Talk:Furmanism

This is awesome. In a "so bad it's good" sort of way. --DrSpengler 23:26, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

This is obviously an incomplete list. I also have some that were only repeated once, sometimes in differing forms, which I won't add to the page proper until we find at least one more iteration. If you can find more of any of these, feel free to add them.

Here's my remainder:

WHOLE WORLD OF PAIN

"Get ready, quite literally... for a whole WORLD of pain!" -- Starscream, G2 #11
"It's about PAIN, Megatron... here's a whole WORLD of it!" -- Starscream, TWWv1 #3

DOWN TO EARTH--LITERALLY!

"Aww, did I bring the poor Autobot down to earth with a bump?" --Rumble, Transformers: Generation 2 #6
"Let's bring these latter-generation big shots down to earth!" --Skydive, Transformers: Generation 2 #10
"Bring him down to earth!" --Lio Convoy, Beast Wars: The Ascending #3

--ItsWalky 23:27, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

I'm waaaay too comfortable lying on my couch here to go upstairs and find the book and check, but I want to say Swoop did the whole "better to die than run" shtick when the Dinobots were fighting the demons in #76...? - Chris McFeely 23:33, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

Indeed! Good memory. Hold on... --ItsWalky 23:34, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

Now there are three phrases in which down to earth is meant literally. --Jeff S 08:08, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

Call me humorless if you wish-

Normally, I love the humor here. I like that we don't always take everything seriously. However, I think this article is taking things a little far. Boo to this section, basically. Boo-urns, in fact. It feels like it's trashing Furman for no good reason. And I've never heard ANYONE say- "Hey, a similar bit of dialogue in a Simon Furman comic! Must be a Furmanism!"

And, seriously,you don't think some of it is intentional (particularly issue 67)?

I just don't see how this has a place here. --DJ Convoy

...I saw it as a celebration of Furmanisms, actually. -Derik 17:35, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

Pretty much. Furman is my main man. --ItsWalky 18:53, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

I'm sure there's gotta be more IT NEVER ENDSes than the three I got, right? --KilMichaelMcC 09:56, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

Well, uh, I wasn't counting the IT NEVER ENDSes on purpose, because Furman does those on purpose, as an intentional self-referential running-gag to his original G1 send-off letter. I don't think it really belongs in this article, as such. --ItsWalky 17:28, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

Well, being a cartoon-centric guy I didn't actually know what the original source of it was. It still strikes me as qualifying as a "Furmanism" though, albeit with a note in the article about it's origin and nature. --KilMichaelMcC 17:43, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

I'd never called them Furmanisms before now either, but I do now. As for disrespect... Well, I think a Transfan has to kinda be a Furman fan by definition really. --82.41.82.183 22:07, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

Not so. I'm a Transformers fan and I don't like Furman's writing much at all. However, I've heard the term "Furmanism" for years online, so it makes sense for this article to exist.--MCRG 23:16, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

You only "have" to like Furman if you like the print media. Certainly no one is mandated to be a fan of Flint Dille--Thylacine 2000 15:11, 2 August 2007 (UTC).

REAP THE WHIRLWILD

Simon must be a huge Young Guns fan. =D--Speedbreaker 04:24, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

Isn't it from the bible though? "They sow the wind and reap the whirlwind", something along those lines? 70.53.249.237 22:31, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

I think this one is a little unfair - I bought a cheap pocket paperback X-Men compilation thing and Clairemont used this same phrase twice and only two issues apart. Rather than a Furmanism, it seems to be common comic-book language. Emvee 11:58, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

On predatory birds and hovering thereof

Seriously, we really should include those. Yes, yes, it was only used one other time... but it's by far the most unique of them all. Also, hilarious. --Suki Brits 01:52, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

Today while I was at work, I picked up the Transformers Movie Guide and pawed through it. I noticed for the first time this sentence talking about Megatron's alt mode:

"Like some dread bird of prey, Megatron would hang suspended in the upper atmosphere, raining lightning bolts down on enemy emplacements while his drone (ground) troopers picked off any who attempted to flee or fight back."

--Terrocon Blot 23:44, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

What I'm curious about is, is that close enough to count? If yes, we've finally reached the required three birds of prey. --Terrocon Blot 23:30, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

I would count it! Sweeeeet. (Furman wrote it, right?) --ItsWalky 00:22, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

Non wiki-based proof for you. We have an article for the book, but I'm sure you'd prefer a source that isn't editable. --Terrocon Blot 00:29, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

Another Time And Place Furmanisms?

