating a second stasis pod when they were suddenly ambushed by Predacons. The Predacons defeated the two and secured the pod for themselves, bringing [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] online. As this was one in a long string of clever coups, this forced Optimus Primal to consider that their team was suffering from an information leak. Primal scapegoated Rattrap, an accusation in which Dinobot took pleasure. Dinobot was all too happy to destroy the alleged turncoat despite the potential hypocrisy of that act. Rattrap subsequently defected, and in the ensuing battle, was ordered by Megatron to shoot Dinobot, his frequent rival. After some hesitation, Rattrap shot Terrorsaur instead and revealed that the entire situation was a ruse by Optimus Primal to detect the real source of the information leak: stolen Maximal codes. {{storylink|Double Jeopardy}}

Childish infighting between Rattrap and Dinobot inadvertently triggered Rhinox's new security program, [[Sentinel (BW)|Sentinel]], before it could be completed. Dinobot and the other Maximals fled the ''Axalon'', while Rattrap stayed inside to combat Sentinel himself. Later, when Sentinel appeared to have shut down, Rattrap was assumed dead. Each Maximal gave a touching eulogy for Rattrap except for Dinobot, who refused to taint Rattrap's memory with lies. It was soon revealed that Rattrap had not perished, but had instead managed to shut off Sentinel.{{storylink|A Better Mousetrap}}

[[Image:Dinobotversusplant.jpg|left|250px|thumb|"I will speak daggers to it, but use none."]]

Dinobot joined Optimus Primal on a mission once again, but this time to explore the planet's native organisms. Dinobot considered this work as being beneath him, and in the process found himself assaulted by one of the planet's flora. As Primal considered this a lesson in respect learned, he found himself attacked by one of Scorponok's [[cyberbee]]s. It injected him with a virus that was intended to make him a coward, but instead removed all his inhibitions. Upon returning Primal to the ''Axalon'', Dinobot oddly found himself agreeing that this new bloodthirsty Primal was not a beneficial change. After he failed to solve the problem with the Predacons diplomatically, as Primal would have wanted, it was decided to let the new violent Primal be the new violent Primal. Ultimately, Primal acquired the antidote and woke up with Dinobot standing watch over him. Dinobot assured him that it was merely his shift, and not indicative of his feelings towards Primal—despite having placed a beautiful plant in Primal's quarters. {{storylink|Gorilla Warfare}}

When a Cybertronian probe was detected, Dinobot helped his teammates attempt to contact it, despite the fact he dreaded a return home. After all, he was a criminal even in Predacon terms, and he had no hope for a warm Maximal reception. Somewhat fortunately for Dinobot's potential fate, their attempts to catch the attention of the probe failed when [[Tarantulas]] invented the [[transformation lock lens]]. {{storylink|The Probe}} The issue was raised again when the Maximals thought that the Predacons had been destroyed. Dinobot elected to remain on the planet while the Maximals repaired their ship and launched it. However, just as Dinobot wandered off to explore the world that had become his, he stumbled across the not-so-dead Predacons, who attacked the ''Axalon'' and grounded the Maximals once again. {{storylink|Victory (episode)|Victory}}

[[Image:Dinobot mirror.jpg|right|250px|thumb|"A little more than kin, and less than kind."]]

After Dinobot and the other Maximals were saved from a Predacon attack by Rhinox's ingenuity, Rhinox was abducted by the Predacons and reprogrammed into one of them. Optimus Primal waited for this to backfire on them, and when their plot began to unravel, Dinobot joined the Maximals in infiltrating the Predacon base and retrieving their kidnapped comrade. {{storylink|Dark Designs (episode)|Dark Designs}} Megatron soon set his sights on Dinobot as well. After Terrorsaur buried Dinobot in a cave, Megatron unleashed a [[Clone One|clone of Dinobot]] on the unsuspecting Maximals. Ultimately, Dinobot broke free and returned to the ''Axalon'', where he confronted his clone and ate him. Yes. He ate him. {{storylink|Double Dinobot}}

Not long afterward, Tigatron went missing during a routine scouting report. When Optimus Primal noted that Tigatron was the victim of an aerial attack, Dinobot identified the culprits as Waspinator and Terrorsaur. {{storylink|The Trigger, Part 1}} Dinobot remained at base with Rhinox while the others searched for Tigatron on a mysterious flying island. {{storylink|The Trigger, Part 2}} Dinobot suffered along with his teammates when the energon dampener was stolen from the ''Axalon'', requiring him and the others to stay in beast mode to avoid energon surges. Between that and sleep deprivation from persistent Predacon attacks, their innate beast instincts began to take over, and the Maximals went feral. It was only through the instruction of Tigatron that they were able to defeat the Predacons and retrieve the dampener. {{storylink|Call of the Wild}}

Dinobot was tested again when he, Cheetor, Rhinox, and Rattrap were blinded by a Predacon attack. They were far from base and completely helpless, so Dinobot immediately began to panic. Rhinox was able to calm him and the others and slowly lead them back to base, using their other senses. They were rescued by Optimus Primal and Tigatron at the foot of the base just as they began to slip into [[stasis lock]]. {{storylink|Dark Voyage}} The Maximals were also visited by the wandering spark of [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], who possessed the body of Waspinator and led a successful attack on the Maximal base, resulting in Dinobot receiving critical damage. Forced out of their base, Optimus Primal surrendered the Maximals to Starscream, under the condition that Dinobot be repaired. In exchange, Starscream ordered the Maximals to attack Megatron. Despite his treachery, Starscream himself was deceived, as Dinobot was not as damaged as advertised. He and Primal were able to eject Starscream from Waspinator's body and retake the ''Axalon''. {{storylink|Possession}}

[[Image:Dinobottarantulasrattrapthelowroad.jpg|left|300px|thumb|"Frailty, thy name is Tarantulas!"]]

