Bob Forward

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"And trust me — it takes me a *lot* less time to polish my purple-headed pole than it took me to polish that piece of purple pontification." Bob Forward, November 10, 1997

Robert D. "Bob" Forward is an American writer god. He and Larry DiTillio were the story editors of the Beast Wars television series.

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Writer

Beast Wars

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• "Beast Wars (Part 1)"
• "Beast Wars (Part 2)"
• "Fallen Comrades"
• "The Trigger, Part 1"
• "The Trigger, Part 2"
• "Call of the Wild"
• "The Low Road"
• "Before the Storm"
• "Other Voices, Part 1"
• "Other Voices, Part 2"
• "Coming of the Fuzors (Part 1)"
• "Coming of the Fuzors (Part 2)"
• "The Agenda (Part 1)"
• "The Agenda (Part 2)"
• "The Agenda (Part III)"
• "Optimal Situation"
• "Go with the Flow"
• "Nemesis Part 1"
• "Visitations"
• "Primeval Dawn Part 1"

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Transformers Animated

• "Predacons Rising"

Transformers: Rescue Bots

• "Cody on Patrol"

Director/Storyboarder

• "Code of Hero"

Participation in the Fandom

Like fellow story editor Larry DiTillio, Mr. Forward took to posting to newsgroup alt.toys.transformers, then the central hub of online fandom. Though he was not as frequent a poster as Mr. DiTillio, Mr. Forward's posts would likewise reveal tidbits of backstory explanation, insight into the creative process behind the show, and some of the real-world intrusions into the writers' would-be plans.

Unfortunately for the fans, Mr. Forward was compelled to shut down his account in mid-1998, in the wake of an individual posting fake messages in his name on a web site.<ref>A last post from Beastbob1.</ref>

Convention appearances

• BotCon 1997
• BotCon 1998
• BotCon 2002

Notes

• Forward was interviewed as a special feature for Kid Rhino's Beast Wars The Complete First Season DVD set.
• He was also featured on a "Soul of Beast Wars" interview with Larry DiTillio and Ben Yee on Madman Entertainment's Beast Wars season 2 box set, and provided audio commentary on various episodes in all three season box sets.
• Bob's favourite character in Beast Wars is of course Dinobot.

References

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External links

• Bob Forward at Google Groups, as BeastBob1@aol.com
• BobForward.com
• Detonation Films

Interviews

• January–February 1997—Beyond Imagination (archived; highlight page to read text) (mirrored at alt.toys.transformers)
• September 1997—BWTF.com (archived)
• September 1997—TFFW.com (archived)
• January 1998—TFFW.com (archived)
• August 1999—BWTF.com (archived)
• May 25, 2000—Cold Hard Slag (archived)
• November 18, 2002—Altered State Magazine (archived)