I seem to recall the Another Time And Place text story ending with the "It Never Ends" furmanism.. can anyone confirm? 70.53.249.237 22:31, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

It does. Though I'm still iffy on its inclusion in this article without some sort of disclaimer, as he purposefully includes it all the freakin' time (like even in the You Can Draw Transformers book) as some sort of calling card. --ItsWalky 23:42, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

If he includes it on purpose, wouldn't that make it that much more a Furmanism?--MCRG 03:13, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

I think it would. 70.53.249.237 03:17, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

In fact, we should have the article end with that section, with the last one being the one from the You Can Draw Transformers book. Kaosu Reido 20:09, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

He uses it in that book too? HAH! This article should totally do what Kaosu just said it should do. 70.55.211.238 06:59, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

Since "It never ends!" now is included, I should point out that there's another one, by Shockwave at the end of Time Wars. Don't have the book handy now, so I can't make an exact quote. --Thylacine 2000 15:10, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

Down to earth

I spotted the phrase down to earth--used in a literal sense--in two issues of Transformers: Generation 2 (#6, "The Gathering Darkness"; #10, "War Dawn").

-Jeff Steele

Those are already noted further up the page. Thanks, though! --ItsWalky 13:45, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

Not exactly "fight and die"

There's Crankcase's "Better to die a warrior's death than endure this mockery of life!" from "The Rise and Fall of the Decepticon Empire"... same theme. Usable? --M Sipher 12:20, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

I'd say so. Look at the section, there are a bunch of em that are similar to "fight and die" but not 100% the same. --Detour 12:43, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

What Order Should They Be Listed In?

Given that we're dealing with a short list, I'm not sure the Furmanisms necessarily need to be in alphabetical order. (It's also not a list people are going to be looking things up in. "Hey, I wonder if 'In for a penny, in for a pound' is a Furmanism? I better look under 'I' . . . ") Opinions? JW 15:08, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

Alphabetical order is better than arbitrary. Though if I had to pick a different ordering system, I'd suggest the order in which they first appeared in fiction. --ItsWalky 15:16, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

The order I was trying to put them in was not (quite) arbitrary. It was an attempt to tell a story as if two characters were talking in nothing but Furmanisms. (E.g., "It can be destroyed!" as a response to "What chance do we have?") This is, admittedly, quirky, esoteric, and serves no purpose but The Funny, but I'm not certain alphabetical order serves any purpose besides "not arbitrary". JW 15:24, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

Or, we could list them in the order they appear in today's Shortpacked . . . JW 11:36, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

I'd much rather they be in an order that's accessible to others. --ItsWalky 13:28, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

Well, A) I was joking about Shortpacked. (By the way, keep up the good work.) And, B) a list of only ten items is accessible by default. It can be reviewed in seconds with a flick of the mouse. JW 14:17, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

I gotta say that I really liked having "IT NEVER ENDS" right next to "IT'S OVER - FINISHED!" -hx 16:10, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

Heck, if we change the header from "OVER -- FINISHED" to "IT IS OVER -- FINISHED", we can do that, and keep Walky happy. One of the sample quotes uses "it is over", and another two use "it's over", so this is quite justifiable. JW 16:18, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

Furman sound effects

Should we do a Furman sound effects article to accompany this? I'd love to see the instances of 'FFN' :D --FFN 12:38, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

I was just thinking the other day that we should include "GNNGH". --Sntint 13:08, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for replying. I had forgotten about this given that everybody else (who are vastly more well-versed in the comics than I) evidently couldn't be bothered answering. --FFN 14:29, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

Sadly, Furman stopped using SPOOMS! once we started asking him in person to use them more. We apologize. --ItsWalky 15:41, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

A sound effects section should prolly be on this article. A steller example is Grimlock's Ff. Tt. Hf. etc. in the first The War Within. --MistaTee 15:59, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

Why did he stop? Did he realize you guys were lightly mocking his 'isms'? --FFN 18:42, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

Hey, what happened? I thought you guys LOVED Furman sound effects! If Furmanisms are good enough for catalogue, then sound effects should damn well be catalogued, too! --FFN 15:17, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

How would we categorize these? --MistaTee 15:35, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

As in the type of article or within the article itself? --FFN 15:40, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

Within this article. I'm sure every story has some sort of sound effects. Are there particular ones Furman uses more than others? --MistaTee 15:48, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

SPOOM!