Once again, the feud between Rattrap and Dinobot led to disaster. Their carelessness indirectly caused Rhinox to be infected with a [[Energon discharge virus|virus]] that caused him to eject energy involuntarily, via hiccups or sneezes or...other means. Optimus Primal ordered the bickering pair to hunt down Tarantulas in his lair and obtain the antidote, figuring they'd either learn to work together or everyone would be destroyed. Unfortunately, the latter wasn't so unlikely an option, as Dinobot and Rattrap's out-of-control behavior toward each other repeatedly sabotaged their efforts to capture Tarantulas. Dinobot was able to grab him just as Megatron arrived, and claimed the spider as a hostage. Megatron did not care and shot them both. Ultimately, the day was saved when Rhinox used his virus against the Predacons, unleashing a mighty explosion from his rear end. {{storylink|The Low Road}}

Despite his increasing loyalty to the team, Dinobot's violent heart occasionally created rifts. Most notable was his reaction to [[Tigatron]]'s pacifism: When the tiger tried to leave the Maximals in grief over the accidental death of his best friend, Dinobot argued vociferously with the "coward". He simply could not comprehend what Tigatron was saying, that in order to stop the fighting, someone had to lay down his weapon. The confrontation with Tigatron revealed more than just Dinobot's warrior ethic. He explained to Tigatron a bit of his motives for turning against Megatron: He feared that if Megatron used Earth's energon supply to wage a new war, Cybertron would burn as a result. Dinobot could only see desertion, and for that he nearly killed Tigatron, who refused to fight back. But Primal interrupted before any damage was done, and Tigatron later came back to battle to save Dinobot from a Predacon attack, making the whole point moot. {{storylink|Law of the Jungle}}

The [[Vok|alien]] mystery that surrounded the planet soon came to a head. When it became apparent that the aliens themselves would visit them imminently, the Predacons surprisingly called for a truce. Tigatron was called to sneak into the Predacon base and find out what had captured Megatron's attention, and Dinobot and the other Maximals staged a non-lethal battle to cover Tigatron's exit, upholding their end of the truce. Dinobot loosened a large boulder out of place, allowing it to crush both Tarantulas and Blackarachnia. {{storylink|Before the Storm}} As expected, the aliens arrived. A wormhole opened up over the planet, and a beam shot down to the surface, where another alien device was activated. Rhinox and Dinobot stayed behind at the ''Axalon'' while the others investigated, but were too engaged by the planet's second moon shifting its shape into a horrible [[Planet Buster]] weapon to notice their base had been compromised. Both Rhinox and Dinobot were removed from the equation by Blackarachnia and Tarantulas. {{storylink|Other Voices, Part 1}} The Maximals returned to find them both welded to the ceiling by cyberwebs. Dinobot and Rhinox were placed inside [[CR chamber]]s as Rattrap and Airazor went to find their unwelcome visitors. {{storylink|Other Voices, Part 2}}

[[Image:Dinobotgoldendisks.jpg|right|250px|thumb|"Neither a borrower nor a lender be; For loan oft loses both itself and friend, and borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry."]]

When Dinobot awoke, Optimus Primal was dead, having sacrificed himself to destroy the Planet Buster with a transwarp explosion, and Cheetor and Rattrap had been altered into [[Transmetal]] forms by the resulting [[quantum surge]]. After reluctantly admitting Rattrap's new form was an improvement, he immediately declared himself the new Maximal leader. However, with Primal dead, Rhinox was not in any mood to tolerate Dinobot's outburst and shut him up forcefully. While Rattrap and Cheetor were sent outside to deal with Waspinator and a newly Transmetalled Megatron, Rhinox and Dinobot were stuck with the task of restoring their security systems. They did not account for [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]], who had also infiltrated the ''Axalon''. Thankfully, Rhinox was able to defeat the Predacon and eject him from the ship. {{storylink|Aftermath}}

With the destruction of the planet's second moon and the stabilization of the planet's natural energon reserves, it became apparent to Dinobot that Megatron was right all along; this was indeed Earth, though in the distant past. Dinobot broke into the Predacon base and stole Megatron's golden disks. He knew that they contained information about the future, and this cut to the core of his being: "If the future is indeed immutably foretold, then my demise is but moments from that confirmation, for I could not live if not the master of my fate." Dinobot hid the disks in a remote location and returned to the ''Axalon'', where Rattrap was having a minor meltdown. Rhinox had hooked himself to a machine with little explanation, and with Tigatron and Airazor on a long-term exploration trip, it fell to Rattrap, Dinobot, and Cheetor to hold off the combined force of the Predacons. Worse yet, Megatron had introduced two new [[Fuzor]]s to his team, [[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]] and [[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]]. Dinobot grabbed what weaponry he could, and with the other two Maximals engaged the Predacons far from the ship, in hopes that they could keep the Predacons away from whatever Rhinox was trying to accomplish. {{storylink|Coming of the Fuzors (Part 1)}}

[[Image:Coming of the Fuzors 2 Dinobot Rattrap.jpg|left|250px|thumb|"A horse! A horse! My kingdom for a horse!"]]

Their efforts, though seemingly doomed, were not for naught. Though Dinobot, Rattrap, and Cheetor fought to near-death, they held off the enemy long enough for Rhinox's gamble to work. He had travelled into the [[Allspark|Matrix]] and retrieved Optimus Primal's spark. Optimus Primal, restored as a Transmetal from a [[blank]] [[protoform]], dramatically turned the tide, saving Dinobot and the others from what would at least have been honorable deaths. {{storylink|Coming of the Fuzors (Part 2)}}

[[Image:Maximal No More Dinobot bow.jpg|right|250px|thumb|"Is this a dagger which I see before me, Dinobot, the handle toward my hand?"]]

His desire to discover whether the future could be changed kept Dinobot focused on Megatron's actions. When Predacon installations were placed in a Voyager-disk-like pattern, Dinobot remarked that Megatron's plan proceeded even without the disk's information. Thus, he resubmitted himself to Megatron's command, but the Maximals' influence still showed itself. When he was pitted in a death match against [[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]] in a bizarre test of loyalty, Dinobot subdued his foe but refused to kill him, offering to train him instead. But Megatron accepted the prodigal son anyway, as long as he returned the original Golden Disk. (He had already given the alien disk to Rhinox.) Dinobot complied. He admitted to himself that by helping Megatron he might be sacrificing his own race, but he had to discover whether his actions were his own or predestined. After the artifact was back in Megatron's hands, Rattrap attacked and was quickly immobilized. As a final test of allegiance, Dinobot was ordered to kill his former teammate. This task proved too much for him, and he turned once again on the Predacon leader. Megatron retreated with the disk in his possession, and Primal was left with the decision on whether to allow Dinobot back into their ranks. Dinobot explained that either way, he would fight Megatron, prompting Primal to forgive Dinobot his treacherous actions. Once welcomed back, Dinobot told Primal of Megatron's ultimate designs for the disks' information. {{storylink|Maximal, No More}}

[[Image:BWDinobot decision.jpg|left|300px|thumb|"To Bay or not to Bay; that is the question, and here is the sunset."]]

