Transform-up
Transform-ups, alternately known as mode drills, are a military exercise drill. They involve the Transformer being forced to lie in a [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}prone position|{{#if:||prone position}}]] and rapidly transform to and from their alternate mode. Generally enforced en masse as a punishment for misbehaving Autobot boot camp cadets, it is similar in effect to [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}push-up|{{#if:||push-up}}]]s in humans. While normally a relatively minor form of punishment, they can become a quite harsh form of training under a particularly stern instructor.
Fiction
[edit]Animated cartoon
[edit]Bumblebee's annoyance of Sentinel Minor resulted in Sentinel forcing their class to undergo a LOT of transform-ups. Some bots weren't happy about this. Autoboot Camp
2005 IDW continuity
[edit]Roadbuster suffered through mode-drilling as a cadet. When he became an instructor, he made his own cadets mode-drill and under the toxic influence of Tarantulas, sometimes forced them to change forms so many times they died from the experience. Hubcap was one of the only survivors of Roadbuster's "training." Sins of the Wreckers #4