Unfortunately, this sort of article would require the services of somebody like Walky and his friends who, as I understand, are great fans of Furman's sound effects and speech patterns. My own knowledge is painfully limited. --FFN 15:56, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

Nemesis Pt 2

as anyone checked Nemesis part 2 for Furmanisms? He did write it, after all. --FortMax 00:47, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

I dunno about Furmanisms, but the angry shouting-at-the-sky speech about Tigerhawk's death Primal has just outside their base is pretty damn Furmanesque. It's so awesome to see Furman material acted out. But no specific Furmanisms come to mind... --ItsWalky 01:40, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

A STING in the tail!

This one pops up when Pincer transforms in.... issue #63? And again in the Magnus Spotlight. Can we get a third, do I hear a third, third third third? -- Repowers 03:00, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

"Oww! There's just one thing wrong with your little sage, Decepticon. You see, this story has a sting in the tail!"

-Pincher, "Deadly Obsession" (Transformers #64)

"And this little story has a sting in the tail!"

-Scorponok, Spotlight: Ultra Magnus

"Sting in the tail: The Dinobot called Snarl can transform into an armored stegosaurus. In battle, he swings his tail at the enemy."

-A brief description of Snarl in Transformers: The Ultimate Sticker Book (I'm sure you know who had something to do with it!)

Jeff Steele

He hesitates - and is LOST!

"He hesitates - and is lost!" -- narrative box, UK #116 "It hesitated and lost EVERYTHING!" -- Dreadwind, UK #218

There's GOT to be one more of these.

Time we weren't here

Hot Rod in Devastation #3, page 8.

This sounds vaguely familiar. Did it get used in Furman stories before? If yes, would it qualify for a Furmanism, or is it too generic?--Nevermore 21:31, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

Having finally had the chance to read this issue I have to agree that line sounds very familiar, but I can't recall where from... And Nevermore, I think the way Furman says it is unique to him, I've never heard that type of phrase before he came about. --Detour 11:35, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

Having not yet read Devastation #3, I can say that it's VERY familiar to me as a Furmanism, and I'm 99% sure we could find three examples somewhere. "Time I wasn't here," perhaps. Thing is, he uses so much English colloquialism that I'm rarely ever sure if his phrases are HIS or just from his dialect. "On balance, I prefer...." "My advice to one and all..." I'm not sure where to draw the line, ultimately. - Jackpot 17:13, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

Who are we to play god?

- "This is hopeless! How am I to decide who deserves life the most? Who am I to play god?" -- Optimus Prime, UK #250 The Greatest Gift of All!
- Prime to Omega Supreme Spotlight: Optimus Prime
- Doubleheader to Longtooth Deadly Obsession
- "Pray tell, Optimus Primal... how it feels to play GOD?" - Depth Charge Homecoming

-- Repowers 05:22, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

That one sounds like more of a genuine turn of phrase to me. If we can find many more than these three, I can be convinced it's an actual Furmanism, rather than just something people say. --ItsWalky 05:34, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

It is a phrase people use- but I'm pretty sure Furman hits it heavily. It might be worth referencing if you can find some stock intro format he uses before it. -Derik 08:54, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

Things Fall Apart

I noticed this while flipping through the DK Ultimate Guide the other day, and it seemed vaugely familiar. Wasn't it used in some semi-recent IDW comic? --Spectre 13:49, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

"The Second Coming" by Yeats gets quoted in a lot of places. Since it's not original to Furman, I don't think we can count it as a Furmanism. JW 14:23, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

I am clearly a literary idiot. Thanks! ...then again, if "Reap The Whirlwind" counts, and that's not something Furman came up with himself, should we discount "Things Fall Apart" if more examples can be found? --Spectre 01:47, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

Good question . . . let's first see if he does use "things fall apart" the requisite three times . . . JW 03:28, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

This is used in Regeneration One 80.5 and several other places. I think it should count. --Nu-Priest 01:07, 12 May 2012 (EDT)

How many times?

"Again he has cheated death. A chance in a million has turned defeat into victory. How many more times, he wonders..." --Narration, ...The Harder They Die!
"Curse you, Optimus Prime! How many times? How many?!" --Megatron, Under Fire!
"How many, eh? HOw many have to die for you to get your jollies? HOW MANY?" --Ratchet, A Savage Circle
"How many times did we both die... only to live again? A vicious cycle from which there seemed no escape." --Optimus Prime, Tales of Earth, Part Four
"Curse you, Rodimus Prime -- how many times must I destroy you?" -- Galvatron, Rhythms of Darkness!

