Talk:Dinobot II - Revision history

Boingus at 06:38, 19 December 2025

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	--[[User:Thylacine 2000\|Thylacine 2000]] ([[User talk:Thylacine 2000\|talk]]) 16:31, 31 July 2024 (EDT)		--[[User:Thylacine 2000\|Thylacine 2000]] ([[User talk:Thylacine 2000\|talk]]) 16:31, 31 July 2024 (EDT)
	:And both the Dreamwave and IDW ones were never actually diagetic, either. The in-story dialogue in the Dreamwave story, and the profile text in the IDW Sourcebook, only ever called him "Dinobot". The "2" came from an out-of-universe summary description, while the "II" was used in a page title to distinguish the TM2 clone from his namesake in the same manner that the eagle Silverbolt was distinguished from the Fuzor as "Silverbolt II", and how the BWII Magnaboss was distinguished from the original version as "Magnaboss II". And in the Index section of the Sourcebook's omnibus release, all of them were labeled as "Dinobot (II)", "Silverbolt (II)", and "Magnaboss (II)", further indicating that the "II" was merely used for encyclopedic organizational purposes in the book and was not actually part of these characters' in-universe names. --[[User:Sabrblade\|Sabrblade]] ([[User talk:Sabrblade\|talk]]) 17:30, 31 July 2024 (EDT)		:And both the Dreamwave and IDW ones were never actually diagetic, either. The in-story dialogue in the Dreamwave story, and the profile text in the IDW Sourcebook, only ever called him "Dinobot". The "2" came from an out-of-universe summary description, while the "II" was used in a page title to distinguish the TM2 clone from his namesake in the same manner that the eagle Silverbolt was distinguished from the Fuzor as "Silverbolt II", and how the BWII Magnaboss was distinguished from the original version as "Magnaboss II". And in the Index section of the Sourcebook's omnibus release, all of them were labeled as "Dinobot (II)", "Silverbolt (II)", and "Magnaboss (II)", further indicating that the "II" was merely used for encyclopedic organizational purposes in the book and was not actually part of these characters' in-universe names. --[[User:Sabrblade\|Sabrblade]] ([[User talk:Sabrblade\|talk]]) 17:30, 31 July 2024 (EDT)
	::Wanted to revive this since we're coming up on 2 years of the move template being added. ~~Don~~'t ~~really~~ feel that strongly about it but I am pro-~~moving~~ to "Dinobot (TM2)". [[User:Boingus\|--Boingus]] ([[User talk:Boingus\|talk]]) 01:24, 19 December 2025 (EST)		::Wanted to revive this since we're coming up on 2 years of the move template being added. To be honest, I don't feel that strongly about it, but generally I'm pro-move to "Dinobot (TM2)", since I prefer in-universe names, and in real life, Dinobot 2/II wasn't used til many years after the cartoon. Also we have [[Prowl (TM2)]] so (TM2) isn't new ground or anything. [[User:Boingus\|--Boingus]] ([[User talk:Boingus\|talk]]) 01:38, 19 December 2025 (EST)

Boingus at 06:24, 19 December 2025

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	--[[User:Thylacine 2000\|Thylacine 2000]] ([[User talk:Thylacine 2000\|talk]]) 16:31, 31 July 2024 (EDT)		--[[User:Thylacine 2000\|Thylacine 2000]] ([[User talk:Thylacine 2000\|talk]]) 16:31, 31 July 2024 (EDT)
	:And both the Dreamwave and IDW ones were never actually diagetic, either. The in-story dialogue in the Dreamwave story, and the profile text in the IDW Sourcebook, only ever called him "Dinobot". The "2" came from an out-of-universe summary description, while the "II" was used in a page title to distinguish the TM2 clone from his namesake in the same manner that the eagle Silverbolt was distinguished from the Fuzor as "Silverbolt II", and how the BWII Magnaboss was distinguished from the original version as "Magnaboss II". And in the Index section of the Sourcebook's omnibus release, all of them were labeled as "Dinobot (II)", "Silverbolt (II)", and "Magnaboss (II)", further indicating that the "II" was merely used for encyclopedic organizational purposes in the book and was not actually part of these characters' in-universe names. --[[User:Sabrblade\|Sabrblade]] ([[User talk:Sabrblade\|talk]]) 17:30, 31 July 2024 (EDT)		:And both the Dreamwave and IDW ones were never actually diagetic, either. The in-story dialogue in the Dreamwave story, and the profile text in the IDW Sourcebook, only ever called him "Dinobot". The "2" came from an out-of-universe summary description, while the "II" was used in a page title to distinguish the TM2 clone from his namesake in the same manner that the eagle Silverbolt was distinguished from the Fuzor as "Silverbolt II", and how the BWII Magnaboss was distinguished from the original version as "Magnaboss II". And in the Index section of the Sourcebook's omnibus release, all of them were labeled as "Dinobot (II)", "Silverbolt (II)", and "Magnaboss (II)", further indicating that the "II" was merely used for encyclopedic organizational purposes in the book and was not actually part of these characters' in-universe names. --[[User:Sabrblade\|Sabrblade]] ([[User talk:Sabrblade\|talk]]) 17:30, 31 July 2024 (EDT)
			::Wanted to revive this since we're coming up on 2 years of the move template being added. Don't really feel that strongly about it but I am pro-moving to "Dinobot (TM2)". [[User:Boingus\|--Boingus]] ([[User talk:Boingus\|talk]]) 01:24, 19 December 2025 (EST)

