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Just as [[human]]s have felt the need to set up shop on distant continents and faraway islands, the [[Transformer]]s are a naturally expansionistic race. Their long history is frequently punctuated with interplanetary colonization efforts, aimed at creating a network of '''Transformer colonies''' scattered throughout the heavens. These planets are usually [[Eco-structuring|cyberformed]] to better accommodate Transformer life, but Cybertronians are well known for their adaptability, and have been known to adjust to planets utterly unlike their original birthworld of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]].


In many universes, these efforts have been forgotten by the modern day, buried by the harsh realities of interplanetary war or simply the march of time. In a classic example of {{w|allopatric speciation}}, the Transformers stranded on these distant worlds have subsequently adapted to their new homeworlds by developing cultures and physiologies entirely separate from their modern Cybertronian cousins.


==Conceptual history==
==Conceptual history==
The first evidence of Transformers living on planets other than Cybertron first surfaced in the episode "[[Cosmic Rust (episode)|Cosmic Rust]]", which depicted a prior age of interplanetary colonization among the Transformers. Episode writer [[Paul Davids]] claimed to have named the planet "[[Antilla]]" after the Antilles, an island archipelago discovered during the early days of colonization. His intent was to highlight a "lost age" of Transformer civilization, comparing the advanced technology of Antilla to the various myths of [[Atlantis]] and its advanced technology, although this didn't particularly factor into the episode itself. Meanwhile, the third season episode "[[Fight or Flee (episode)|Fight or Flee]]" introduced [[Paradron]], a distant planet home to descendants of many war refugees.
[[File:BattleForCybertron-TheArk.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Early ''Transformers'' stories established that Transformers needed to be physically rebuilt by an external force to change their alternate modes.]]


The continuing ''Transformers'' anime of the 80s dabbled in colonies further: ''[[Transformers: The Headmasters (cartoon)|Transformers: The Headmasters (cartoon)]]'' introduced most of its new characters as war refugees from the planet [[Master (planet)|Master]]. Unable to be of use in the war due to their small size, [[Cyberdroid|said Cybertronians]] fled Cybertron only to crash-land on the harsh planet [[Master (planet)|Master]]. To survive, they developed [[transtector]]s and in the modern day joined the war with their super-science.
The earliest ''Transformers'' stories, including the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|cartoon]], [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|comic]], and various ancillary storybooks, depicted [[transformation]] not as an innate ability of the species; rather, it was portrayed as a sort of "upgrade" that allowed a Cybertronian to transform. As a result, the process of "scanning" as it is understood today did not exist ''per se'' in these early stories; rather, Transformers who wished to adopt a new shape would have to be manually rebuilt, generally involving a variety of shipboard facilities to do so. In some tales, such as "[[Battle for Cybertron]]," Cybertronians did not transform ''at all'' until their rebuilding at the hands of the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s repair protocols after crash-landing on [[Earth]], an unexpected side-effect.  


It was not until 2006 that ''Transformers: Cybertron'', the third installment of the [[Unicron Trilogy]], pushed the idea of "lost colonies" to the forefront of the fiction, establishing four planets—[[Earth]], [[Velocitron]] the Speed Planet, [[Gigantion]] the Giant Planet, and [[Animatron|Jungle Planet]]—as central settings for the toyline and tie-in anime series. This series saw the introduction of [[space bridge]]s as the central mechanism by which these colonies were founded, and established the idea that Transformers stranded on different worlds had "evolved" into different varieties over the eons.  
It was the ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'' cartoon, however, that first detailed a specific mechanism by which a Transformer could change their alternate mode: shipboard [[DNA scanner]]s allowed the various [[Maximal]]s and [[Predacon]]s to adopt the forms of native organisms while marooned on prehistoric [[Earth]], using an external [[CR chamber]] to finalize the procedure. The sequel series, ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Machines]]'', would lay the groundwork for the finalization of this concept through the character of [[Nightscream]], revealed in the episode "[[Survivor]]" to have directly integrated all of the necessary hardware directly into his chassis—the in-universe explanation being that this was a product of the "[[Quantum Cycle Upgrade]]" that occurred while [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]] and company were away from Cybertron. With this, Nightscream could directly scan any compatible lifeform and instantaneously make the necessary alterations to his body, though this ability was never displayed on-screen as a result of him becoming a [[technorganic]] shortly thereafter. Japanese-original Beast Era fiction would follow through on this idea, unanimously depicting their casts of characters as able to pick up new altmodes "on the fly."