For your consideration --ItsWalky 05:18, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

Heh. I like the... insistence of the third one, put into context with the rest. But I'd still actually vote against this. It's just a little too generic - to my sensibilities, anyway. - Jackpot 06:25, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

I was wondering, which is why I didn't throw it in automatically. Let's see what other people think, and maybe someone can dig up more of these to solidify it. --ItsWalky 07:23, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

If we make it more specific and go with the "How many times? HOW MANY?" part, then I think we've got something. -- Dark T Zeratul 23:23, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

DEAD wrong!

"Urr...if you think we're beaten, Autobot -- you're dead wrong!" -- Bludgeon The Lesser Evil

Isn't 'dead wrong' a pretty common phrase?--MistaTee 15:56, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

Yes, but not as a pun roughly translating to "you are wrong, and you are also dead." I haven't read the story in question, but it sounds like that's what he's saying. Caswin 02:01, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

What do you think you're playing at?

"Uhn! Blast it, Backstreet! What're you playing at?" -- Dogfight, "Race with the Devil"
"Whaddaya think you're playing at, Inferno?" -- Broadside, "Survivors!"
"What do you think"
"you're playing at?" -- Doubleheader, "Whose Lifeforce Is It Anyway?"
"Hey! What are you playing at, Nightbeat?" -- Kup, "The Pri¢e of Life!"

Totally vouching for this one, it's one of my favorite Furmanisms. -hx 11:56, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

Furman may use this a lot, and he totally does, but I've been saying this all my life. It's a Britishism. I'm not a Brit, but I'm from Appalachia where we still use a lot of these older phrases...CleverThylacine (talk) 13:47, 14 January 2021 (EST)

No! You're dead!

"No! Y-you were dead... I killed you!" -- Thunderwing, "The Big Shutdown!"
"No! It - it can't be you... you're dead!" -- Ratchet, "Back from the Dead"
"No! I saw you die, felt your aura leave its mortal remains! You were no more!" -- Bludgeon, "End of the Road!"
"YOU did this... but you're DEAD!" -- Dreadwind, "Race with the Devil" (cover)
"No! It can't be you... you're dead!" -- Megatron, "Salvage!" (cover)
"Nooo! You're - you're dead... dead! I saw you die!" -- Megatron, "Salvage!"

Shattered Expectations

Should there be some mention here about the reverse Furmanisms in the Shattered Expectations April Fools comic pages? - Semysane 18:26, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

Yes. --ItsWalky 19:31, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

Power Beyond Measure

"Flee! Power beyond measure, this one has! His light--hurts!" --Demon, re: ActionMaster Grimlock
"I offer you dark secrets, whispers from the timelost past; power--BEYOND MEASURE!" --The Fallen

Okay, the last one isn't an exact quote, but the Furmanism was definitely carried over. And I'm naggingly sure I've heard it much more often than that....--Thylacine 2000 13:57, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

INTO ITS MAW

I know this has been used in several instances. Laserbeak thrown into Slag's maw in Dinobot Hunt!, Prime plunging the Matrix into Unicron's maw, that creature with the matrix energy in it's maw. Any others? --MistaTee 01:02, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

If we end up using it, it should be "ITS MAW", not "IT'S MAW". Possessive, not contraction. JW 01:36, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

Agreed. Made a typo. --MistaTee 01:58, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

Putting our own house in order

I believe this one has been said enough times to qualify as one.

Care to give us some examples, champ? Hooper_X 07:54, 13 April 2009 (EDT)

Well and truly...

I think this qualifies. Furman's been hitting it really hard recently. I think we should starting collecting them!--Nu-Priest 10:26, 21 May 2009 (EDT)

ROTF Movie adaptation

Got the ROTF Movie adaptation trade from Target the other day. There are no less than three Furmanisms in it, four if we decide to add "well and truly".

However, do you think we should wait to see if any of these lines are in the actual movie, and thus probably not originally not written by Furman? I doubt it, but I guess we should wait to see to be safe.

