User:AzimuthAcolyte/Sandbox/Sideways (ambiguation) - Revision history

Saix: clean up, replaced: ''Ask Vector Prime'' → Ask Vector Prime, ''Ask Vector Prime'' → Ask Vector Prime (2)

2023-04-25T04:13:21Z

clean up, replaced: ''Ask Vector Prime'' → Ask Vector Prime, ''Ask Vector Prime'' → Ask Vector Prime (2)

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	It was misinformation surrounding the 2004 Japan-only ''[[Robotmasters (franchise)\|Robotmasters]]'' franchise that kicked this idea into overdrive. In Japan, the Sideways/Axer two-pack had been imported unchanged as a "[[USA Edition]]" release, while the Sideways from ''Armada'' (known in Japan as ''Legends of the Microns'') was called "Double Face"—the [[Sideways (RM)\|''Robotmasters'' Double Face]] toy was named, colored, and described in bio in homage to this character. This alone would not imply them to be the exact same individual, but at the time fans understood the ''Robotmasters'' story to be about Transformers converging from various time periods ''and dimensions'', not unlike the contemporaneous ''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 toyline)\|Universe]]'' series—when in truth, it's only time travel taking place within the [[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity\|main Japanese continuity]]. Cementing this idea was a claim that the ''Robotmasters'' website had included a note declaring Double Face's first toy to be the earlier imported ''Robots in Disguise'' Sideways figure—a claim that, years later, would be found to be totally spurious, with no evidence of such a note ever having existed.		It was misinformation surrounding the 2004 Japan-only ''[[Robotmasters (franchise)\|Robotmasters]]'' franchise that kicked this idea into overdrive. In Japan, the Sideways/Axer two-pack had been imported unchanged as a "[[USA Edition]]" release, while the Sideways from ''Armada'' (known in Japan as ''Legends of the Microns'') was called "Double Face"—the [[Sideways (RM)\|''Robotmasters'' Double Face]] toy was named, colored, and described in bio in homage to this character. This alone would not imply them to be the exact same individual, but at the time fans understood the ''Robotmasters'' story to be about Transformers converging from various time periods ''and dimensions'', not unlike the contemporaneous ''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 toyline)\|Universe]]'' series—when in truth, it's only time travel taking place within the [[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity\|main Japanese continuity]]. Cementing this idea was a claim that the ''Robotmasters'' website had included a note declaring Double Face's first toy to be the earlier imported ''Robots in Disguise'' Sideways figure—a claim that, years later, would be found to be totally spurious, with no evidence of such a note ever having existed.

	Sideways subsequently appeared in the 2005 ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (franchise)\|Cybertron]]'' franchise, intended by Hasbro to be the same faction-swapping character from ''Armada'' (a fact cemented by supplemental material like ''[[Ask Vector Prime]]''). This idea was dropped in Japan, where he was again given an entirely different new name, "Noisemaze", with the cartoon—which was created to be separate from ''Armada'' and ''[[Transformers: Energon (cartoon)\| Energon]]''—treating him as a new character.		Sideways subsequently appeared in the 2005 ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (franchise)\|Cybertron]]'' franchise, intended by Hasbro to be the same faction-swapping character from ''Armada'' (a fact cemented by supplemental material like [[Ask Vector Prime]]). This idea was dropped in Japan, where he was again given an entirely different new name, "Noisemaze", with the cartoon—which was created to be separate from ''Armada'' and ''[[Transformers: Energon (cartoon)\|Energon]]''—treating him as a new character.

	In the 2009 movie ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)\| Revenge of the Fallen]]'', a character called [[Sideways (ROTF)\|Sideways]] appeared, with absolutely nothing else connecting him to any prior Sidewayses. However, riffing on the by-then-common fandom perception of the character, 2011's ''[[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II\|The Allspark Almanac II]]'' cheekily presented an ''[[Transformers Animated (franchise)\|Animated]]'' "[[Sideways (Animated)\|Land General Sideways]]" whose design combined aspects of the ''Armada'', ''Cybertron'' and ''Revenge of the Fallen'' characters, explicitly described as hailing from another dimension and implied to go on to become ''Revenge of the Fallen'' Sideways. Hidden ''Ask Vector Prime'' text in the Almanac's 2015 compilation successor ''[[Transformers Animated: The Complete AllSpark Almanac\|The Complete Allspark Almanac]]'' would go on to explicitly state that, while not all incarnations of Sideways are the same exact character, ''all'' prior incarnations of Sideways were dimensional travelers who had crossed between multiple [[Universal stream\|universal clusters]].		In the 2009 movie ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)\|Revenge of the Fallen]]'', a character called [[Sideways (ROTF)\|Sideways]] appeared, with absolutely nothing else connecting him to any prior Sidewayses. However, riffing on the by-then-common fandom perception of the character, 2011's ''[[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II\|The Allspark Almanac II]]'' cheekily presented an ''[[Transformers Animated (franchise)\|Animated]]'' "[[Sideways (Animated)\|Land General Sideways]]" whose design combined aspects of the ''Armada'', ''Cybertron'' and ''Revenge of the Fallen'' characters, explicitly described as hailing from another dimension and implied to go on to become ''Revenge of the Fallen'' Sideways. Hidden Ask Vector Prime text in the Almanac's 2015 compilation successor ''[[Transformers Animated: The Complete AllSpark Almanac\|The Complete Allspark Almanac]]'' would go on to explicitly state that, while not all incarnations of Sideways are the same exact character, ''all'' prior incarnations of Sideways were dimensional travelers who had crossed between multiple [[Universal stream\|universal clusters]].