The development of the [[Aligned continuity family]] would go on to work in a similar origin story for its take on the colonies, incorporating the space bridges as the primary means by which ancient Transformers enacted their diaspora. Velocitron and Gigantion both received name-drops in ''[[Transformers: Exodus|Exodus]]'', and Velocitron and its inhabitants would put in a major appearance in the book's sequel, ''[[Transformers: Exiles|Exiles]]''.
The next series, ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 cartoon)|Robots in Disguise]]'', would take the concept to its logical conclusion by unanimously depicting ''all'' Transformers as having this built-in ability. It is in this form that the concept of "scanning" has more-or-less persevered into the present day, and would be most famously depicted in the [[live-action film series]] as the means by which both Autobots and Decepticons assumed their terrestrial alternate modes after landing on Earth.  


[[File:Windblade1 Caminus.jpg|thumb|right|300px|IDW's ''Windblade'' series introduced the [[Titan (IDW)|Titans]] as the driving force behind Transformer colonization.]]
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==Fiction==
===Generation 1 continuity family===
====Marvel Comics continuity====
[[File:Toaster ark.jpg|thumb|right|300px]]
 
Autonomous systems aboard the Autobot starship ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'' gathered data on native lifeforms using autonomous probes, and its shipboard facilities could manually disassemble and rebuilt Cybertronians into a new configuration to disguise themselves. It first did this four million years ago, shortly after its crash on prehistoric [[Earth]];  detecting [[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]] in the [[Savage Land]], the ''Ark'' obtained information on the region's ancient creatures and reconstructed [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] and four other warriors into [[Dinosaur (dinosaur)|dinosaur]]s. {{storylink|The Last Stand}}
 
During the [[1984]] eruption of [[Mount St. Hilary]], the reactivated ''Ark'' mistook human machines for the dominant life-form, and rebuilt all of the [[Autobot]]s and [[Decepticon]]s aboard the ship into suitable Earth forms. {{storylink|The Transformers (issue)|The Transformers}} Through a similar process, [[Straxus (G1)|Straxus]]'s Cybertron-bound Decepticons rebuilt [[Spanner (G1)|Spanner]] into a [[space bridge]]. {{storylink|The Bridge to Nowhere!}} Future arrivals on Earth would adopt suitable altmodes through manual rebuilds. Some Transformers bypassed the process by encoding their minds onto [[crystalline containment vessel]]s; once [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] decided they needed reinforcements, the ''Ark'' simply constructed a suitable Earth body for the Transformers in question, at which point the Autobots uploaded the mental engrams of their comrades into these new forms. {{storylink|Rock and Roll-Out!}}
 
====Cartoon continuities====
[[File:MTMtE Part1 Prime repair.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"Wake up, Prime! Don't make me use this to wake you up."]]
 
Transformers possess "[[idento-computer]]s," which help Cybertronians adapt to unfamiliar conditions; in the case of the ravenous [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticon]]s, who crash-landed in [[Bali]] four million years ago, their idento-computers somehow modified their bodies so that they transformed into mechanical insects and gave them the power to metabolize organic matter. {{storylink|A Plague of Insecticons}}
 
The other Transformers aboard the ''Ark'' went into [[stasis lock]] after their starship crash-landed on Earth; in 1984, volcanic activity stirred the half-buried Ark and awoke [[Teletraan I]]. Teletraan I sent out a [[Sky Spy]] satellite to reconnoiter the new world and scanned terrestrial machinery in order to repair the Transformers, blasting them with an energy beam that not only repaired and re-energized the fallen Cybertronians, but also reformatted them into new alternate modes. {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye, Part 1}}


In 2014, Hasbro introduced its first fan-built character, the [[Autobot]] [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]], who made her debut in the IDW comic series. Since previous authors had already made clear that Cybertronians in this continuity were an exclusively "male" race, barring [[Arcee (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Arcee]], author [[Mairghread Scott]] introduced the colony world of [[Caminus]] as an alternative source of female Transformers, with the in-fiction explanation being that they had simply evolved differently in isolation from Cybertron. This would later be subtly [[retcon]]ned, introducing the idea that female Transformers were present on ''all'' the colonies because they had once existed on Cybertron (see [[Female Transformer]] for more on this). The IDW comics tied Transformer colonization efforts to the [[Titan (IDW)|Titan]]s and introduced several new planets such as Caminus and [[Devisiun]] alongside Velocitron, while also reworking Jungle Planet into [[Eukaris]].
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==Fiction==
====Marvel Storybooks continuity====
===<u>Marvel Comics continuity</u>===
====Big Looker storybooks====
 
====''Beast Wars'' cartoon====
[[File:BeastWarsPart1-DNAscanner.gif|thumb|right|250px|The ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s [[DNA scanner]] gathers information on Earth wildlife for the benefit of its crew.]]
 