"Done"? I fear, Major Lennox...that it NEVER ends!"- Optimus Prime

"Hm. Don't recognize the make and model, but I know the form. Time I wasn't he- AAAARGHHH!"- Jetfire ALMOST gets it out

"This world and all on it...shall die SCREAMING."- The Fallen

--Nu-Priest 10:31, 21 May 2009 (EDT)

Not limited to just Furman?

In an issue of Anderson: Psi Judge (Posession, to be specific) from the Judge Dredd series, one of the characters used one of the popular Furmanisms. I checked, and the credits were by Alan Grant under the name R Clark. I'm not sure if this is worth a mention or not, and I'm not a contributor, so I'll just leave you guys with a link http://i25.tinypic.com/vql4is.png

Thanks for pointing that out. It does bring up something I've wondered about in the past: Where's the line between "Furmanism" and "British colloquialism"? Or should we care at all? - Jackpot 00:57, 23 August 2009 (EDT)

I'd say "well and truly" is a borderline case. It's just a popular idiom over here - 14,500,000 results from Google would seem to back this up - rather than a phrase Furman invented to make robots sound cool. Does that matter? Maybe, because I'm thinking that beyond the IDWverse, there's probably a million examples to be found in Marvel UK, if not Furman's US run. --Emvee 04:13, 4 September 2010 (EDT)

NO ONE GETS OUT ALIVE

"DECEPTICONS- Let's hear the call... NO ONE GETS OUT ALIVE!" --Headstrong. Stormbringer issue 4
"No Mercy!" "No Limits!" "No one... GETS OUT ALIVE!" --various Predacons. Transformers: Beast Wars: The Ascending #4
"That Said, However it goes... NO ONE gets out alive." -- Scorponok. Maximum Dinobots issue 3

No clue if this appears elsewhere, but it sounds like it should be a furmanism.--Tindalos 15:37, 4 October 2009 (EDT)

yeah, fairly certain i've heard this elsewhere too.--68.9.60.113 16:23, 4 October 2009 (EDT)

-- Just ran out!

"Predacons. Whatever period of grace we might've had -- just ran out!" --Bonecrusher. The Gathering issue 4

Ran across this, and I know I've heard something like it before. Going to start looking. --Xaaron 07:14, 24 December 2009 (EST)

Ooh, um, Gen 2 #9, if recall correctly too. On the very last page. --Nu-Priest 11:21, 24 December 2009 (EST)

Fall Damn you, FALL!

Seen said by Megatron in Armada Worlds Collide arc by Dreamwave in issue #16 and in One of the Beast Wars comics by IDW (I forget where I saw it now.) I also feel I've heard it somewhere else before..but I figured sense both were clearly by Furman, sounds like a Furmanism to me.--Chipmonk328

Eh, probably too generic. --Nu-Priest 07:45, 9 January 2010 (EST)

It's a reference to something, isn't it? (*feels stupid for not being able to recall off the top of her head*) Mowry uses it in TotF #6, too, and it sounds familiar somehow. --Jeysie 09:12, 9 January 2010 (EST)

Yeah....

"Out of the way, Hot Rod!"
"Fall! FALL!"
"I would've waited an eternity for this. It's over Prime."
"NEVER!"

Little familiar... --Xaaron 12:07, 9 January 2010 (EST)

Yeah, I remembered that bit, but I meant this specific variation I could swear got used outside of the comics, too. --Jeysie 12:26, 9 January 2010 (EST)

The Fall, Damn U Fall, was used by Magmatron to Grimlock in The Gathering issue 3 or 4. --MistaTee 15:34, 9 January 2010 (EST)

End of the Road!

End of the Road! (UK)
End of the Road! (US)
Cover of A Rage in Heaven!
Also, as noted on the UK page, he also used it for the last issue of Dragon's Claws.

Seems like Furman rather liked using that phrase whenever he had a finale, and considering half the characters turn into road vehicles, it's rather appropriate. --Fortress Minimus 16:53, 25 September 2010 (EDT)

He also used it in Devastation #3. It's apparently common enough that the LSotW paperback included a few references to it, in its rapid-fire Fisitronisms. --75.25.141.40 6:05, 28 June 2011 (EDT)

THE TRUE MEANING OF POWER

"It is time to educate you in the true meaning of power!

Galvatron, Out of Time! (Transformers #73)

"I will show Starscream, or whoever has control of the Warworld, the true meaning of power.

Jhiaxus, Dark Shadows! (Transformers: Generation 2 #11)

Jeff39042 05:18, 17 April 2011 (EDT)

Why?