	Of course, if all that seems confusing, it's nothing compared to the subsequent [[Ask Vector Prime#Facebook\|Facebook-based ''Ask Vector Prime'' feature]]. Helmed by ''Almanac'' author [[Jim Sorenson]], the online column was for a time taken over by Sideways himself, sporting the ''Revenge of the Fallen'' character's design and a goofy, snarky personality similar to that of ''Cybertron'' Sideways. This Sideways claimed to have been the one behind pretty much every instance of the character seen in the past, as well as many, many other events and disasters across the multiverse—however, in a depiction that seems even more fitting in retrospect, he was a self-admitted liar who seemingly took delight in confusing and frustrating everyone.		Of course, if all that seems confusing, it's nothing compared to the subsequent [[Ask Vector Prime#Facebook\|Facebook-based Ask Vector Prime feature]]. Helmed by ''Almanac'' author [[Jim Sorenson]], the online column was for a time taken over by Sideways himself, sporting the ''Revenge of the Fallen'' character's design and a goofy, snarky personality similar to that of ''Cybertron'' Sideways. This Sideways claimed to have been the one behind pretty much every instance of the character seen in the past, as well as many, many other events and disasters across the multiverse—however, in a depiction that seems even more fitting in retrospect, he was a self-admitted liar who seemingly took delight in confusing and frustrating everyone.

	Given the ambiguity that results from a mixture of retcons and unreliable narrators, and the potentially enormous user-unfriendliness of [[#The Complete AllSpark Almanac\|sticking strictly to the "canon" versions]] of the character, we have decided to present each [[continuity family]]'s version(s) of Sideways on their own page. Whether you choose to think of them as being all the same character, or all strictly separate, is [[personal canon\|up to you]].		Given the ambiguity that results from a mixture of retcons and unreliable narrators, and the potentially enormous user-unfriendliness of [[#The Complete AllSpark Almanac\|sticking strictly to the "canon" versions]] of the character, we have decided to present each [[continuity family]]'s version(s) of Sideways on their own page. Whether you choose to think of them as being all the same character, or all strictly separate, is [[personal canon\|up to you]].

AzimuthAcolyte: /* Fiction */ Pruning duplicate info, general futzing

2022-11-24T23:48:26Z

Fiction: Pruning duplicate info, general futzing

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	Vector Prime hoped this would clarify things, which was nice of him, if perhaps a little naive. {{storylink\|Transformers Animated: The Complete AllSpark Almanac\|The Complete AllSpark Almanac}}		Vector Prime hoped this would clarify things, which was nice of him, if perhaps a little naive. {{storylink\|Transformers Animated: The Complete AllSpark Almanac\|The Complete AllSpark Almanac}}
	===''TransTech''===		===''TransTech''===
			[[File:Ask Sideways.jpg\|right\|upright=1.4\|thumb\|"Waa waa that's a different Sideways? Wait until I post a Tarantulas pic as my profile, losers."]]
	A Sideways took part in ''[[Cybertron's Got Talent]]'', where his double-[[Headmaster (technology)\|Headmaster]] [[Combi-Micromaster]] companions gave him an edge. {{storylink\|Andromeda - Axiom Nexus News Reporter\|Andromeda - Axiom Nexus News, 2015/05/14}}		A Sideways took part in ''[[Cybertron's Got Talent]]'', where his double-[[Headmaster (technology)\|Headmaster]] [[Combi-Micromaster]] companions gave him an edge. {{storylink\|Andromeda - Axiom Nexus News Reporter\|Andromeda - Axiom Nexus News, 2015/05/14}}