Three hundred years after the conclusion of the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]], the descendants of the Autobots and Decepticons were known to use '''[[DNA scanner]]s''' while on other worlds to blend in with the native lifeforms. These devices analyzed and copied the genetic material of native wildlife, and the Transformer in question could then use a [[CR chamber]] to adopt a potential [[beast mode]] based on the indigenous fauna. {{storylink|Beast Wars (Part 1)}} DNA scanners could also extract a sufficient amount of genetic data from inorganic remains, such as fossils. {{storylink|Beast Wars (Part 1)}} {{storylink|Survivor}} {{storylink|In Darkest Knight}}


===<u>Generation 1 cartoon continuity</u>===
The scanning process was known to play an integral part in the creation and activation of new Transformers; the [[stasis pod]]s that housed newborn [[protoform]]s during offworld expeditions were equipped with a built-in DNA scanner. Once a pod had touched down on a planet, the scanner would immediately attempt to locate a nearby animal and copy its characteristics onto its protoform occupant to bring the Transformer to life. {{storylink|The Spark}} {{storylink|Spider's Game}}  
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
The [[Thirteenth Legion]] of Autobots, fleeing the wars of Cybertron, landed on [[Antilla]]. There, they founded a thriving colony. Eventually, however, they were killed by the malignant [[Cosmic Rust (disease)|Cosmic Rust]]. {{storylink|Cosmic Rust (episode)|Cosmic Rust}}


According to [[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]], the planet [[Paradron]] was colonized by a group of pacifistic Autobots after the "Fourth Great War". The planet they chose to inhabit was hidden within a space vortex and possessed an [[Energon]] core, granting its inhabitants almost unlimited energy and a safe refuge from the [[Decepticon]]s and other threats. The inhabitants of the world lived peacefully for many years until the arrival of the Decepticons in [[2006]] brought the war to their world. Unwilling to let the Decepticons seize the planet's energon supply, [[Hot Rod|Rodimus Prime]] made the decision to destroy the planet. The survivors, led by [[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm,]] were subsequently relocated to Cybertron. {{storylink|Fight or Flee (episode)|Fight or Flee}}


====Japanese cartoon continuity====
====''Beast Machines'' cartoon====
=====''The Headmasters'' cartoon=====
[[File:HomeSoil-DNAScanner.gif|thumb|left|200px|Upgraded DNA scanners allowed Maximals to quickly adopt new shapes on the fly and rendered [[stasis pods]] obsolete.]]
During the [[Quantum Cycle Upgrade]], which took place while [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]] and his crew were off-planet fighting the [[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]] on prehistoric [[Earth]], DNA scanners were directly integrated into the bodies of all Maximals, allowing Cybertronians to adopt new beast modes without the need for stasis pods or CR chambers. {{storylink|Survivor}} [[Botanica]] and her crew of explorers used these new DNA scanners to blend in with the lifeforms on [[Regalis V|a distant world of ambulatory plants]]. {{storylink|Home Soil}}


=====''Victory'' cartoon=====
Shortly after [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] and his [[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicon]]s invaded Cybertron, the young Maximal [[Nightscream (BM)|Nightscream]] knocked himself unconscious after fleeing into the depths of Cybertron and falling into a [[fossil chamber]], and his onboard DNA scanner somehow activated and scanned the bones of an extinct bat-like creature. {{storylink|Survivor}} [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] was later able to return [[Silverbolt (Fuzor)|Silverbolt]] to his old self, breaking [[Jetstorm (BM)|Jetstorm]]'s [[shell program]] in the process, by forcing the [[Vehicon General]] to scan a fossilized bird while submerging him in liquid from Cybertron's [[organic core]]. {{storylink|In Darkest Knight}} Additionally, the mystical Oracle displayed the ability to instantaneously "reformat" any Cybertronian life-form into a highly evolved "[[technorganic]]" form,a mystical hybrid of the organic and technological; {{storylink|The Reformatting}} through proper discipline, Optimus Primal was able to channel this power as needed, using it to reformat several other Transformers into new technorganic shapes. {{storylink|Forbidden Fruit}} {{storylink|Home Soil}}


=====Ask Vector Prime=====
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[[Vehicon (planet)|Vehicon]] was a planet home to some technological civilization, apparently named the [[Tripuran]]s, that had disappeared by the time that the inhabitants of Cybertron discovered the planet. [[Reverse Convoy]] subsequently led a colonization team which explored the planet, which proved to be a paradise. They dubbed the planet "Vehicon" for the numerous automated factories that had been left behind by the Tripurans; the Cybertronians turned the infrastructure for their own use. Most astonishing about Vehicon was that its sole moon had apparently been collapsed into a singularity by the Tripurans, generating immense gravitational tides. Reverse Convoy's forces were able to utilize the tides to generate vast quantities of energon, turning Vehicon into one of Cybertron's most valuable energy producers. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/07/14}}


====''Wings Universe''====
====''Beast Wars II'' cartoon====
In the 30th century, it was not uncommon for colonies to comprise members of a single faction. The [[Wrecker]] ship ''[[Rodimus Major]]'' was on its way to check up on one such [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] colony near the [[Dark Nebula]] when it disappeared into a spatial anomaly. {{storylink|Tornado - Decepticon Saboteur|Apelinq's personal logs, 2015/01/17}}
[[File:BWIITasmaniaKidScanning.gif|thumb|right|250px|[[Tasmania Kid (BW)|Tasmania Kid]]'s internal systems were able to instantaneously scan the DNA of a local creature and make the necessary alterations to his body in a matter of seconds.]]