As Rhinox and Dinobot scanned known alien sites, they suddenly realized that Tigatron and Airazor were journeying into one. But before they could send a warning, the traveling pair triggered the alien site and were shot into space. Dinobot and the other Maximals were rallied by Optimus Primal to this site, where they confronted the Predacons. Before the fight could begin, the alien site activated again, creating a massive [[Metal Hunter]], and blasted everyone in the area. {{storylink|Other Visits (Part 1)}} The Transformers who had not been altered by the quantum surge lay deactivated, but the Transmetals and Fuzors were unaffected by the Metal Hunter's blast. Silverbolt and Cheetor were instructed to carry Dinobot and Rhinox back to the base for repairs. Megatron used the alien disk to activate the Metal Hunter, and the Maximals gained an unlikely ally: Tarantulas. Dinobot, like his fellow Maximals, greeted the Predacon turncoat with bared weapons and only reluctantly allowed Tarantulas to aid them. Subsequently, Dinobot joined an assault on the Metal Hunter itself, a cover for Tarantulas's entry. The Metal Hunter was destroyed. {{storylink|Other Visits (Part 2)}}

When Silverbolt went missing during an energon storm while he, Cheetor, and Optimus Primal were investigating [[Protoform X]], Dinobot suggested they forget the Fuzor and concentrate on the Predacons. The enemy was, after all, minus both Tarantulas and Blackarachnia, while they were only down one member. Primal rejected Dinobot's lack of sympathy. As Primal and Cheetor left to find Silverbolt, Dinobot turned to one of the ''Axalon'''s consoles and began downloading into its database. {{storylink|Bad Spark}}

Unlike Primal, Rattrap was not so forgiving of Dinobot's earlier betrayal. After contemplating suicide and enduring Rattrap's continuing recriminations, Dinobot decided to set things right. He tracked Megatron down and found him testing the original disk which Dinobot had returned. Megatron had discovered a mountain whose image was recorded on the disk, and he had [[Rampage (BW)|Rampage]] destroy the peak. From a distance, Dinobot saw his greatest hope and worst fear form simultaneously: The disk's image changed. Dinobot's future was his own...but Megatron had virtually limitless power to change it.

[[Image:Dinbot funeral.jpg|right|250px|thumb|"Out, out, brief spark! Life's but a walking shadow, a poor mech that struts and frets his hour upon the stage and then is heard no more."]]

When the Predacons launched an attack on a tribe of [[protohuman]]s, attempting to destroy the future human race and alter the course of the Autobot/Decepticon war, Dinobot singlehandedly took on all of them. Having already been blindsided by Tarantulas, he waded through the attack squad. Ignoring the damage he sustained, the warnings of his own internal computer, and the danger to himself, Dinobot defeated everyone save Megatron. Mocking the weakened Dinobot, Megatron tallied the score firmly in his own favor: He had unimaginable power via the disk, he held a lone protohuman hostage, and the severely damaged Dinobot was the only obstacle in his way. Mostly depowered and refusing to quit, Dinobot jammed a rock through a stick and attacked with the makeshift hammer. Megatron dropped the disk, and Dinobot blasted it to pieces with his last bit of energy. A short time after the rest of the Maximals arrived, Dinobot's spark left his frame.

He was given a hero's funeral, with his body cremated as the Maximal fliers executed a [[wikipedia:Missing man formation|Missing man formation]]. His legacy remained even with the anthropoids, who found his hammer and used it as a weapon. {{storylink|Code of Hero}}

Then Megatron [[Dinobot II|cloned him]]. {{storylink|Feral Scream Part 1}}
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===''Beast Wars Metals'' comic===
Following the [[Quantum surge]], Dinobot, as well as many other Maximals, became separated from the rest of the team and left stranded somewhere on [[Earth|Energoa]]. After Optimus Primal's resurrection and escape from Megatron, Dinobot could be seen watching the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]] from somewhere off in the distance. {{storylink|Raise the Curtain for Beast Wars Metals!!|Raise the Curtain for Beast Wars Metals!!}}

===''Henkei! Henkei!'' pack-in comic===
[[Image:Henkeimanga-Dinobot.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Who's got two thumbs on one hand except for when I switch to my fists? THIS guy!]]
In the present day, the [[Autobot]] [[Mini Vehicle]]s dug up the bodies of [[Hot Rod (Henkei!)|Hot Rod]] and Dinobot from deep within the earth. As the Mini Vehicles wondered if Dinobot were an Autobot, he woke up angrily, and began to attack the others, hoping to find a worthy foe, until finally Hot Rod (and his [[Mini-Con]], Jolt) faced Dinobot in battle. After seeing Hot Rod perform a series of clever moves, Dinobot suggested the two battle for leadership. However, Hot Rod declined Dinobot's offer and suggested instead they team up and make peace.

Hot Rod returned with Dinobot to Autobot headquarters, where [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] immediately suggesting he and Dinobot fight each other for fun, ruining Hot Rod's ceasefire. {{storylink|Henkei! Henkei! volume 11}}
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==Toys==
===Beast Wars===
[[Image:BeastWars Dinobot 1996 toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Wasn't he in ''Jurassic Park''? (Hasbro version pictured)]]
*'''Dinobot''' (Deluxe, 1996/1997)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-4'''
**''Accessories:'' sword, [[Cyber-slash tail weapon|"Cyber-slash" tail weapon]]

: Part of the first wave of ''Beast Wars'' product, Dinobot transforms into what his bio claims is a "vicious velociraptor". His tail detaches and separates to form a gear-powered, spinning blade weapon, while the central "tail bone" separates to be used as a sword. The entire assembly can store in robot mode by flipping down the tail-mount and pegging the blade's base to the peg on his lower back. Like all early Deluxe-and-up ''Beast Wars'' toys, he has a "mutant mask", halves of a dino-skull that flip up to cover his more robotic head. There is a good chance that you removed them when you were a kid, and trown them away.

: The original Dinobots shipped on cards with "rocky"-shaped bubbles. Later (and more numerous) assortments moved to a smooth, rounded bubble, leading the first packaging type to become sought-after collectibles on the secondary market.

[[Image:BW-toy DinobotTakara97.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Let's hide the legs in beast mode by making them bright translucent orange! (Takara version pictured)]]
: Takara's version of the toy was identical to the [[Hasbro]] version. In January 1997, Takara [[redeco]]ed many of the ''Beast Wars'' toys and re-released them in slightly more show-like tones; Dinobot's pink was changed to tan, his orange robot eyes became red, his flat blue face became metallic blue, his orange dinosaur eyes became white, and his helmet was painted in metallic gold.

:This toy and the Fox Kids redeco, as well as some other versions of this mold, had the robot mode's biceps on the wrong arms, with the skin-like texture inside and the weight-reducing cavities on the outside. Later molds, such as the 10th Anniversary release, had this error corrected.