	====''Ask ~~Vector Prime''====~~		====''Ask Sideways''====
	~~[[Vector Prime]] clarified the relationship between [[~~Sideways ~~(ROTF)\|''Revenge of the Fallen~~'' Sideways]] and another [[Sideways (Armada)\|Sideways]]. There were as many Sidewayses as there were variations of [[Tyran 609.23-XP Kappa]], and one of them made their way to the [[Iocus]] [[Universal stream\|universal cluster]] via [[Nexus Zero]], while another came from [[Uniend]] and visited a [[Rovio (universal cluster)\|Rovio]] [[universal stream]]. The Sideways of [[Tyran 207.28 Gamma]], who was rebuilt following his bisection, originated from [[Fornax 813.0 Gamma]]. {{storylink\|Ask Vector Prime}}

	====~~=''Ask Sideways''=====~~
	~~[[File:Ask Sideways.jpg\|right\|upright=1.4\|thumb\|"Waa waa that's a different Sideways? Wait until I post a Tarantulas pic as my profile, losers."]]~~

	One Sideways traveled to [[Axiom Nexus]] and seized control of [[Vector Prime]]'s [[Axiom Nexus News]] column and, after cheerily saying he's probably lying about everything, went on to claim:		One Sideways traveled to [[Axiom Nexus]] and seized control of [[Vector Prime]]'s [[Axiom Nexus News]] column and, after cheerily saying he's probably lying about everything, went on to claim:

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	* He goes by the name "Road Hog" in the [[Rovio (universal cluster)\|Rovio]] universal cluster.		* He goes by the name "Road Hog" in the [[Rovio (universal cluster)\|Rovio]] universal cluster.
	* He drank [[Discord (MLP)\|Discord]] under the table at [[Maccadam's Old Oil House]].		* He drank [[Discord (MLP)\|Discord]] under the table at [[Maccadam's Old Oil House]].
	* He implied that he was the ''Revenge of the Fallen'' Sideways
	* He claimed he wasn't [[Tarantulas (BW)\|Tarantulas]]		* He claimed he wasn't [[Tarantulas (BW)\|Tarantulas]]
	* He implied that he ''was'' Tarantulas.		* He implied that he ''was'' Tarantulas.
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	*He insulted [[Your mom (disambiguation)\|your mom]]. Yeah, you.		*He insulted [[Your mom (disambiguation)\|your mom]]. Yeah, you.
	[[File:Asksidewaysheadasplode.gif\|thumb\|left\|BOOM, headshot!]]		[[File:Asksidewaysheadasplode.gif\|thumb\|left\|BOOM, headshot!]]
	His reign of uninformative terror was finally brought to an end when the [[Transcendent Technomorph\|TransTech]]s tracked him down, due to his frequent tripping of the [[Axiom Nexus Auto-Censors]], and began trying to break into his hideout in the [[Heap]]. Shortly afterwards, a question from [[David Willis]] caused his head to explode, forcing him to temporarily [[Headmaster (technology)\|Headmaster]]-link with [[Rook (Armada)\|Rook]] and escape to parts unknown via [[Dimensional Interfacer]]. {{storylink\|Rook - Axiom Nexus News: Investigative Journalist\|Rook - Axiom Nexus News, 2015/07/08}}		His reign of uninformative terror was finally brought to an end when the [[Transcendent Technomorph\|TransTech]]s tracked him down, due to his frequent tripping of the [[Axiom Nexus Auto-Censors]], and began trying to break into his hideout in the [[Heap]]. Shortly afterwards, a question from [[David Willis]] caused his head to explode, forcing him to temporarily [[Headmaster (technology)\|Headmaster]]-link with [[Rook (Armada)\|Rook]] and escape to parts unknown via [[Dimensional Interfacer]]. {{storylink\|Source:Ask Vector Prime/Sideways\|Ask Sideways}} {{storylink\|Rook - Axiom Nexus News: Investigative Journalist\|Rook - Axiom Nexus News, 2015/07/08}}

	~~Man, Sideways was a ''dick''. {{storylink\|Source:Ask Vector Prime/Sideways\|Ask Sideways}}~~		====''Echoes and Fragments''====