Sabrblade: /* Naming options */

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	Earth Wars = "Dinobot II"<br>		Earth Wars = "Dinobot II"<br>
	--[[User:Thylacine 2000\|Thylacine 2000]] ([[User talk:Thylacine 2000\|talk]]) 16:31, 31 July 2024 (EDT)		--[[User:Thylacine 2000\|Thylacine 2000]] ([[User talk:Thylacine 2000\|talk]]) 16:31, 31 July 2024 (EDT)
			:And both the Dreamwave and IDW ones were never actually diagetic, either. The in-story dialogue in the Dreamwave story, and the profile text in the IDW Sourcebook, only ever called him "Dinobot". The "2" came from an out-of-universe summary description, while the "II" was used in a page title to distinguish the TM2 clone from his namesake in the same manner that the eagle Silverbolt was distinguished from the Fuzor as "Silverbolt II", and how the BWII Magnaboss was distinguished from the original version as "Magnaboss II". And in the Index section of the Sourcebook's omnibus release, all of them were labeled as "Dinobot (II)", "Silverbolt (II)", and "Magnaboss (II)", further indicating that the "II" was merely used for encyclopedic organizational purposes in the book and was not actually part of these characters' in-universe names. --[[User:Sabrblade\|Sabrblade]] ([[User talk:Sabrblade\|talk]]) 17:30, 31 July 2024 (EDT)

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	==Naming options==		==Naming options==
	Compiling from the Community Portal archive:		Compiling from the Community Portal archive:<br>
	Toyline/toy packaging/bio = "Dinobot"
	BW cartoon = "Dinobot"		Toyline/toy packaging/bio = "Dinobot"<br>
	3H comics = "Dinobot"		BW cartoon = "Dinobot"<br>
	BW Universe = "TM2 Dinobot"		3H comics = "Dinobot"<br>
	BC02 postcards = "Dinobot (Transmetal 2)"		BW Universe = "TM2 Dinobot"<br>
	Dreamwave = "Dinobot 2"		BC02 postcards = "Dinobot (Transmetal 2)"<br>
	IDW BW 2006 = "Dinobot II"		Dreamwave = "Dinobot 2"<br>
	Battle Tactics = "Dinobot Transmetal II"		IDW BW 2006 = "Dinobot II"<br>
	Earth Wars = "Dinobot II"		Battle Tactics = "Dinobot Transmetal II"<br>
			Earth Wars = "Dinobot II"<br>
	--[[User:Thylacine 2000\|Thylacine 2000]] ([[User talk:Thylacine 2000\|talk]]) 16:31, 31 July 2024 (EDT)		--[[User:Thylacine 2000\|Thylacine 2000]] ([[User talk:Thylacine 2000\|talk]]) 16:31, 31 July 2024 (EDT)

Thylacine 2000 at 20:31, 31 July 2024

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	::::Uh, DTZ, you DID notice that this conversation started almost a DECADE ago? And, after the first day, wasn't replied to for OVER A YEAR. Said reply itself being over EIGHT years old by now. --[[User:Khajidha\|Khajidha]] ([[User talk:Khajidha\|talk]]) 20:53, 28 October 2015 (EDT)		::::Uh, DTZ, you DID notice that this conversation started almost a DECADE ago? And, after the first day, wasn't replied to for OVER A YEAR. Said reply itself being over EIGHT years old by now. --[[User:Khajidha\|Khajidha]] ([[User talk:Khajidha\|talk]]) 20:53, 28 October 2015 (EDT)
	:::::...Whoops, that's my bad. I saw it pop up in the recent changes (turns out someone had added something and then subsequently removed it), but didn't pay attention to the dates in the Talk page itself. -- [[User:Dark T Zeratul\|Dark T Zeratul]] ([[User talk:Dark T Zeratul\|talk]]) 17:46, 29 October 2015 (EDT)		:::::...Whoops, that's my bad. I saw it pop up in the recent changes (turns out someone had added something and then subsequently removed it), but didn't pay attention to the dates in the Talk page itself. -- [[User:Dark T Zeratul\|Dark T Zeratul]] ([[User talk:Dark T Zeratul\|talk]]) 17:46, 29 October 2015 (EDT)