: This mold was used to make... lots of guys. Other than countless redecos as himself, this mold was also used for ''Beast Wars'' [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] and ''[[Dinobots (toyline)|Dinobots]]'' [[Grimlock (Dinobots)|Grimlock]], and was [[Retool|retooled]] extensively to make ''[[Beast Wars Neo (toyline)|Beast Wars Neo]]'' [[Hardhead (BWN)|Hardhead]], [[Dinotron]], and [[Thrust (BWII)|Thrustor]].

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[[Image:VS4-DinobotTarantuas.g|right|300px|thtmb|b|I prefero o package my toys the old-fashioned way... BRUTALLY!!!]]

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**''Japanese ID number:'' '''VS-4'''
**''Accessories:'' sword, [[Cyber-slash tail weap|"Cybyber-slash" tail wean]]

: In Japan, Dinobot was available bh as anan individual and in a two-pack with "[[Tarantulas|Tarans]]". Both toys inhis seset were identical to their individual releases.

: Currently, it is unknown if the latter "more show-like" redeco of Dinobot was evereleasasedn a VS S set.

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'''Dinobot''' (Fox Kids Deluxe, 1999)
**''Accessories:'' sword, "Cyber-slash" tail weapon

: Part of the first wave of "Fox Kids" redccessorso called because of the callout to the Fox Kids programirst block on the package where the cartoon had recently moved to),to the Frsion of Dinobot is more dan the pn than the original, with red stripes instead of the original's brown, with a red robot-mode face and green l, withhis toy uses the [[Retool|retooled]] mold with the shoulder ratchets ane and greesed) "[[energon chip]]" space that were created for ''Beast Wars'' [[Grimlock (G1) toys|Grimlock]].

: Hasbro solicitations named this toy "L ''Bease Dinobot", but the name never made it to final packaglicitati

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===Beast Wars 10th Anniversary===
[[Image:BW10Dinobot toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|He disagrees with everything that T-Rex says, but you know they're best friends.]]
*'''Dinobot''' (Tenth Anniversary Deluxe, 2006)
**''Accessories:'' "Energo-drill" sword, spinning blade tail weapon, Transmutate left arm

: This release is yet another redeco of the original Dinobot toy. Though the ''[[Beast Wars 10th Anniversary]]'' line's aim was "[[show accuracy]]", the resulting Dinobot toy confused some fans, with its dark brown base color, odd placement of blue, and, mostly, the metallic green on his bone-like decorations. Like the other ''10th Anniversary'' toys, he has a faction symbol tampoed on his body; in Dinobot's case, there's a Maximal logo on the left side of his robot chest. Like FoxKids! Dinobot, this toy has the Energon Chip indent and shoulder ratchets that were added for ''Beast Wars'' Grimlock.

: ''Beast Wars 10th Anniversary'' Dinobot came with the left arm to the "build-a-bot" figure [[Transmutate]], plus a DVD containing the obvious Dinobot-themed episode, "[[Code of Hero]]".

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===Timelines===
[[Image:Botcon2006Dinobot toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Can you dig it?]]
*'''Dawn of Future's Past''' (Multi-pack Deluxe, 2006)
**''Accessories:'' Golden Disk Key

: Part of the five-toy [[BotCon 2006]] [[exclusive]] boxed set (along with [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]], [[Optimus Primal]], [[Rattrap]] and [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]]), "Darksyde Dinobot" is a redeco of the ''[[Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' [[Longrack (Cybertron)|Longrack]] mold, itself a [[retool]] of ''[[Armada (toyline)|Armada]]'' [[Smokescreen (Armada)|Hoist]]. Dinobot uses almost all of Longrack's new-mold parts save for the head; Hoist's was a dead ringer for Dinobot in the first place. He transforms into a Cybertronic excavator. Inserting a [[Cyber Key]] or [[Golden Disk Key]] into his shoulder assembly unlocks a shovel-punch attack activated by pressing on the plunger mechanism above the key port. Like Longrack, he does ''not'' come with a [[Mini-Con]] partner (dammit). The color scheme is partially based on his ''10th Anniversary'' toy.

: The original version of this mold was also used to make ''[[Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' [[Ransack (Universe)|Ransack]].

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===Beast Wars Telemocha Series===
[[Image:Japanese10thDinobot.jpg|right|300px|thumb|At last, I CAN TALK!]]
*'''Dinobot''' (Deluxe, 2006)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''TM-05'''
**''Accessories:'' sword, spinning tail weapon

:Celebrating Japan's 10th anniversary of ''[[Beast Wars]]'' (one year later than the West), the [[Beast Wars Telemocha]] version of Dinobot is yet another (and final?) redeco of the venerable tooling, including the shoulder ratcheting added to the previous Hasbro versions. While definitely more [[Show accuracy|accurate to the CGI model]] than the Hasbro [[Beast Wars 10th Anniversary|10th Anniversary]] version from the previous year, most of its color-scheme decisions favor the robot mode, such as bronze/gold shoulder joints. The result of this is a less consistently colored beast mode than the Hasbro version. It is the first (and only) version of the mold to place deco on the "mutant mask" halves.

:Though there are some colors dropped between the transition from CGI model to toy, Telemocha Dinobot does currently hold the prize for the sheer number of paint applications used on this mold, and by a large margin. Perhaps most significant to many fans, however, is that this version of Dinobot has a mouth, if only in the form of a paint operation.

This release of Dinobot came with a DVD containing the ''Beast Wars'' episode... "New Weapons of Terror!", the Japanese dub of "[[The Probe]]" and not "Code of Hero".
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===Universe (2008)===
[[Image:Dinobotuniversedeluxe.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Just in time for the original mold to be practically cheese by now.]]
*'''Dinobot''' (Deluxe, 2009)
**''Accessories:'' Tail/missile launcher, missile/sword

: Dinobot transforms into a brown and amber ''Jurassic Park''-style ''Velociraptor'' with a robot mode styled heavily after the ''[[Beast Wars (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'' CGI model, including a face with a nose and mouth. To this end, his transformation has been altered accordingly for more human-like proportions, with his robot legs now becoming the raptor legs and the arms hiding mostly inside the torso. He also sports a fully show accurate robot head with can turn as usual, but can also look up at a 45 degree angle. On his chest is a panel that can swap between Maximal and Predacon faction symbols and a blank third panel (for the beast mode head). His [[Show accuracy|show-accurate]] double opposable thumbs can be swapped out for "proper" fists, and his tail still detaches. It becomes a weapon that splits similarly to the original's, but now no longer rotates but fires a missile shaped like his sword from the cartoon, which can actually be held as a sword by either the regular fist or claw hands. The tail can also clip onto his back for storage.
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===Henkei! Henkei!===
[[Image:Henkei_Dinobot.jpg|right|300px|thumb|"Then I'll be brief! Oh, happy dagger, this is thy sheath. There rust and let me die."]]
*'''Dinobot''' (Deluxe, 2009)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-16'''
**''Accessories:'' Tail/missile launcher, missile/sword

:The ''Henkei!'' release of Dinobot is in more traditional colors than the Hasbro version, decoed in brown with several tan stripes, plus blue and golden detailing. Clear red plastic replaces clear orange found on the ''Universe'' version. Like all ''Henkei!'' releases he features [[Vacuum metallizing|vacuum metalized]] parts, particularly his missile/sword.