	=====''Echoes and Fragments''=====
	While at [[Maccadam's Old Oil House]] on a [[Primax]] reality's Cybertron, Sideways encountered the dimension-hopping [[Renegade]] [[Gong (GoBots)\|Gong]]. Taking advantage of Gong's love for mischief, Sideways convinced Gong to have a contest to see who could cause the best changes in spacetime by tampering with the [[Omega Lock]]s of both Cybertron and [[Gargent 186.0 Gamma\|a Gargent reality]]'s [[Gobotron]]. The alterations to the Primax reality caused chaotic changes as the historically crucial [[Unicron War]] was in progress, prompting [[Maccadam\|the bartender]] to contact his brother [[Vector Prime\|Vec-Tor]] to stop the dimensional changes. Ultimately, Vec-Tor succeeded, leaving Sideways at the mercy of Gong, who was angry at having been manipulated. {{storylink\|Echoes and Fragments}}		While at [[Maccadam's Old Oil House]] on a [[Primax]] reality's Cybertron, Sideways encountered the dimension-hopping [[Renegade]] [[Gong (GoBots)\|Gong]]. Taking advantage of Gong's love for mischief, Sideways convinced Gong to have a contest to see who could cause the best changes in spacetime by tampering with the [[Omega Lock]]s of both Cybertron and [[Gargent 186.0 Gamma\|a Gargent reality]]'s [[Gobotron]]. The alterations to the Primax reality caused chaotic changes as the historically crucial [[Unicron War]] was in progress, prompting [[Maccadam\|the bartender]] to contact his brother [[Vector Prime\|Vec-Tor]] to stop the dimensional changes. Ultimately, Vec-Tor succeeded, leaving Sideways at the mercy of Gong, who was angry at having been manipulated. {{storylink\|Echoes and Fragments}}
	{{--}}		{{--}}

			==Notes==
			*Man, Sideways was a ''dick''.

	==References==		==References==

AzimuthAcolyte: /* Ask Sideways */

2022-11-24T07:31:28Z

Ask Sideways

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	[[File:Ask Sideways.jpg\|right\|upright=1.4\|thumb\|"Waa waa that's a different Sideways? Wait until I post a Tarantulas pic as my profile, losers."]]		[[File:Ask Sideways.jpg\|right\|upright=1.4\|thumb\|"Waa waa that's a different Sideways? Wait until I post a Tarantulas pic as my profile, losers."]]

	Sideways ~~kidnapped~~ [[~~Vector Prime~~]] and seized control of ~~his~~ [[~~Ask~~ Vector Prime~~#Facebook\|ANN Q&A column~~]] and, after cheerily saying he's probably lying about everything, went on to claim:		One Sideways traveled to [[Axiom Nexus]] and seized control of [[Vector Prime]]'s [[Axiom Nexus News]] column and, after cheerily saying he's probably lying about everything, went on to claim:

			* He said he thought all other Sidewayses were losers so he killed and replaced them.
	* He killed [[Rapid Run (Energon)\|Rapid Run]], [[Ursa Magnus]], the [[dinosaur (dinosaur)\|dinosaurs]], the [[Micronaut]]s and [[Rom\|Rom the Space Knight]], and [[John F. Kennedy\|President Kennedy]].		* He killed [[Rapid Run (Energon)\|Rapid Run]], [[Ursa Magnus]], the [[dinosaur (dinosaur)\|dinosaurs]], the [[Micronaut]]s and [[Rom\|Rom the Space Knight]], and [[John F. Kennedy\|President Kennedy]].
	* He stranded the ''[[Daniel Boone (ship)\|Daniel Boone]]'' in the ''[[Robotix]]'' cartoon.		* He stranded the ''[[Daniel Boone (ship)\|Daniel Boone]]'' in the ''[[Robotix]]'' cartoon.
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	* He goes by the name "Road Hog" in the [[Rovio (universal cluster)\|Rovio]] universal cluster.		* He goes by the name "Road Hog" in the [[Rovio (universal cluster)\|Rovio]] universal cluster.
	* He drank [[Discord (MLP)\|Discord]] under the table at [[Maccadam's Old Oil House]].		* He drank [[Discord (MLP)\|Discord]] under the table at [[Maccadam's Old Oil House]].
			* He implied that he was the ''Revenge of the Fallen'' Sideways
	He also thought [[you]]r nerdy demands to classify minor trivia were lame and told you so on numerous occasions. ~~And he~~ insulted [[Your mom (disambiguation)\|your mom]]. Yeah, you. ~~{{storylink\|Ask Vector Prime#Ask Sideways\|Ask Sideways}}~~		* He claimed he wasn't [[Tarantulas (BW)\|Tarantulas]]
			* He implied that he ''was'' Tarantulas.
			*He also thought [[you]]r nerdy demands to classify minor trivia were lame and told you so on numerous occasions.
			*He insulted [[Your mom (disambiguation)\|your mom]]. Yeah, you.
	[[File:Asksidewaysheadasplode.gif\|thumb\|left\|BOOM, headshot!]]		[[File:Asksidewaysheadasplode.gif\|thumb\|left\|BOOM, headshot!]]
	Eventually, the TransTech tracked him down by detecting the questions ''you'' sent Sideways from [[Quadwal\|your world]]. Their efforts to breach his fortress were stymied by an [[Absolute Terror Field]], but then he fielded a question from [[David Willis\|Walky]] so painful his head literally exploded. That's for our mums, Sideways! However, his Mini-Con associate [[Rook (Armada)\|Rook]] then executed a [[Headmaster (technology)\|Headmaster]] sequence with Sideways, and the combined body taunted the TransTechs before fleeing the universal stream via [[Dimensional Interfacer]]. {{storylink\|Rook - Axiom Nexus News: Investigative Journalist\|Rook - Axiom Nexus News, 2015/07/08}}		His reign of uninformative terror was finally brought to an end when the [[Transcendent Technomorph\|TransTech]]s tracked him down, due to his frequent tripping of the [[Axiom Nexus Auto-Censors]], and began trying to break into his hideout in the [[Heap]]. Shortly afterwards, a question from [[David Willis]] caused his head to explode, forcing him to temporarily [[Headmaster (technology)\|Headmaster]]-link with [[Rook (Armada)\|Rook]] and escape to parts unknown via [[Dimensional Interfacer]]. {{storylink\|Rook - Axiom Nexus News: Investigative Journalist\|Rook - Axiom Nexus News, 2015/07/08}}