====Ask Vector Prime====
Thousands of years in the future, all Transformers would come to possess a set of optical DNA scanners and bodies that coiuld instantly adapt to new alternate modes, be they organic creatures or more conventional machinery. During the Maximal-Predacon conflict on the post-apocalyptic planet [[Gaia]], [[Tasmania Kid (BW)|Tasmania Kid]] accidentally scanned a Tasmanian devil shortly after landing, {{storylink|The New Forces Arrive!}} while the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]]s were able to obtain suitable vehicular modes by accessing [[Mother Computer|an ancient computer]] and downloading information on the dead civilization's machines. {{storylink|White Lion, Run!}}
According to [[Vector Prime]], the [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobot]]s lived on the colony world [[Archon]] until it failed and they wound up in [[stasis lock]]. [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] discovered them and brought them to Earth, where they were revived and joined the Autobots. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/09/21}}


===<u>''Beast Wars'' cartoon</u>===
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[[Colony Omicron]] was a [[Maximal]] colony established some three centuries after the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]]. Protoform X was incarcerated at the colony but he escaped and destroyed it, along with every [[Transformer]]. The only survivor was the security chief, [[Depth Charge (BW)|Depth Charge]]. Haunted by the massacre and survivor's guilt, Depth Charge spent four stellar cycles hunting down X. {{storylink|Deep Metal}}


===<u>Unicron Trilogy cartoon continuity</u>===
====2005 IDW continuity====
====''Energon'' cartoon====
Omnitron was discovered by a [[Rodimus's crew|group]] of [[Transformer]]s who were fed up with the war. Under [[Rodimus (Energon)|Rodimus]]'s leadership, they turned it into a thriving colony. Over time, the inhabitants evolved into the [[Omnicon]]s. {{storylink|Survival Instincts}}


====''Cybertron'' cartoon====
====''Hearts of Steel''====
In ancient times, [[Primus]] gifted the [[Cyber Planet Key]]s to his children. After the first defeat of Unicron, the Cybertronians planned to found colonies to spread Primus's essence throughout the cosmos. Transformers founded least three major colonies, using a combination of space bridges and massive colonization ships—the ''[[Ogygia (Cybertron)|Ogygia]]'' colonized [[Velocitron]], the ''[[Hyperborea]]'' landed on [[Jungle Planet]], and the ''[[Lemuria (Cybertron)|Lemuria]]'' formed the center of the gigantic construction site of [[Gigantion]]. It was intended that a space bridge network would connect these colonies to each other and the homeworld, but this project failed and the colonies lost contact with each other. The Transformers on these worlds developed in isolation until 2030, when the [[Unicron Singularity]] crisis necessitated the recovery of the Cyber Keys.


====''Cybertron'' comic====
====''Universe'' (2008) promotional video====
[[Jackhammer (Cybertron)|Jackhammer]] mistakenly believed [[Ramjet (Universe)|Ramjet]] and [[Nemesis Prime (Universe)|Nemesis Prime]] to be "stinking refugees from the [[Junkion (planet)|Junk Planet]]". {{storylink|Balancing Act}}
Shortly after he awoke on Earth, Optimus Prime used his built-in optical beams to scan a passing truck. {{storylink|Action Blast 1|Action Blast 1 Part 1}}


====''Timelines''====
====''Beast Wars: Uprising''====
The four Planet Key-carrying ships were accompanied by many smaller ships to establish relay points on the planned space bridge network. One of these minor colonies was [[Combatron (planet)|Combatron]], which was established as a garrison to prepare for the return of Unicron. Unfortunately, Combatron's leader [[King Atlas]] [[Universe War|mysteriously disappeared]], and his soldiers descended into a civil war which wiped out almost all life on the planet. {{storylink|Force of Habit}}
While developing the [[Beast mode|Beast Upgrade]], [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] devised a modified scanner for use on Cybertron's native [[mechanimal]]s. The experimental process led to many horrific failures until the Predacon criminal secured [[Leatherhide]]'s knowledge; testing the scanning procedure on a newborn [[protoform]] led to [[Inferno (BW)|Formikon]]'s creation, the first successful mechanimal Transformer. {{storylink|Not All Megatrons}} Once Megatron had perfected the technology, his mass-produced [[Beast Pod]]s came with pre-existing options for beast modes and did not require external scanners. {{storylink|Cultural Appropriation}}


===<u>''Animated'' continuity</u>===
====''Star Trek vs. Transformers''====
Cybertronians first left their homeworld six billion years ago, during Cybertron's [[Golden Age]]. They succeeded in colonizing their solar system, but isolationism prevented any further expansion. Following the Third Cybertronian War, the [[Age of Expansion]] proper began 750 million years ago, overseen by the nascent Autobot faction and laying the groundwork for the future [[Autobot Commonwealth]]—an economic alliance of affiliated planets that encouraged free trade within its borders. 


