Editing Accent

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Some [[Transformer]]s speak the same language as their fellow warriors, but their words sound slightly different. Maybe they pronounce their vowels a little differently, maybe they put more stress on certain consonants, and maybe they pepper their sentences with strange expressions—whatever the case, that Transformer is said to have an '''accent'''. Sometimes possessing an accent can affect a Transformer's relationship with those around them in odd ways, though most often they're simply someone who just doesn't speak the same, and its something that goes unremarked upon.

==Fiction==
===''Cybertron''===
The residents of [[Nebulos|Nebulon]] had an accent closely resembling that of [[Australia]]. [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] spent some time there, and picked up the local accent, retaining it when he returned to fight alongside the other [[Autobot]]s. {{storylink|Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire's Cyber Key Code text}}

===''Bot Shots''===
[[Bot Shots (franchise)|Bot Shots]] such as [[Skyquake (Prime)|Skyquake]] who lived on the far side of the [[Rust Sea|Sea of Rust]] spoke with a slightly different accent. As a result, Skyquake sometimes mistakenly thought his comrades were making fun of him. {{storylink|Skyquake (Prime)|Skyquake's online bio}}

===2005 IDW continuity===
Transformers from [[Tarn (polity)|Tarn]] have an identifiable accent. Because [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]] came from there, anyone with a Tarnian accent was seen as suspicious during the [[Clampdown (event)|Clampdown]]. {{storylink|Shadowplay, Part 1: Post Hoc|Post Hoc}}

[[Cyclonus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Cyclonus]] has a thick [[Tetrahex]]ian accent. Singing in [[Cybertronian language#2005 IDW continuity|Old Cybertronian]] with a thick Tetrahexian accent sounds like screaming to non-Tetrahexians. {{storylink|Cybertronian Homesick Blues}}

[[Brainstorm (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Brainstorm]] pronounced the word "[[Quintessa (IDW)|Necrotitan]]" as "Knee-cro-titan" {{storylink|The Becoming: Dark Cybertron Chapter 10|The Becoming}} and is unable to distinguish between the pronunciation of the words "[[Mobile Anti-Assault Battlesuit|M.A.A.B.s]]" and "[[Mobile Autobot Repair Bay|M.A.R.B.s]]", implying he had an accent resembling British. {{storylink|Remain in Light 1 of 5: The Fecund Moon|The Fecund Moon}}

===''Rescue Bots'' cartoon===
At one point [[Cody Burns]] and [[Ezra Greene|Doc Greene]] asked [[Quickshadow]], a bot with a British accent and a British car for a vehicle mode, to open her trunk. She was very confused until she realized they meant her boot. {{storylink|Plus One (RB)|Plus One}}

===''The Last Knight'' film===
[[Hot Rod (DOTM)|Hot Rod]] had a French accent. To his chagrin, he was unable to remove it. {{storylink|Transformers: The Last Knight (film)|The Last Knight}}

==Notes==
*Typically in ''Transformers'' fiction involving voice work, the vast majority of characters speak with what could be described as a generic American accent, however there are a plethora of examples across different continuities of Transformers who speak with strong accents that are similar or identical to other human accents. There are several reasons this is done.
**In a show where thirty different robot characters have speaking lines, a memorable accent or [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|vocal quirk]] helps distinguish between "[[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|the red jet guy]]", "[[Thundercracker (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|the blue jet guy]]", and "[[Ramjet (G1)|the grey jet guy]]".
**For better or worse, these stereotypical presentations help give audiences a "mental image" of the character—[[Beachcomber (G1)|the guy who talks like a beatnik]] is probably laid-back, relaxed, and totally cool.  The [[Ironhide (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|guy with the slow drawl]] is a rough and tumble cowboy who doesn't particularly cotton to all that fancy business, pardner. Accents, in this context, provide a sort of "cultural shorthand," which is not even limited to Western audiences—Japanese audiences have their own cliched stereotypes as well.
**Some voice actors play multiple characters within the same series, and adding various accents helps distinguish between them. Having two characters who sound essentially similar, save that one is "[[Outback (G1)|Australian]]" and one is "[[Bumblebee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|American]]" allows a voice actor to play multiple roles discreetly.
**Occasionally a voice actor will simply bring their own accent to a role.
*Most continuities do not explicitly point out how or when the Transformers learned to speak the dominant native language upon coming to [[Earth]], and indeed will often have scenes—particularly flashbacks—which depict them speaking Earthly languages with their individual accents while still on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], before encountering humans. If one takes these scenes somewhat literally, it would indicate that these accents or some kind of approximations (although probably not the language itself) are somehow native to Cybertron—after all, [[Doctor|lots of planets have a "north"]].
*As placing a particular accent can often vary depending on the ear of the listener and other factors, we have opted not to detail every instance of a Transformer sporting anything other than a generic American accent, unless it is story-relevant or otherwise called out by the fiction.

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