	One Sideways traveled to [[Axiom Nexus]] and seized control of [[Vector Prime]]'s [[Axiom Nexus News]] column. After Sideways cheerily said he was probably lying about everything, he said he thought all other Sidewayses were losers so he killed and replaced them, implied that he was the ''Revenge of the Fallen'' Sideways, and then went on to claim he wasn't [[Tarantulas (BW)\|Tarantulas]] and then implied that he ''was'' Tarantulas. His reign of uninformative terror was finally brought to an end when the [[Transcendent Technomorph\|TransTech]]s tracked him down, due to his frequent tripping of the [[Axiom Nexus Auto-Censors]], and began trying to break into his hideout in the [[Heap]]. Shortly afterwards, a question from [[David Willis]] caused his head to explode, forcing him to temporarily [[Headmaster (technology)\|Headmaster]]-link with [[Rook (Armada)\|Rook]] and escape to parts unknown.

	Man, Sideways was a ''dick''. {{storylink\|Source:Ask Vector Prime/Sideways\|Ask Sideways}}		Man, Sideways was a ''dick''. {{storylink\|Source:Ask Vector Prime/Sideways\|Ask Sideways}}

AzimuthAcolyte: This is a counterproposal to Sabrblade's idea to build the Sideways disambig page out a little into a full bore gag article

2022-11-24T07:13:23Z

This is a counterproposal to Sabrblade's idea to build the Sideways disambig page out a little into a full bore gag article

New page

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This is a pitch for a gimmick article built out from Sideways's disambiguation page that folds in his more continuity agnostic appearances. Please note that '''Sideways (disambiguation)''' would still redirect here.

=Sideways (ambiguation)=
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|''This is an [[Help:Disambiguation#Disambiguation pages|ambiguation]] page: a list of articles that may or may not cover the same Sideways. If an [[Special:Whatlinkshere/{{NAMESPACE}}:{{PAGENAME}}|internal link]] referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.''
|}

[[File:Sidewayses.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.8|"He's Sideways! ''He's'' Sideways! ''You're'' Sideways! '''''I'm''''' Sideways! Are there any other Sidewayses I should know about?"]]
If you encounter a 'bot going by the name '''Sideways''', do not trust him! Throughout the [[multiverse]], the name is associated with cheats and liars. Most oftentimes, a Sideways's allegiances are to be questioned. Many of them claim to be helpful allies, but more often than not, they work for a [[Unicron|greater evil]]. Some would assume Sideways to be cowardly, but their true strength oftentimes lies in their speed and their cunning. A quick getaway today can assure that greater machinations come to fruition tomorrow. Some Sidewayses are known to possess dimension-hopping capabilities, and tracking which Sideways is responsible for what in whatever universe can be a tad confusing. Some of them have claimed to travel to other universes to slaughter and impersonate their native counterpart, or that Sidewayses are cloned from one another to fulfill their roles in multiple parallel events. Sidewayses are true sowers of confusion, and even if one were able to see past all the lies, one would still be hard-pressed to make sense of the chaos that they leave in their wake.