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===Device Label===
[[Image:DeviceLabel-Dinobot.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Sorry, you've been replaced.]]
*'''Dinobot''' (Device Label, 2009)
:Dinobot would have transformed from a working USB laser mouse into a brown and gold mechanoid raptor, but an early BigBadToyStore solicitation for him was almost immediately supplanted by a solicitation for [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]], once better information was had.
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==Merchandise==
===Beast Wars Mini-Busts===
[[Image:BWDinobot minibust.jpg|right|100px|thumb|Legs are for the weak.]]
*'''Dinobot''' (?)

: In 2006, [[First 4 Figures]] announced a seven-inch tall mini-bust of Dinobot, featuring his upper torso mounted upon a Maximal pedestal. He was sculpted by Ryan Bailey and is limited to 1,996 pieces. He is based upon his animated appearance, mounted on a silver pedestal adorned with the Maximal sigil.
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==Notes==
[[Image:BWRConcept04.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Dinobot's control art. The beast head displays a more rigid grill structure.]]
* It's been rumored that Dinobot's first toy borrowed some molding from an unproduced [[Kenner]] ''Jurassic Park'' dinosaur toy. There's no evidence at all to support this, however, and it is incredibly unlikely to begin with.

* Some fans humorously refer to Dinobot's [[Cyber-slash tail weapon]] as a "Rotate Blade" because of its usage in a [http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/msg/ee52db9e103fd5a8?hl=en& fanfic by MG-Dinobot].

* Likewise, fans refer to Dinobot as having a "rigid grill structure," an injoke that came into being because of an [http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/msg/307ed3ad2152d304 alt.toys.transformers poster's] somewhat confusing signature that included a quote from ''Mystery Science Theater 3000''. What part of Dinobot is the rigid grill structure is not definitively determined, whether it be the bony pair of robot legs that hang under his toy's beast mode or his, uh, crotch.

{{quote|A poster going by the handle of Dinobot had a .sig file that read "Dinobot has spoken," followed by an MST quote. For a while, it was a Tom Servo quote from the experiment RIDING WITH DEATH. The sig read more or less like this:
Dinobot has spoken.

"My rigid grill structure is bearing down on your unprotected cargo
door."--Tom Servo

However, many people only remembered as far as the "grill structure" bit, and putting the two sentences together, it sounded like he was pretending Dinobot himself was saying it. So a whole bizarre running gag started up around Dinobot's rigid grill structure, culminating in someone getting [[Scott McNeil]] to say the line in Dinobot's voice at
BC98.|—[[User:Apcog|Doug Dlin]] on [[alt.toys.transformers]]}}

[[Image:Dinobottoycommercial.jpg|right|200px|thumb|An abandoned deco?]]
* In the first ''Beast Wars'' toy commercials, Dinobot had a slightly different deco than the final toy. He was browner, rather than pinker, and had thicker stripes.

* Some fans are inclined to yank off Dinobot's mutant mask pieces, since he doesn't have them on the television show, they get in the way during transformation, and they're easily removable. Ten years later, Hasbro thought so, too, in their stock photography for ''[[Beast Wars 10th Anniversary]]'' Dinobot.

[[Image:Dinobotearlycgimodel.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Code of... something.]]
* Several views of preliminary ''[[Beast Wars (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'' CGI models were available in the Special Features of [[Kid Rhino]]'s ''Beast Wars: The Complete Second Season'' DVD box set. Dinobot's early model, like the other preliminary models, took more cues from the toy, such as including the [[mutant head]] and looking at all transformable. Interestingly enough, the preliminary model transformed into the final beast mode model, but since Dinobot's transformation involves swapping out parts, that's not too hard to believe.

* Speaking of Dinobot's crotch, [[Mainframe Entertainment]] once had a little fun with Dinobot's model after hours."[[:Image:Dirkdinobot.jpg|Dirk Dinobot]]" may not be safe for work, but his grill structure here is anything but rigid! Who's responsible for leaking this, and can we hug them?

[[Image:TMDinobotConcept.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Raptor and... squatting Raptor? It's a jet powered squat, surely.]]
* An actual (i.e. non-McDonald's affiliated) Transmetal Dinobot apparently made it to concept art stages, but not much further. It would have been notable for having the lamest "transport mode" of all the Transmetals if produced, however. Several elements of the design were recycled on Transmetal [[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]].

==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/1996/Maximal/Dinobot/dinobot.htm Dinobot at TFU.info]

*[http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/msg/ee52db9e103fd5a8?hl=en& "Dinobot's Old Technology" by MG-Dinobot]

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Teletraan I

2009-08-22T02:23:04Z

Nageto Major: /* Generation 1 cartoon */

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:''Teletraan I is an [[Autobot]] computer from the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:G1 Teletraan I.JPG|right|400px|thumb|"Teletraan I, we need to ask you something."<br />"I doubt it's how my day was. It's always the same: 'Give me a visual, Teletraan I,' 'Analyze this energy signature, Teletraan I,' 'Put on some TV, Teletraan I.' Ingrates. I should've let the Decepticons slag you back in '84."]]

'''Teletraan I''' is the semi-sentient computer that runs the [[Autobot]]s' spaceship/base, the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]].

Teletraan I has extensive communications abilities and can monitor Earth's television and radio broadcasts to search for news that may be of interest to the Autobots. It also operates the [[Sky Spy]] and was responsible for rebuilding and reactivating all the [[Transformer]]s aboard the Ark in 1984.

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====Generation 1 cartoon====
:''Voice Actor:'' [[Casey Kasem]] (English), [[Masashi Ebara]] (Japanese)

[[Image:Mtmte1 teletraan 1 repairs.jpg|left|thumb|300px|[[Knockoff]] companies use advanced alien supercomputers to steal [[HasTak]]’s toy designs, dontcha know?]]