			==Naming options==
			Compiling from the Community Portal archive:
			Toyline/toy packaging/bio = "Dinobot"
			BW cartoon = "Dinobot"
			3H comics = "Dinobot"
			BW Universe = "TM2 Dinobot"
			BC02 postcards = "Dinobot (Transmetal 2)"
			Dreamwave = "Dinobot 2"
			IDW BW 2006 = "Dinobot II"
			Battle Tactics = "Dinobot Transmetal II"
			Earth Wars = "Dinobot II"
			--[[User:Thylacine 2000\|Thylacine 2000]] ([[User talk:Thylacine 2000\|talk]]) 16:31, 31 July 2024 (EDT)

Saix: Saix moved page Talk:Dinobot (TM2) to Talk:Dinobot II over redirect: Wasn't any real discussion regarding this

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Saix moved page Talk:Dinobot (TM2) to Talk:Dinobot II over redirect: Wasn't any real discussion regarding this

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Mr.Robotics: Mr.Robotics moved page Talk:Dinobot II to Talk:Dinobot (TM2)

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Mr.Robotics moved page Talk:Dinobot II to Talk:Dinobot (TM2)

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Dark T Zeratul at 21:46, 29 October 2015

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	:::Since <nowiki>[[Dinobot 2]]</nowiki> already just redirects to this page, we probably don't even need the (BW). -- [[User:Dark T Zeratul\|Dark T Zeratul]] ([[User talk:Dark T Zeratul\|talk]]) 19:47, 28 October 2015 (EDT)		:::Since <nowiki>[[Dinobot 2]]</nowiki> already just redirects to this page, we probably don't even need the (BW). -- [[User:Dark T Zeratul\|Dark T Zeratul]] ([[User talk:Dark T Zeratul\|talk]]) 19:47, 28 October 2015 (EDT)
	::::Uh, DTZ, you DID notice that this conversation started almost a DECADE ago? And, after the first day, wasn't replied to for OVER A YEAR. Said reply itself being over EIGHT years old by now. --[[User:Khajidha\|Khajidha]] ([[User talk:Khajidha\|talk]]) 20:53, 28 October 2015 (EDT)		::::Uh, DTZ, you DID notice that this conversation started almost a DECADE ago? And, after the first day, wasn't replied to for OVER A YEAR. Said reply itself being over EIGHT years old by now. --[[User:Khajidha\|Khajidha]] ([[User talk:Khajidha\|talk]]) 20:53, 28 October 2015 (EDT)
			:::::...Whoops, that's my bad. I saw it pop up in the recent changes (turns out someone had added something and then subsequently removed it), but didn't pay attention to the dates in the Talk page itself. -- [[User:Dark T Zeratul\|Dark T Zeratul]] ([[User talk:Dark T Zeratul\|talk]]) 17:46, 29 October 2015 (EDT)

Khajidha at 00:53, 29 October 2015

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	::I'll agree. Also, does anyone else find his figure's weapon hard to peg to his hand? --[[User:King Starscream\|King Starscream]] 13:51, 14 June 2007 (UTC)		::I'll agree. Also, does anyone else find his figure's weapon hard to peg to his hand? --[[User:King Starscream\|King Starscream]] 13:51, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
	:::Since <nowiki>[[Dinobot 2]]</nowiki> already just redirects to this page, we probably don't even need the (BW). -- [[User:Dark T Zeratul\|Dark T Zeratul]] ([[User talk:Dark T Zeratul\|talk]]) 19:47, 28 October 2015 (EDT)		:::Since <nowiki>[[Dinobot 2]]</nowiki> already just redirects to this page, we probably don't even need the (BW). -- [[User:Dark T Zeratul\|Dark T Zeratul]] ([[User talk:Dark T Zeratul\|talk]]) 19:47, 28 October 2015 (EDT)
			::::Uh, DTZ, you DID notice that this conversation started almost a DECADE ago? And, after the first day, wasn't replied to for OVER A YEAR. Said reply itself being over EIGHT years old by now. --[[User:Khajidha\|Khajidha]] ([[User talk:Khajidha\|talk]]) 20:53, 28 October 2015 (EDT)