==Conceptual history==
The idea of Sideways being a dimensional traveler who's the same across his cross-continuity appearances has been built up over time, with fans and writers extrapolating wildly from loose connections between his earliest incarnations.

The original [[Sideways (RID)|Sideways]], a 2002 ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 franchise)|Robots in Disguise]]'' toy, was packaged with [[Axer (G1)|Axer]], whose on-package [[bio]] was adapted near verbatim from his original [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[Tech Spec]], with new material implying he'd crossed dimensions via a black hole.<ref>[https://toys.tfw2005.com/axer-662 ''Robots in Disguise'' Axer's package bio]</ref> The online bio for ''[[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Armada]]'' [[Sideways (Armada)|Sideways]] toy, released a few months later, similarly matched that of the ''Robots in Disguise'' character,<ref>[https://toys.tfw2005.com/sideways-2-643 ''Robots in Disguise'' Sideways's package bio]</ref> with new material suggesting that his duplicity was the result of being pulled in two mental directions by his [[Mini-Con]]s<ref>[https://toys.tfw2005.com/sideways-with-rook-and-crosswise-814 ''Armada'' Sideways's online bio]</ref>—an aspect ignored by both cartoons and comics, which simply portrayed him as a pure agent of [[Unicron]]. Fans reasoned that if Axer was a dimension-hopper, then Sideways must be too.

It was misinformation surrounding the 2004 Japan-only ''[[Robotmasters (franchise)|Robotmasters]]'' franchise that kicked this idea into overdrive. In Japan, the Sideways/Axer two-pack had been imported unchanged as a "[[USA Edition]]" release, while the Sideways from ''Armada'' (known in Japan as ''Legends of the Microns'') was called "Double Face"—the [[Sideways (RM)|''Robotmasters'' Double Face]] toy was named, colored, and described in bio in homage to this character. This alone would not imply them to be the exact same individual, but at the time fans understood the ''Robotmasters'' story to be about Transformers converging from various time periods ''and dimensions'', not unlike the contemporaneous ''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' series—when in truth, it's only time travel taking place within the [[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity|main Japanese continuity]]. Cementing this idea was a claim that the ''Robotmasters'' website had included a note declaring Double Face's first toy to be the earlier imported ''Robots in Disguise'' Sideways figure—a claim that, years later, would be found to be totally spurious, with no evidence of such a note ever having existed.

Sideways subsequently appeared in the 2005 ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (franchise)|Cybertron]]'' franchise, intended by Hasbro to be the same faction-swapping character from ''Armada'' (a fact cemented by supplemental material like ''[[Ask Vector Prime]]''). This idea was dropped in Japan, where he was again given an entirely different new name, "Noisemaze", with the cartoon—which was created to be separate from ''Armada'' and ''[[Transformers: Energon (cartoon)| Energon]]''—treating him as a new character.

In the 2009 movie ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)| Revenge of the Fallen]]'', a character called [[Sideways (ROTF)|Sideways]] appeared, with absolutely nothing else connecting him to any prior Sidewayses. However, riffing on the by-then-common fandom perception of the character, 2011's ''[[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The Allspark Almanac II]]'' cheekily presented an ''[[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Animated]]'' "[[Sideways (Animated)|Land General Sideways]]" whose design combined aspects of the ''Armada'', ''Cybertron'' and ''Revenge of the Fallen'' characters, explicitly described as hailing from another dimension and implied to go on to become ''Revenge of the Fallen'' Sideways. Hidden ''Ask Vector Prime'' text in the Almanac's 2015 compilation successor ''[[Transformers Animated: The Complete AllSpark Almanac|The Complete Allspark Almanac]]'' would go on to explicitly state that, while not all incarnations of Sideways are the same exact character, ''all'' prior incarnations of Sideways were dimensional travelers who had crossed between multiple [[Universal stream|universal clusters]].

Of course, if all that seems confusing, it's nothing compared to the subsequent [[Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Facebook-based ''Ask Vector Prime'' feature]]. Helmed by ''Almanac'' author [[Jim Sorenson]], the online column was for a time taken over by Sideways himself, sporting the ''Revenge of the Fallen'' character's design and a goofy, snarky personality similar to that of ''Cybertron'' Sideways. This Sideways claimed to have been the one behind pretty much every instance of the character seen in the past, as well as many, many other events and disasters across the multiverse—however, in a depiction that seems even more fitting in retrospect, he was a self-admitted liar who seemingly took delight in confusing and frustrating everyone.

Given the ambiguity that results from a mixture of retcons and unreliable narrators, and the potentially enormous user-unfriendliness of [[#The Complete AllSpark Almanac|sticking strictly to the "canon" versions]] of the character, we have decided to present each [[continuity family]]'s version(s) of Sideways on their own page. Whether you choose to think of them as being all the same character, or all strictly separate, is [[personal canon|up to you]].