During the [[Great War (Animated)|Great War]], numerous colonies within the Commonwealth were occupied by Decepticons; during the final days of the war, the Autobots launched a planet-hopping campaign that liberated numerous colonies, ending with Omnitron during the [[Battle for Omnitron]]. The Autobots were, by and large, successful, although several colonies within the Commonwealth were destroyed over the course of the war.  
====2019 IDW continuity====
In this continuity, Transformers are not born with a natural alternate mode; rather, they are given the opportunity to choose a suitable vehicle form at some point after their forging. This choice may indeed tie into their future vocation, {{storylink|The World In Your Eyes Part Three}} though it is possible for a Transformer to change alternate modes multiple times over the course of their long lifespans. {{storylink|The World In Your Eyes Part One}}


At the end of the Great War, the Decepticons accepted exile in exchange for amnesty, and founded a small [[Decepticon Empire]] of their own on the western rim of the galaxy. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II}}
====''Transformers/Ghostbusters''====


===<u>"Aligned" continuity</u>===
===2001 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
During Cybertron's [[Golden Age]], Cybertronians utilized space bridges to travel from world to world—a technology that had been captured from the [[Quintesson]]s at the end of the [[Age of Wrath]]. After eight thousand years of exploration within their arm of the galaxy, Cybertronians began developing the technology to create permanent colonies among the stars, specifically identifying worlds rich in specific minerals as prime targets for colonization. The development of a [[conversion beam]] gave Transformers the ability to make over rocky worlds into tiny copies of Cybertron, connected to the homeworld by space bridge.


The colonization process proved a drain on [[Energon]] supplies, and [[Sentinel Zeta Prime|Sentinel Prime]]'s government decided that each world would be seeded with a miniature [[Well of All Sparks]], allowing the colony worlds to become completely self-sufficient. The technology to create new Wells was first tested on [[Archon]], where it proved a rousing success. Over several thousand years, Transformers colonized two hundred systems in all, including Gigantion, [[Neutronia]], [[Hub (G2)|the Hub]], and [[Aquatron]]. Some worlds, like the settlement of racers on resource-poor [[Velocitron]], were intended to be short-term projects designed to cater to a narrow demographic, while the "world" of [[Junkion (planet)|Junkion]] was designed as a dumping point for refuse from the colonies, but wound up attracting a variety of scavengers and low-lives.
===Unicron Trilogy===


Ultimately, the age of the colonies came to a close after the [[Rust Plague]] spread across the colonies, killing every Cybertronian it infected. To save Cybertron, Sentinel Prime gave the orders to destroy the space bridge network, cutting off Cybertron from its protectorates and the colonies from each other.  
===Live-action film series===
[[File:Bumblebeescanningcamaro.gif|thumb|right|250px|Cybertronians in this continuity family display a unified ability to switch alternate modes almost instantaneously.]]
'''Trans-scanning''' is the mechanical process by which a [[Transformer]]'s built-in sensors choose and examine a new [[alternate mode]], immediately generating a new exostructure around the [[living metal|ultra-dense liquid metal]] that constitutes the base Cybertronian [[protoform]]. After arriving on a new world, a Cybertronian searches for local machinery, then chooses a new form appropriate to its body mass and locale. Depending on the size and mass of their desired alternate mode, Cybertronians may absorb raw minerals from their surroundings to generate an appropriate disguise; in extenuating circumstances, a Cybertronian may have to effectively sacrifice their own weapons to complete the process, breaking them down into base metals. {{storylink|Transformers: The Movie Guide}}