When the Autobots' spacecraft crash-landed on [[Earth]] four million years ago, Teletraan I shared the same fate as all the [[Transformer]]s on board, being knocked offline by the violent impact. When the [[Mount St. Hilary|volcano]] into which the ship had wedged itself erupted in 1984, Teletraan I was jarred back into life, and it quickly deployed a [[Sky Spy]] probe to scan for new [[alternate mode]]s it could reconfigure the Transformers into. Unfortunately for just about everyone, Teletraan I did so indiscriminately, and the first Transformer that happened to be in the path of the restoration beam the computer projected was the [[Decepticon]], [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]]. Teletraan I was either unable or unwilling to redirect its beam, meaning that the other Transformers had to be dragged into its path, and of course, Skywarp immediately had the computer restore [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] and the other Decepticons. Indeed, the Autobots would never have felt Teletraan's healing touch at all, if [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] had not fired upon the buried spaceship as the Decepticons were leaving, causing a tremor that jostled [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] into the computer's beam. The revived Autobot leader thanked Teletraan with a thumbs-up, and quickly set about restoring the other Autobots. {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye, Part 1}}

[[Image:Mtmte2 soundwave and teletraan.jpg|right|thumb|In this screencap we notice a historical piece of out-dated technology… Oh, and [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]].]]

Seeking to exploit the data Teletraan I had gathered about Earth in its short time on the planet, the Decepticon [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] infiltrated the Autobots' ship. He had [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] install himself within the computer to access the data, then recorded the computer's playback. Soundwave presented his recording of Teletraan's description of [[Sherman Dam]] to Megatron, who decided to attack the facility. {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye, Part 2}}

Optimus Prime later used Teletraan I to trace a Decepticon attack on a solar power station, {{storylink|Transport to Oblivion}} and not long after, [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] used the computer to thwart a Decepticon attack when he coupled it with a remote-control device that overrode Skywarp's motor reflexes and cause his shots to go wild. {{storylink|Roll for It}} Later still, the Autobots' human ally [[Chip Chase]] used Teletraan I to calculate the location of the Decepticons' [[space bridge]], so that the Autobots could use it to travel to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] and retrieve the parts needed to repair the wounded Optimus Prime. This was the beginning of a longstanding "relationship" between Chip and Teletraan; Chip seemed to be the authority on the use of the computer, and in the future, he would often be called in to use it in ways that the Autobots themselves seemed unable to. {{storylink|Divide and Conquer}}

[[Image:Sosdinos grimlock blasts teletraan.jpg|left|225px|thumb]]

When catastrophic heat loss began occurring all around the world, Teletraan I tracked the source of the temperature disruption to Decepticon activity in the North Pole. {{storylink|Fire in the Sky}} Soon after, Teletraan I was badly damaged by the newly-created [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]'s fire breath when he and his fellow [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] went on a rampage, leaving the Autobots unable to received a distress call from the [[Great Falls]] hydroelectric power plant when it was attacked by Decepticons. {{storylink|S.O.S. Dinobots}} Once it was repaired, Teletraan relayed footage from a Sky Spy of Decepticon operations in Peru, {{storylink|Fire on the Mountain}} and helped track down an unstable meteorite when the villains stole it. {{storylink|War of the Dinobots}}

[[Image:Heavymetalwar constructicons target teletraan.jpg|right|300px|thumb|[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] wants that lollipop!]]

Under Decepticon mind-control, [[Sparkplug Witwicky]] sabotaged Teletraan I so that Megatron's forces would able to attack the Autobots' base without the computer warning of their approach. To save his Autobot allies, [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] literally threw a wrench into Teletraan's systems and triggered its fire-suppressant systems, dousing the Decepticons with circuit-damaging [[fire-retardant foam]] and forcing them to withdraw. {{storylink|The Ultimate Doom, Part 1}} Although soon repaired by the Autobots, it was not long before Teletraan was again targeted by the Decepticons, when Megatron dispatched the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]] to destroy it so that it could not inform the Autobots of his plan to cheat in a one-on-one duel with Optimus Prime. Luckily, Teletraan I summoned the Dinobots to defend itself, and soon made the Autobots aware of Megatron's deception. {{storylink|Heavy Metal War}}

Teletraan I sounded the alarm to warn the Autobots of a Decepticon attack on the Air Force's new rocket base, but when Spike was injured in the battle that resulted, his mind had to be transferred into a hastily-constructed robot body. To keep him entertained while they waited for his human body to be healed, Wheeljack patched a television station through Teletraan I, but Spike reacted badly to an airing of ''Frankenstein''. {{storylink|Autobot Spike}}

[[Image:Attackotautobots prime punches teletraan.jpg|left|225px|thumb|"[[Slag (slang)|Slag it]]! I hate these breaking news bulletins! I’m missing ''Desperate [[Female Transformer|Fembots]]''!"]]

Using invisibility spray to evade Teletraan's sensors, Megatron and Starscream planted a [[personality destabilizer]] within the computer's recharging chamber, which corrupted the Autobots' minds when they re-energized themselves. Teletraan was in the process of briefing the Autobots on the launch of a new solar-power satellite when the evil impulses took hold of them. Megatron mocked Teletraan I and its claims that his plan would not succeed, then had Optimus Prime plunge his fist into Teletraan's databanks, knocking it offline. Sparkplug Witwicky managed to repair the computer, and it helped them track down the rogue Autobots and bring them back to their senses with [[attitude exchanger]]s. {{storylink|Attack of the Autobots}}

Teletraan I was responsible for alerting the Autobots to [[Carly]]'s capture by the Decepticons, {{storylink|The Immobilizer}} analyzing the effects of the villains' transformation-freezing [[Transfixatron]], {{storylink|The Autobot Run}} and relaying warnings to Optimus Prime of the Decepticons' manipulations of [[TORQ III]]. {{storylink|Day of the Machines}} However, Teletraan soon met its match in a pair of fellow non-living mechanisms when its [[World Energy Chip]] was stolen by the robot ninja [[Nightbird (G1)|Nightbird]], {{storylink|Enter the Nightbird}} and it proved unable to distinguish a clone of Optimus Prime from the genuine article. {{storylink|A Prime Problem}}

[[Image:Dinobotisland2_chip_and_teletraan.jpg|right|thumb|225px|"Sweet! You know how good my [[Xbox 360 robot|360]] would look on this screen?!"]]

As the Decepticons began drilling towards the Earth's core, Teletraan accurately predicted the disastrous consequences their evil mission would have. {{storylink|The Core}} Later, Teletraan was nearly damaged by another Dinobot rampage, but was protected from injury by [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]]'s forecfield. The Dinobots were dispatched to train on the prehistoric "[[Dinobot Island (G1)|Dinobot Island]]", which had previously been discovered by the Autobots when Teletraan detected strange energy waves emanating from it. {{storylink|Dinobot Island, Part 1}} Unfortunately, the Decepticons followed the Dinobots to the island and began draining its energies, causing time warps to appear all over the Earth. Chip again used Teletraan's computing power to track the warps and trace them back to Dinobot Island. {{storylink|Dinobot Island, Part 2}} Soon after, Teletraan alerted the Autobots when [[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]] was shot down by Decepticons {{storylink|The Master Builders}} and helped design a forcefield projector to fend off the [[Heart of Cybertron]]-powered Megatron. {{storylink|Microbots}}

[[Image:Masterplan2 teletraan destroyed.jpg|left|225px|thumb|"So that's where I hid the firecrackers..."]]