Dark T Zeratul at 23:47, 28 October 2015

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	::I'll agree. Also, does anyone else find his figure's weapon hard to peg to his hand? --[[User:King Starscream\|King Starscream]] 13:51, 14 June 2007 (UTC)		::I'll agree. Also, does anyone else find his figure's weapon hard to peg to his hand? --[[User:King Starscream\|King Starscream]] 13:51, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
			:::Since <nowiki>[[Dinobot 2]]</nowiki> already just redirects to this page, we probably don't even need the (BW). -- [[User:Dark T Zeratul\|Dark T Zeratul]] ([[User talk:Dark T Zeratul\|talk]]) 19:47, 28 October 2015 (EDT)

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	--[[User:Thylacine 2000\|Thylacine 2000]] ([[User talk:Thylacine 2000\|talk]]) 16:31, 31 July 2024 (EDT)		--[[User:Thylacine 2000\|Thylacine 2000]] ([[User talk:Thylacine 2000\|talk]]) 16:31, 31 July 2024 (EDT)
	:And both the Dreamwave and IDW ones were never actually diagetic, either. The in-story dialogue in the Dreamwave story, and the profile text in the IDW Sourcebook, only ever called him "Dinobot". The "2" came from an out-of-universe summary description, while the "II" was used in a page title to distinguish the TM2 clone from his namesake in the same manner that the eagle Silverbolt was distinguished from the Fuzor as "Silverbolt II", and how the BWII Magnaboss was distinguished from the original version as "Magnaboss II". And in the Index section of the Sourcebook's omnibus release, all of them were labeled as "Dinobot (II)", "Silverbolt (II)", and "Magnaboss (II)", further indicating that the "II" was merely used for encyclopedic organizational purposes in the book and was not actually part of these characters' in-universe names. --[[User:Sabrblade\|Sabrblade]] ([[User talk:Sabrblade\|talk]]) 17:30, 31 July 2024 (EDT)		:And both the Dreamwave and IDW ones were never actually diagetic, either. The in-story dialogue in the Dreamwave story, and the profile text in the IDW Sourcebook, only ever called him "Dinobot". The "2" came from an out-of-universe summary description, while the "II" was used in a page title to distinguish the TM2 clone from his namesake in the same manner that the eagle Silverbolt was distinguished from the Fuzor as "Silverbolt II", and how the BWII Magnaboss was distinguished from the original version as "Magnaboss II". And in the Index section of the Sourcebook's omnibus release, all of them were labeled as "Dinobot (II)", "Silverbolt (II)", and "Magnaboss (II)", further indicating that the "II" was merely used for encyclopedic organizational purposes in the book and was not actually part of these characters' in-universe names. --[[User:Sabrblade\|Sabrblade]] ([[User talk:Sabrblade\|talk]]) 17:30, 31 July 2024 (EDT)
	::Wanted to revive this since we're coming up on 2 years of the move template being added. ~~Don~~'t ~~really~~ feel that strongly about it but I am pro-~~moving~~ to "Dinobot (TM2)". [[User:Boingus\|--Boingus]] ([[User talk:Boingus\|talk]]) 01:24, 19 December 2025 (EST)		::Wanted to revive this since we're coming up on 2 years of the move template being added. To be honest, I don't feel that strongly about it, but generally I'm pro-move to "Dinobot (TM2)", since I prefer in-universe names, and in real life, Dinobot 2/II wasn't used til many years after the cartoon. Also we have [[Prowl (TM2)]] so (TM2) isn't new ground or anything. [[User:Boingus\|--Boingus]] ([[User talk:Boingus\|talk]]) 01:38, 19 December 2025 (EST)