Those colonies that survived the epidemic adapted to life without Cybertron in various ways. At least one world—Aquatron—was annexed by Quintessons, with its population of water-going Transformers enslaved by the alien invaders. On other worlds, such as Velocitron, the isolated Transformers struggled to survive on barren worlds, practically devoid of any natural resources. The citizens of Neutronia, who had fled the destruction of their planet, discovered the [[Transformation Cog]] of [[Amalgamous Prime]], and mutated into the [[Mutacon]]s, a faction of space-faring nomads. {{storylink|Transformers: The Covenant of Primus|The Covenant of Primus}}
The trans-scanning process replicates every last detail of a Cybertronian's shape, including rust and faded paintwork when imitating old or run-down vehicles. {{storylink|Transformers (film)|Transformers}} {{storylink|Bumblebee (film)|Bumblebee}} At the same time, however, Cybertronians do have the ability to control, at least in part, the nature of their disguise, and have been known to alter the paint jobs or appearances of their new vehicle modes from the template from which they were scanned. {{storylink|Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Age of Extinction}} Every Cybertronian maintains a databank of previously assumed alternate modes, from which they can alter their bodies without having to scan that shape again. {{storylink|Transformers: Ghosts of Yesterday}}


Following the evacuation of Cybertron aboard the ''[[Ark (WFC)|Ark]]'', [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]]'s Autobots and [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]]'s Decepticons visited across several colonies as they searched for the [[AllSpark]]. They were, in turn, pursued by the [[Star Seeker]]s—a faction of Cybertronian expatriates seeking revenge for the destruction of their original world during the [[Cosmic Rust (disease)|Cosmic Rust]] outbreak. While the Junkions and Mutacons proved helpful allies, the presence of two warring factions on Velocitron collapsed the fragile peace and sparked a civil war between [[Ransack (Prime)|Ransack]]'s group of malcontents and [[Override (Prime)|Override]]'s loyalists. {{storylink|Transformers: The Covenant of Primus|The Covenant of Primus}} {{storylink|Transformers: Exiles|Exiles}} Aquatron was the site of a Quintesson ambush that nearly saw both Optimus Prime and Megatron executed for their crimes against the Quintesson Imperium—a conflict that ended with the [[Inquirata (Prime)|Curator]] killed, and the citizens of Aquatron freed from their cruel overlords. {{storylink|Transformers: The Covenant of Primus|The Covenant of Primus}} {{storylink|Transformers: Retribution|Retribution}}
Some Transformers, like [[Frenzy (Movie)|Frenzy]], [[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]], and [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]], have been noted to possess a specific aptitude for changing disguises. Frenzy, for instance, is specifically noted to possess a "hyper-reactive" trans-scanning and reformatting processor, which allows him to transform into anything at any given moment. Given the incredible ease and fluidity in changing forms that Transformers in this[[continuity family]] display, it's not particularly clear what this entails, or how it distinguishes them from other Cybertronians. {{storylink|Transformers: The Movie Guide}}


===<u>IDW Generation 1 continuity</u>===
===''Animated''===
The Transformer race has gone through several waves of expansionism, some more imperialistic than others.


[[File:FirstContact-lostcolonies.jpg|thumb|right|300px]]
===''Shattered Glass''===


The first known attempt at establishing an offworld presence occurred ten million years ago, following the departure of the [[Titan (IDW)|Titan]]s—enormous living ships who each carried [[hot spot]]s inside their body, {{storylink|A 'Bot and Her City}} each one loyal to at least one member of the [[Thirteen]]. {{storylink|Conquerors Part 1: Aphelion|Aphelion}} Once these gigantic Transformers found a suitable world, they activated their hot spots, creating a new generation of Transformers to inhabit the planet. {{storylink|A 'Bot and Her City}} Due to the manipulations of "[[Shockwave (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Onyx Prime]]", {{storylink|The Falling, Interlude: The First Who Was Named|The First Who Was Named}} history would record that thirteen Titans made this voyage. Some of these colonies gave rise to full-fledged Transformer civilizations, while others came to house colonies of organic beings who were unaware of their world's origins. {{storylink|Our Darkest}} On those colonies where Transformer-based life persisted, however, their inhabitants maintained a concept of gender, whereas [[female Transformer]]s would eventually go extinct on Cybertron. {{storylink|All That Remains}}
===Aligned continuity family===


These colonies and their inhabitants were subsequently forgotten by the inhabitants of Cybertron, passing into the realm of myth and legend. {{storylink|First Contact (IDW)|First Contact}} Millions of years after their creations, the younger, present-day Shockwave would seed these planets with powerful ores as part of his [[Regenesis]] project. {{storylink|Our Darkest}}
===Ask Vector Prime===
One cautionary Cybertronian folk tale concerns a contest between a [[Titan (group)|Metrotitan]] and a prideful [[Malignus (G1)|Malignus]], each seeking to outdo the other by scanning the perfect shape. When the Malignus tried to scan the concept of entropy as his alternate mode, however, the effort involved disintegrated him beyond any hope of repair: an allegorical warning for 'bots not to scan more than they can handle. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/07/15}}