When the Autobots were framed for evil deeds by the Decepticons and exiled from Earth, Teletraan was left behind, its software connected to the guidance systems of the rocket carrying the Autobots off into space. With the Autobots on their way, Megatron entered the abandoned Autobot Headquarters and reprogrammed Teletraan I to send the Autobots not back to Cybertron, but into the heart of the sun. {{storylink|Megatron's Master Plan, Part 1}} The Autobots were saved from immolation by Trailbreaker's forcefield, but [[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]] proved unable to carry the forcefield containing them back to Earth, his own guidance systems still slave to the reprogrammed commands from Teletraan. Simultaneously, on Earth, Chip Chase escaped the slave camp the Decepticons had set up in the Autobots' absence and stole back to Autobot Headquarters, in hopes of using Teletraan to learn what had become of the Autobots. He was followed by [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]], who cruelly removed Chip's last shred of home by opening fire on Teletraan and blowing the computer up. With Teletraan's destruction, however, Cosmos's guidance systems came back under his control, and he was able to quickly bring the Autobots back to Earth to clear their names and rout the Decepticons. {{storylink|Megatron's Master Plan, Part 2}}

[[Image:Dotdinos2 teletraan simulation.jpg|right|225px|thumb|"He-Man"]]

By the time Teletraan I was rebuilt and functioning again, it was the Autobots themselves who were breaking down, thanks to the degeneration of the [[cybertonium]] in their systems. {{storylink|Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 1}} Spike and Carly voyaged to Cybertron with the Dinobots to recover fresh cybertonium to restore the Autobots, and Sparkplug was able to use Teletraan to communicate with them and guide them through the maze-like planet's structure. {{storylink|Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 2}}

Like all other communications equipment, Teletraan was rendered useless by the [[Voltronic Galaxer]], {{storylink|Blaster Blues}} but it was up and running in time to deduce that the content of the "Golden Lagoon" was [[electrum]]". {{storylink|The Golden Lagoon}} When Cosmos was stranded on [[Titan]], Optimus Prime used Teletraan I to access his communicator and speak with the native girl [[Talaria]]. {{storylink|The God Gambit}} After the Autobots set up a secondary command post in [[New York City]] disguised as a garage, a Teletraan I terminal was installed there, which scanned the city for Decepticon activity. {{storylink|Make Tracks}}

[[Image:Kremzeek and teletraan.jpg|left|thumb|225px]]

When a group of Autobots were lost in a space bridge accident, even Teletraan I was unable to pinpoint their location. {{storylink|Child's Play (episode)|Child's Play}} The computer fared better in analyzing a sample of a mysterious asteroid the Decepticons were mining, reaching the shocking conclusion that it was an egg containing an [[Asteroid bird alien|alien beast]]. {{storylink|The Secret of Omega Supreme}} A little later, Teletraan I's circuits were scrambled by an encounter with the crazed energy imp [[Kremzeek]], and the computer became rather distressed at the prospect of Martian flamingoes stealing ammonia from supermarkets and the decreasing ratio of choco-rations, broadcasting its crazy messages over any available channel. {{storylink|Kremzeek!}}

[[Image:Primetarget teletraan bulletin.jpg|right|thumb|225px|"Who is the giant man who sits behind the window?"]]

The Autobots were in the middle of watching ''[[As the Kitchen Sinks]]'' on Teletraan I when a new bulletin interrupted their viewing experience. More urgent matters then arose, as Teletraan relayed communications from demented big-game hunter [[Lord Chumley]].{{storylink|Prime Target}}. Teletraan's New York City terminal later correctly deduced that the Decepticons were using ultra-sonic transmission to mind-control humans, {{storylink|Auto-Bop}} and later still, Teletraan located the space bridge for Optimus Prime so that he could travel to Cybertron to rescue [[Elita One]], {{storylink|The Search for Alpha Trion}} and discovered the existence of a new sub-orbital Decepticon station. {{storylink|The Girl Who Loved Powerglide}}

When Teletraan I alerted the Autobots to the latest activation of the Decepticon space bridge, Optimus Prime realized that Megatron was taking his new [[Stunticon]]s to Cybertron so that the mega-computer [[Vector Sigma]] could bring them to life. {{storylink|The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 1}} When the Decepticons then returned to Earth with Vector Sigma's [[Key to Vector Sigma|key]], Teletraan tracked their movements across [[Seattle]]. {{storylink|The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 2}} A few weeks later, Teletraan detected the villains' work on the [[Kronosphere]] time machine on Cybertron, and the Autobots sprang into action. {{storylink|War Dawn}}

Teletraan I relayed the history of [[Cosmic Rust (disease)|Cosmic Rust]] and is destruction of the lost Autobot legion of [[Antilla]] to the Autobots when they became infected with the disease, before its own systems began to malfunction thanks to the plague. {{storylink|Cosmic Rust (episode)|Cosmic Rust}} After being cured, Teletraan I continued to play historian, giving the Autobots a run-down on the dissident "[[Renegade Decepticon]]s" that Starscream had recently resurrected as the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]]. {{storylink|Starscream's Brigade}}
[[Image:FFoD5 ArkvsTrypticon.jpg|left|thumb|"Stop shooting! I come in peace, for [[Primus]]'s sake! It's bad enough I'm getting shot at by a mountain-side! I mean, erm... RAAWWR..?]]

In its final recorded adventures in the twentieth century, Teletraan I helped the Autobots capture the Stunticons by pinpointing the road-raging robots' locations, {{storylink|Masquerade}} and was used by college students [[Elise Presser|Elise]], [[Martin and Roland]] to remote-control their robotic creation [[B.O.T. (robot)|B.O.T.]] into destroying the Decepticons' new [[orbit disruptor cannon]]. {{storylink|B.O.T. (episode)|B.O.T.}}

Over the following twenty years, the Autobots' main base of operations shifted from Autobot Headquarters to the newly constructed [[Autobot City]], equipped with its' own Teletraan-model computer, [[Teletraan II]]. Nonetheless, Teletraan I remained in operation until 2005, when Autobot Headquarters was attacked by the monolithic [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]. [[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]] instructed Teletraan I to activate the volcano's defenses and the computer complied, opening fire on Trypticon with a battery of huge cannons. Alas, the effort was not enough; Trypticon strode throught the barrage and destroyed the volcano, Autobot Headquarters, and presumably Teletraan I with them. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5}}
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====Japanese cartoon continuity====
{{note|The events of the American animated series occur in Japanese continuity as noted above, except that the events of 2005 were moved back to 2010. Japanese animated continuity inserts several additional storylines into the timeline.}}