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	--[[User:Thylacine 2000\|Thylacine 2000]] ([[User talk:Thylacine 2000\|talk]]) 16:31, 31 July 2024 (EDT)		--[[User:Thylacine 2000\|Thylacine 2000]] ([[User talk:Thylacine 2000\|talk]]) 16:31, 31 July 2024 (EDT)
	:And both the Dreamwave and IDW ones were never actually diagetic, either. The in-story dialogue in the Dreamwave story, and the profile text in the IDW Sourcebook, only ever called him "Dinobot". The "2" came from an out-of-universe summary description, while the "II" was used in a page title to distinguish the TM2 clone from his namesake in the same manner that the eagle Silverbolt was distinguished from the Fuzor as "Silverbolt II", and how the BWII Magnaboss was distinguished from the original version as "Magnaboss II". And in the Index section of the Sourcebook's omnibus release, all of them were labeled as "Dinobot (II)", "Silverbolt (II)", and "Magnaboss (II)", further indicating that the "II" was merely used for encyclopedic organizational purposes in the book and was not actually part of these characters' in-universe names. --[[User:Sabrblade\|Sabrblade]] ([[User talk:Sabrblade\|talk]]) 17:30, 31 July 2024 (EDT)		:And both the Dreamwave and IDW ones were never actually diagetic, either. The in-story dialogue in the Dreamwave story, and the profile text in the IDW Sourcebook, only ever called him "Dinobot". The "2" came from an out-of-universe summary description, while the "II" was used in a page title to distinguish the TM2 clone from his namesake in the same manner that the eagle Silverbolt was distinguished from the Fuzor as "Silverbolt II", and how the BWII Magnaboss was distinguished from the original version as "Magnaboss II". And in the Index section of the Sourcebook's omnibus release, all of them were labeled as "Dinobot (II)", "Silverbolt (II)", and "Magnaboss (II)", further indicating that the "II" was merely used for encyclopedic organizational purposes in the book and was not actually part of these characters' in-universe names. --[[User:Sabrblade\|Sabrblade]] ([[User talk:Sabrblade\|talk]]) 17:30, 31 July 2024 (EDT)
			::Wanted to revive this since we're coming up on 2 years of the move template being added. Don't really feel that strongly about it but I am pro-moving to "Dinobot (TM2)". [[User:Boingus\|--Boingus]] ([[User talk:Boingus\|talk]]) 01:24, 19 December 2025 (EST)

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	:::Since <nowiki>[[Dinobot 2]]</nowiki> already just redirects to this page, we probably don't even need the (BW). -- [[User:Dark T Zeratul\|Dark T Zeratul]] ([[User talk:Dark T Zeratul\|talk]]) 19:47, 28 October 2015 (EDT)		:::Since <nowiki>[[Dinobot 2]]</nowiki> already just redirects to this page, we probably don't even need the (BW). -- [[User:Dark T Zeratul\|Dark T Zeratul]] ([[User talk:Dark T Zeratul\|talk]]) 19:47, 28 October 2015 (EDT)
	::::Uh, DTZ, you DID notice that this conversation started almost a DECADE ago? And, after the first day, wasn't replied to for OVER A YEAR. Said reply itself being over EIGHT years old by now. --[[User:Khajidha\|Khajidha]] ([[User talk:Khajidha\|talk]]) 20:53, 28 October 2015 (EDT)		::::Uh, DTZ, you DID notice that this conversation started almost a DECADE ago? And, after the first day, wasn't replied to for OVER A YEAR. Said reply itself being over EIGHT years old by now. --[[User:Khajidha\|Khajidha]] ([[User talk:Khajidha\|talk]]) 20:53, 28 October 2015 (EDT)
			:::::...Whoops, that's my bad. I saw it pop up in the recent changes (turns out someone had added something and then subsequently removed it), but didn't pay attention to the dates in the Talk page itself. -- [[User:Dark T Zeratul\|Dark T Zeratul]] ([[User talk:Dark T Zeratul\|talk]]) 17:46, 29 October 2015 (EDT)

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	::I'll agree. Also, does anyone else find his figure's weapon hard to peg to his hand? --[[User:King Starscream\|King Starscream]] 13:51, 14 June 2007 (UTC)		::I'll agree. Also, does anyone else find his figure's weapon hard to peg to his hand? --[[User:King Starscream\|King Starscream]] 13:51, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
	:::Since <nowiki>[[Dinobot 2]]</nowiki> already just redirects to this page, we probably don't even need the (BW). -- [[User:Dark T Zeratul\|Dark T Zeratul]] ([[User talk:Dark T Zeratul\|talk]]) 19:47, 28 October 2015 (EDT)		:::Since <nowiki>[[Dinobot 2]]</nowiki> already just redirects to this page, we probably don't even need the (BW). -- [[User:Dark T Zeratul\|Dark T Zeratul]] ([[User talk:Dark T Zeratul\|talk]]) 19:47, 28 October 2015 (EDT)
			::::Uh, DTZ, you DID notice that this conversation started almost a DECADE ago? And, after the first day, wasn't replied to for OVER A YEAR. Said reply itself being over EIGHT years old by now. --[[User:Khajidha\|Khajidha]] ([[User talk:Khajidha\|talk]]) 20:53, 28 October 2015 (EDT)