Triple Combination: Transformers Go! (franchise)

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Triple Combination: Transformers Go! (参乗合体 トランスフォーマーGo (ゴウ)! Sanjō Gattai Toransufōmā Gō!) is a TakaraTomy franchise launched in 2013.

It is a sequel to Transformers: Prime, with the story set after the events of the second season of the Prime cartoon, willfully ignoring the events of the third season (which, to date, has not been released in Japan), stemming instead from a truncated cliffhanger created specifically for the final episode of the Japanese dub of Prime, which left everyone's fate ambiguous instead of ending on the Decepticons' victory from the English version. Go! primarily follows two new Japanese-exclusive teams of Autobot combiners called Swordbots, three bots per team, who can each combine into three different forms of super-robot. These six warriors are tasked with hunting down the remaining Predacons on Earth after Optimus Prime and company have headed off into deep space.

Overview

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The backstory for the series was set up in a prologue described in the Triple Combination: Transformers Go! Visual Story Book, as well as in a video advert that introduced the first wave of Go! toys.<ref>Transformers GO! Toy introduction! PV</ref> Prior to the series' beginning, the Autobots and Decepticons had shifted their battles away from Earth into outer space. The Decepticon Shockwave had created an army of a new faction called Predacons, who then broke away from the Decepticons and scattered across the universe by the hundreds. In response to this, the Autobots and Decepticons both used Preda-Armor to upgrade their bodies into a new form called Hunter Mode. Then, a group of Predacons led by the Demon Emperor Dragotron began invading various planets until finally reaching Earth. The Autobots and Decepticons followed them back to Earth and, after a fierce battle, they worked together to successfully seal away Dragotron deep underground, using the power of a Legendisc. Afterwards, Optimus Prime and his Autobots departed Earth once more to hunt down the remaining Predacons throughout the universe. But if any Predacons were ever to resurface on Earth, Optimus had entrusted two teams of Autobot combiners called Swordbots to deal with them. By the series' beginning, that day has come, as the Predacons reawaken with the goal of reviving their master, Dragotron. In response, the Swordbot Samurai and Shinobi teams leap into action.

Franchise elements

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Notes

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Translation notes

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TFWIKI's English translation for Sanjō Gattai Toransufōmā Gō! is purposefully simple and utilitarian, as the title is full of that kind of mostly-untranslatable wordplay Japan loves, largely centered around the series's "feudal Japan" theme.

  • Sanjō, using different kanji (参上), is also a phrase meaning roughly "I am here!", a dramatic pronouncement often used in samurai-period pieces.
  • The 参 "san" used is a more formal kanji for "three", typically used in legal documents, than the commonplace "三". Think of it as writing with an accent.
  • "Sanjō" can also mean "to the third power" 三乗, but within the specific context of the series's "gattai" ("combination"), that's a bit... obtuse, as the three-bot teams can only combine three ways. But it does invoke power, doesn't it?
  • While "GO!" is presented in English lettering because it's a powerful, positive-sounding English word that sounds cool and actiony, "gō" has quite a few meanings in Japanese depending on the kanji used. "合" can mean "merge/unite/combine", while "剛" can mean "strong/hard/manly".

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