{{bigquote|Everything you think you know about me was a lie told by me to confuse someone, or conjecture from someone who'd be in no position to know. So yeah, maybe I'm a fragment of Unicron, because maybe Planet X used to BE Unicron. And maybe I'm his avatar made manifest and untethered once he collapsed into a giant singularity. And maybe I'm from the Cybertronian Empire. And maybe I'm just an ordinary Autobot who went crazy from Powerlinxing to the wrong Mini-Cons. Maybe I'm all of those things, or none.

And you know what the best part is? You'll. Never. Know.|Sideways on his identity situation, [[Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Sideways]]}}

==Major Sidewayses==
<center><gallery widths="150px" heights="200px">
File:ArmadaSidewaysCardArt.jpg|[[Sideways (Armada)|"Unicron Trilogy" Sideways]]
File:Sidewaysrotf.jpg|[[Sideways (ROTF)|''Revenge of the Fallen'' Sideways]]
</gallery></center>

==Full list of Sidewayses==
{{disamb|y=[[2002]]|[[Sideways (RID)|Sideways]], the [[Autobot]] from the 2001 ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 franchise)|Robots in Disguise]]'' franchise.}}
{{disamb|y=2002|[[Sideways (Armada)|Sideways]], the [[Herald of Unicron|agent of Unicron]] from ''[[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Armada]]''.}}
{{disamb|y=[[2004]]|[[Sideways (RM)|Sideways]], the [[Decepticon]] spy from ''[[Robotmasters (franchise)|Robotmasters]]''.}}
{{disamb|y=[[2009]]|[[Sideways (ROTF)|Sideways]], the Decepticon from ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (franchise)|Revenge of the Fallen]]''.}}
{{disamb|y=[[2010]]|[[Sideways (Animated)|Sideways]], the Decepticon from ''[[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Animated]]''.}}
{{disamb|y=[[2015]]|[[Your mom (disambiguation)|Your mom]], who may or may not be another instance of Sideways.}}
*All other separate [[universal stream|iterations, variations and other manifestations]] of the previously mentioned characters.

==Other things called "Sideways"==
{{disamb|y=2015|"[[Sideways (episode)|Sideways]]", the fourteenth episode of the 2015 ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 franchise)|Robots in Disguise]]'' cartoon.}}

==Not to be confused with...==
*[[Sideswipe (disambiguation)|Sideswipe]]
*[[Side Burn (disambiguation)|Side Burn]]
*[[Sidetrack (G1)|Sidetrack]]

==Fiction==
===''The Complete AllSpark Almanac''===
According to [[Vector Prime]], the Sidewayses of the multiverse included:
* The Sideways of [[Tyran 509.12 Zeta]], who traveled to [[Aurex 402.24 Gamma|Aurex 402.0 Gamma]].
* A Sideways from the [[Viron]] cluster, who traveled to [[Aurex 802.23 Alpha]], and made his way to "at least two or three other clusters" after that.
* Multiple separate Sidewayses from [[Tyran 609.23-XP Kappa]], at least one of which traveled to the [[Iocus]] cluster via [[Nexus Zero]].
* A Sideways from the [[Uniend]] cluster who briefly visited a [[Rovio (universal cluster)|Rovio]] stream.
* A Sideways from [[Fornax 813.0 Gamma]], who traveled to [[Tyran 207.28 Gamma]], survived being bisected, and was sent undercover to infiltrate [[Primax]] Autobots.
Vector Prime hoped this would clarify things, which was nice of him, if perhaps a little naive. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The Complete AllSpark Almanac|The Complete AllSpark Almanac}}
===''TransTech''===
A Sideways took part in ''[[Cybertron's Got Talent]]'', where his double-[[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] [[Combi-Micromaster]] companions gave him an edge. {{storylink|Andromeda - Axiom Nexus News Reporter|Andromeda - Axiom Nexus News, 2015/05/14}}

====''Ask Vector Prime''====
[[Vector Prime]] clarified the relationship between [[Sideways (ROTF)|''Revenge of the Fallen'' Sideways]] and another [[Sideways (Armada)|Sideways]]. There were as many Sidewayses as there were variations of [[Tyran 609.23-XP Kappa]], and one of them made their way to the [[Iocus]] [[Universal stream|universal cluster]] via [[Nexus Zero]], while another came from [[Uniend]] and visited a [[Rovio (universal cluster)|Rovio]] [[universal stream]]. The Sideways of [[Tyran 207.28 Gamma]], who was rebuilt following his bisection, originated from [[Fornax 813.0 Gamma]]. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime}}

=====''Ask Sideways''=====
[[File:Ask Sideways.jpg|right|upright=1.4|thumb|"Waa waa that's a different Sideways? Wait until I post a Tarantulas pic as my profile, losers."]]