Twelve colonies are so far known. They include:
==Notes==
* '''[[LV-117]]''': Inhabited by an organic race of shapeshifters, the temporally-displaced planet was seeded with [[Ore-1]], "Time."
[[File:Cheetor-beastmodescan.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|The {{w|People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals|PETA}} gonna SUE!!]]
*'''[[Gorlam Prime]]''': Formerly inhabited by humanoid organics, the machinations of [[Jhiaxus]] and his experiments with the [[Dead Universe]] led to a period of artificially-accelerated progress that led the inhabitants to rapidly evolve into a Transformer-like species. Produced [[Ore-2]], "Death."
*In an advertisement of PSX version of ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (video game)|Beast Wars: Transformers]]'' in the [[United Kingdom]] [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] grabs and scans a cheetah by the scan beam emitted from his optics.
* '''[[Caminus]]''': The colony of [[Solus Prime]], home of [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]], the religious [[Way of Flame]], and the [[Cityspeaker]]s. Produced [[Ore-4]], "Gravity".
*'''[[Arduria]]''': Home to the [[Ardurian roc]]s, a species considered to be "cousins" of the Cybertronian race. Produced [[Ore-6]], "Cold".
* '''[[Tsiehshi]]''': A barren, uninhabited world where [[The Fallen|Megatronus]] once took refuge during the [[First Cybertronian Civil War]]. Produced [[Ore-8]], "Destruction."
* '''[[Velocitron]]''': A desert world of intense temperatures, the Titan [[Navitas]], who settled the world, was converted into a mobile city and racetrack. Produced [[Ore-9]], "Space".
* '''[[Elonia]]''': The final resting place of [[Prima]] and his Titan [[Emissary]]; in the present day, it was inhabited by the [[Elonian]]s, and the capital of the [[Solstar Order]]. Produce [[Ore-12]], a substance essential to the [[Space Knight]]s. 
* '''[[Earth]]''': Associated with [[Metrotitan (Zone)|Metrotitan]], the planet has been a hotbed of Transformer activity for many years, with the native [[human]]s occasionally coming into conflict with the Cybertronian species. Produced [[Ore-13]], "Power."
* '''[[Vigilem|Carcer]]''': A nomadic Titan, intended as a living prison for its occupant, the evil [[Liege Maximo]], and overseen by a military dictatorship led by [[Elita-1]].
* '''[[Devisiun]]''': Populated by [[Micromaster Combiner|Transformers who are born in pairs]].
* '''[[Eukaris]]''': The colony of "Onyx Prime," inhabited by [[beast mode]] Transformers and guarded by his Titan, [[Chela]].
* '''[[Prion]]''': The colony of Micronus Prime, and formerly home to a civilization of [[Mini-Con]]s.  


During the height of the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]], the Decepticons reached their zenith and enacted an imperialistic government through the formation of the [[Constellate]]—a collection of cyberformed worlds cleansed of their organic inhabitants and restructured to suit the needs of their Decepticon inhabitants. The Constellate was eventually abandoned as the war continued, with the Decepticons moving away from colonial subjugation of other lifeforms in favour of the [[infiltration protocol]]. {{storylink|Rules of Disengagement (issue)|Rules of Disengagement}}
===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Scan''' (スキャン ''skyan'')


Meanwhile, the neutral [[Dai Atlas (Zone)|Dai Atlas]] led his pacifistic followers and associates in the [[Circle of Light]] offworld. Utilizing the power of [[Metrotitan (Zone)|Metrotitan]], {{storylink|Primus: You, Me, and Other Revelations}} the Titan whom [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] had entrusted to Dai Atlas, {{storylink|Primus: All Good Things}} the Circle founded the sanctuary planet [[Theophany]]. {{storylink|Drift issue 1|Drift #1}}
==References==
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Following the end of the war, the Autobot [[Thunder Clash|Thunderclash]] made contact with [[Caminus]], one of the lost Titan colonies. He recruited the services of [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]], one of the planet's many [[Cityspeaker]]s, to tend to the sick [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]], one of Caminus's siblings. {{storylink|A 'Bot and Her City}} In the wake of the [[Dark Cybertron (IDW)|Dark Cybertron]] crisis, Windblade returned to Cybertron along with Metroplex. Metroplex began trying to search for some of the other colony Titans. {{storylink|A Long Way Down}} Windblade, merged with Metroplex's mind, caught glimpses of these other Transformer worlds, whose inhabitants had evolved into radically different forms during their long isolation from the rest of the universe. Windblade managed to strike a deal with [[Starscream (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Starscream]]—in exchange for keeping [[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]]'s sabotage attempts a secret, she would repair Metroplex's space bridge, allowing Cybertron to once again reach out to its scattered colonies and giving Starscream the chance to rule over many worlds. {{storylink|Windblade issue 4|Windblade vol. 1 #4}}
==Toys==
===Trans-Scanning===
[[Image:TransScanningOptimusPrime.jpg|right|150px|thumb|The Optimus Prime of your nightmares.]]
* '''[[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#Trans-Scanning|Bumblebee]]'''
* '''[[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#Trans-Scanning|Optimus Prime]]'''


Around this time, the [[Black Block Consortia]] discovered Prion's colony. Their hatred of mechanical races drove them to destroy the Transformer civilization had developed. The sole survivor, a young Transformer named [[Nickel]], joined the Decepticons after the [[Decepticon Justice Division]] arrived to investigate the remains. {{storylink|The Permanent Revolution}} {{storylink|White Heat}}
Japanese-only releases, these figures are spindly skeletons referred to as "Core Bodies". To these skeletons, two sets of armor pieces can be attached to create one of two forms for either character: their [[protoform]] mode or their Earth mode.