Maybe its just that I didn't read much of the Marvel comic, but I don't really see the need for this page. Most of these are fairly standard pulp fiction cliches. "Reap the whirlwind" is even a Biblical quote! The only one that seems original to me is the "vast predatory bird". --Khajidha 14:00, 29 September 2011 (EDT)

Fans have had fun at the expense of these for years. Furman's acknowledged it in good fun. Seems important/notable enough for me. --Nu-Priest 21:07, 29 September 2011 (EDT)

Irrevocably!

I seem to recall the word 'irrevocably' being used a lot in Furman stories.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by [[User:{{{1}}}|{{{1}}}]] ([[User talk:{{{1}}}|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/{{{1}}}|contribs]]){{#if:| {{{2}}}|}}.

I think we should probably require more than one word in our Furmanisms. There's a fuzzy line somewhere between "amusing" and "petty." --ItsWalky 18:40, 22 October 2011 (EDT)

Got to-- SPOOM!

Where does "Got to-- SPOOM!" come from? It's referenced all over the wiki, but the links all point to the Furmanism page, and the only reference on the Furmanism page goes to Crossblades (G1), which just links back to Furmanism. Where did it originally come from? 92.15.171.251 08:39, 17 April 2012 (EDT)

It's a portmandeau of a "TIME I MADE A STAND" variant and a sound effect he used twice, where the sum of their parts recreates how Furman liked to kill folks in the middle of reacting to incoming bad guys. --ItsWalky 11:11, 17 April 2012 (EDT)

Ah, thanks.Flicky1991 17:07, 17 April 2012 (EDT)

other writers? SG versions? enough already?

Does the word Furmanism only refer to instances actually written by Simon Furman, with other writers' usages merely paying homage? Case in point: Dungeons & Dinobots is written by Trent Troop and Greg Sepelak, and has Carnivac (SG) saying "Come, villain! The Mayhem Suppression Squad has shown you its valor, can you not do more?"

Speaking of Shattered Glass, Furmanism#Notes notes that

In the "Shattered Expectations" April Fools comic, Goldbug uses a reverse Furmanism: "Once we have this secret technology the Decepticon insurgency will be FINISHED... OVER!" He later uses it (for real) in "Eye in the Sky". In later parts of the Shattered Glass universe, the Furmanisms begin getting not only flipped but fully mirrored.

Does that statement suffice for all SG Furmanismatics?

Does the Furmanism article have enough examples to illustrate the existence of the phenomenon, so not every example NEEDS to be listed?

--Rhymus (talk) 02:12, 4 February 2014 (EST)

AS FAST AS I DARE

"I'm already going as fast as I dare in these conditions!"

Doubleheader, Deadly Obsession

"I'm pushing it as fast as I dare right now!

Silverbolt, The Last Autobot?

"We're going as fast we dare. We've had too many setbacks to rush things right now."

Abraham Dante, Escalation #5

--Jeff39042 (talk) 05:34, 4 February 2014 (EST)

Eh, seems like too common an expression, not specific enough to Furman. --Nu-Priest (talk) 12:00, 4 February 2014 (EST)

Sheeagh

What the heck does that mean? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Skywarp Prime (talk • contribs){{#if:| {{{2}}}|}}.

It's just a death scream. Also, sign your posts. -- Cyberlink420 (talk) 19:59, 24 May 2019 (EDT)

Sorry about that.Skywarp Prime (talk) 12:38, 28 May 2019 (EDT)Skywarp Prime

DUMB ANIMALS

"Haw! It's come to something when Decepticon leaders start worrying about dumb animals!"

Ruckus, Deadly Obsession

"Hah! Look at them cringe and cower! Pathetic puddles of flesh! Humans--what a wholly forgettable form of life! Ironic then, that the key me winning the leadership of the Decepticons may well depend on one of these dumb animals!"

Starscream, The Human Factor!

--Jeff39042 (talk) 16:18, 28 January 2020 (EST)

Can you find any more examples? We typically prefer to have at least three or four before considering it for the list. -- Cyberlink420 (talk) 17:30, 28 January 2020 (EST)

Primal Furmanism

What Furmanism is Primal saying in that image? (AutoTrooper2801 (talk) 19:09, 8 October 2025 (EDT))

Nothing specific, but Furman did write that scene. It's just a generalized Furman thing for characters to dramatically monologue aloud. Nu-Priest (talk) 20:49, 8 October 2025 (EDT)