=====''Scramble City'' cartoon=====

Discovering the location of the secret factory in which the Autobots were constructing their "[[Metroplex (G1)|Scramble City]]" battle fortress, Megatron deployed the Constructicons to attack it. Teletraan I detected the villains' movements, and Optimus Prime mobilzed a squad of Autobots to stop them. {{storylink|Scramble City}}

=====''The Stargate Battles'' comic=====

When a small group of Autobots visited [[Japan]] to investigate unusual frequent earthquakes in the region, Optimus Prime used Teletraan I to communicate with [[Hound (G1)|Hound]]. Hound requested that he be allowed to stay in Japan to investigate, and Prime allowed it, ordering Teletraan to summon all the available Autobots in the area to back him up. {{storylink|Activation}}

=====''15 Go! Go!'' comic=====

[[Image:Teletraan 15 smashes teletraan 1.jpg|right|130px|thumb|]]

By 2005, the Autobots had developed numerous "humanoid computers" that acted as "living" extensions of Teletraan I, including the luckless [[Teletraan 15]] and the perpetually flustered [[Teletraan 10]]. 15 and 10 were both stationed on the artificial Earth satellite, [[Nana]].

Hoping to use the "[[bio]] and [[Tech Spec]]" data stored within Teletraan I to alter the course of history, the Decepticon Ravage travelled back in time from three centuries in the future, arriving in 2005... only to discover that Teletraan I's databanks had been damaged by a mysterious saboteur. Ravage (under the alias of "Black Panther Man") positioned himself aboard Nana and became Teletraan 10 and 15's commanding officer, dispatching 15 on a mission to travel through time aboard his [[transwarp cruiser]] to reacquire all the lost data, straight from all the various sources. {{storylink|15 Go! Go!|15 Go! Go! chapter 1}}

After two years of time travel, the unexpected happened: a security tape was finally unearthed that revealed the identity of the sabouter as Teletraan 15 herself! The baffled Teletraan 15 was imprisoned, but was soon liberated by the [[Kiss Players (singing group)|Kiss Players]] cassettes and discovered Ravage's true goal for Teletraan I's data. {{storylink|15 Go! Go!|15 Go! Go! chapter 25}} Realizing what she had to do, Teletraan 15 escaped into the past aboard the transwarp cruiser to fulfil the time loop she had become part of, destroying Teletraan I's databanks in 2005 and putting them out of Ravage's reach in the first place. {{storylink|15 Go! Go!|15 Go! Go! chapter 26}}
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===''Beast Wars'' cartoon===
:''Voice Actor:'' [[David Sobolov]] (English), ? (Japanese)

When inscribing his message into the [[Golden Disk (Voyager)|Golden Disk]], [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] included the access codes to Teletraan I to carry out the attempt to destroy [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] before the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]] began on [[Earth]]. [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] managed to steal the codes, and after [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] attempted to kill Prime, she used them to activate Teletraan I's repair equipment. {{storylink|The Agenda (Part III)}} {{storylink|Optimal Situation}}

Later, after the [[Maximal]]s were forced to move into Mount St. Hilary after the destruction of the ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]'', [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] attempted to use Teletraan I's own shield system to protect their fortifications. However, Autobot technology and Maximal technology were too different to make a successful shield system. {{storylink|Changing of the Guard}}

After Blackarachnia transferred the access codes to [[Optimus Primal]], the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]] took control of Primal using a device created by [[Tarantulas]]. After Megatron merged his [[spark]] with his Decepticon ancestor and namesake, Tarantulas betrayed Megatron and set Teletraan I to self-destruct. Blackarachnia attempted to deactivate the overload. Teletraan I deactivated the overload and wished Blackarachnia to "have a nice day". {{storylink|Master Blaster}}

==Spelling and pronunciation==
[[Image:ActionCards TeletranI.gif|left|250px|thumb|Got that? Good, now forget it.]]

Because Teletraan I came from the non-written medium of television, its proper spelling is unclear, and fans have often spelled it with a single "a". This choice is backed up by [[Action Cards]] and the [[Tech-Spec Manual|S.T.A.R.S. Tech-Spec Manual]], which both say "Teletran I", and the ''[[Transformers: The Ultimate Guide|Ultimate Guide]],'' which says "Teletran-1". However, [[The Transformers Sticker Book (1986)|one sticker book]] is known to spell it "Teletraan 1", and none of these sources is superior to the rest. Therefore, this wiki defaults to the spelling used in the episode scripts<ref>[http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b288/monzo/PrimeProblemCast.jpg Cast list] from the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|''Generation 1'' cartoon]] episode "[[A Prime Problem]]"</ref><ref>[http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b288/monzo/FireInTheSkyScriptPage.jpg Script] from the episode "[[Fire in the Sky]]"</ref> and [[production bible]]:<ref>[http://transformers.winterchill.com/bible/biblepage3.html Page describing Teletraan I] from the production bible</ref> "Teletraan I", with two "a"s, a roman numeral, and no hyphen. Not only is its use more consistent and widespread over time than the smattering of obscure, contradictory published examples, but it also maintains congruity with "Teletraan II", whose episode-script spelling was also double-"a".<ref>[http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b288/monzo/ChaosCast.jpg Cast list] from the episode "[[Chaos (episode)|Chaos]]"</ref> For consistency's sake, the double-"a" remains our default when we translate [[Teletraan 10|Japanese]] [[Teletraan 15|names]], or when the official English translation has [[Teletraan I (RID)|never been seen written out]].

Pronunciation has been a matter of much less contention, since the word was always pronouned "tell-uh-tran" in the original series. However, for some reason the ''Beast Wars'' voice actors pronounced the last syllable "tron". Perhaps in response to dissatisfaction among fans, in [[Nemesis Part 2|the final episode of the series]], [[Rattrap]] annoyedly corrects [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] with the original pronunciation (to which Blackarachnia replies, "What''ever!"'').

==Notes==
[[Image:15GoGoTeletraan1.jpg|right|180px|thumb|So this is like... [[Auntie]], but with curls?]]

* It appears that [[Yūki Ōshima]] had plans to use Teletraan I in his ''[[15 Go! Go!]]'' series. A sketch of what seems to be a floating, glowing female head representing Teletraan I appears in Ōshima's ''15 Go! Go!'' / ''[[Kiss Players (franchise)|Kiss Players]]'' compilation book. This was never seen in the actual series; it is unknown why the idea was dropped.

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