Sideways kidnapped [[Vector Prime]] and seized control of his [[Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|ANN Q&A column]] and, after cheerily saying he's probably lying about everything, went on to claim:

* He killed [[Rapid Run (Energon)|Rapid Run]], [[Ursa Magnus]], the [[dinosaur (dinosaur)|dinosaurs]], the [[Micronaut]]s and [[Rom|Rom the Space Knight]], and [[John F. Kennedy|President Kennedy]].
* He stranded the ''[[Daniel Boone (ship)|Daniel Boone]]'' in the ''[[Robotix]]'' cartoon.
* He destroyed the [[Gargent 984.08 Alpha]] universe by messing with [[Gobotron]]'s [[Omega Lock]]s and tuning into [[Primax 984.0 Gamma]] because he hates [[GoBot]]s.
* He accidentally let the [[Dark Spark]] escape.
* He met his Mini-Cons on {{w|Tinder (application)|Tinder}}.
* He says he is that Skateboarding Pretender from the Pretenders commercial.
* He totally wrapped up "[[Primeval Dawn]]", honest, (pbbt!) would he lie to you?
* He loves the [[Knights of Unicron (band)|Knights of Unicron]] and thinks they totally rock (this one's probably true).
* He goes by the name "Road Hog" in the [[Rovio (universal cluster)|Rovio]] universal cluster.
* He drank [[Discord (MLP)|Discord]] under the table at [[Maccadam's Old Oil House]].

He also thought [[you]]r nerdy demands to classify minor trivia were lame and told you so on numerous occasions. And he insulted [[Your mom (disambiguation)|your mom]]. Yeah, you. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Ask Sideways|Ask Sideways}}

[[File:Asksidewaysheadasplode.gif|thumb|left|BOOM, headshot!]]
Eventually, the TransTech tracked him down by detecting the questions ''you'' sent Sideways from [[Quadwal|your world]]. Their efforts to breach his fortress were stymied by an [[Absolute Terror Field]], but then he fielded a question from [[David Willis|Walky]] so painful his head literally exploded. That's for our mums, Sideways! However, his Mini-Con associate [[Rook (Armada)|Rook]] then executed a [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] sequence with Sideways, and the combined body taunted the TransTechs before fleeing the universal stream via [[Dimensional Interfacer]]. {{storylink|Rook - Axiom Nexus News: Investigative Journalist|Rook - Axiom Nexus News, 2015/07/08}}

One Sideways traveled to [[Axiom Nexus]] and seized control of [[Vector Prime]]'s [[Axiom Nexus News]] column. After Sideways cheerily said he was probably lying about everything, he said he thought all other Sidewayses were losers so he killed and replaced them, implied that he was the ''Revenge of the Fallen'' Sideways, and then went on to claim he wasn't [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] and then implied that he ''was'' Tarantulas. His reign of uninformative terror was finally brought to an end when the [[Transcendent Technomorph|TransTech]]s tracked him down, due to his frequent tripping of the [[Axiom Nexus Auto-Censors]], and began trying to break into his hideout in the [[Heap]]. Shortly afterwards, a question from [[David Willis]] caused his head to explode, forcing him to temporarily [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]]-link with [[Rook (Armada)|Rook]] and escape to parts unknown.

Man, Sideways was a ''dick''. {{storylink|Source:Ask Vector Prime/Sideways|Ask Sideways}}

=====''Echoes and Fragments''=====
While at [[Maccadam's Old Oil House]] on a [[Primax]] reality's Cybertron, Sideways encountered the dimension-hopping [[Renegade]] [[Gong (GoBots)|Gong]]. Taking advantage of Gong's love for mischief, Sideways convinced Gong to have a contest to see who could cause the best changes in spacetime by tampering with the [[Omega Lock]]s of both Cybertron and [[Gargent 186.0 Gamma|a Gargent reality]]'s [[Gobotron]]. The alterations to the Primax reality caused chaotic changes as the historically crucial [[Unicron War]] was in progress, prompting [[Maccadam|the bartender]] to contact his brother [[Vector Prime|Vec-Tor]] to stop the dimensional changes. Ultimately, Vec-Tor succeeded, leaving Sideways at the mercy of Gong, who was angry at having been manipulated. {{storylink|Echoes and Fragments}}
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