The official "first contact" ceremony between Cybertron and Caminus went less smoothly than expected, thanks to Starscream's political maneuvers involving a staged [[combiner]] invasion of the planet. {{storylink|The Sum and Its Parts}} The political tensions soon boiled over, and the nascent "[[Combiner Wars (event)|Combiner War]]" spilled over onto multiple colonies before things could be dealt with. In the aftermath, Cybertron and Caminus ratified the agreement that led to a democratic [[Council of Worlds]], a binding agreement that would allow Cybertron and its colonies to participate in a democratic parliament. {{storylink|All That Remains}} Subsequently, Starscream and Windblade used Metroplex's spacebridge to meet with representatives from other colonies—an adventure that led them to Velocitron, {{storylink|Race Against the Light}} Devisiun, Eukaris, {{storylink|Windblade vol. 2 issue 6|Windblade vol. 2 #6}} and [[Vigilem|Carcer]]. Representatives from each colony travelled to Cybertron to participate in this new government, which would give each world an equal voice. {{storylink|The Will of the Few}}
===The Scan Series===
[[Image:DOTM_Deluxe_Scan_Ironhide_toy.jpg|thumb|150px|Toys"R"Us exclusive Scan Series Ironhide]]
*'''[[Ironhide (Movie)/toys#Deluxe Class toys 2|Ironhide]]'''
*'''[[Sideswipe (Movie)#ScanSeries|Sideswipe]]'''
*'''[[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#ScanSeries|Bumblebee]]  
*'''[[Ratchet (Movie)/toys#ScanSeries|Autobot Ratchet]]'''


Thereafter, colonist presence on Cybertron became more common. {{storylink|07:00:00}}
[[Exclusive]] to [[Toys"R"Us]]' Mission Earth, these [[redeco]]es represent each character trans-scanning their vehicle mode. As such, nearly all of their vehicle mode parts (and thus, most of their robot modes) are cast in translucent clear plastic, with the rear of their vehicle modes being left unpainted, their middle portions having painted scan lines, and their fronts having a heavy amount of [[paint operation]]s in order to cover the clear plastic.


===<u>''Beast Wars: Uprising''</u>===
==Notes==
During the era of the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]], the Autobots forged the [[Autobot Commonwealth]] while the Decepticons controlled the [[Decepticon Empire|Decepticon Star Empire]]. {{storylink|Broken Windshields}} This all came to and end in [[2031]] when the [[Human Confederacy]], tired of the Cybertronian civil war ravaging unaffiliated planets, forcibly ended the war and confined the Cybertronian species to Cybertron and nine colony worlds. In [[2033]], [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] tried to breach this ceasefire with an invasion fleet. The humans vaped the fleet and in retaliation, ''halved'' the number of allowed colony worlds. After a ten day <strike>piss off</strike> evacuation period, the five disbarred Cybertronian colonies were sterilized by the [[Confederated Terran Colonial Fleet|CTCF]]. {{storylink|Micro-Aggressions}}
''See also:'' '''[[Scanning]]'''


==See also==
==References==
* [[Eco-structuring]]
{{reflist}}

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Conceptual history

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Early Transformers stories established that Transformers needed to be physically rebuilt by an external force to change their alternate modes.

The earliest Transformers stories, including the cartoon, comic, and various ancillary storybooks, depicted transformation not as an innate ability of the species; rather, it was portrayed as a sort of "upgrade" that allowed a Cybertronian to transform. As a result, the process of "scanning" as it is understood today did not exist per se in these early stories; rather, Transformers who wished to adopt a new shape would have to be manually rebuilt, generally involving a variety of shipboard facilities to do so. In some tales, such as "Battle for Cybertron," Cybertronians did not transform at all until their rebuilding at the hands of the Ark's repair protocols after crash-landing on Earth, an unexpected side-effect.

It was the Beast Wars cartoon, however, that first detailed a specific mechanism by which a Transformer could change their alternate mode: shipboard DNA scanners allowed the various Maximals and Predacons to adopt the forms of native organisms while marooned on prehistoric Earth, using an external CR chamber to finalize the procedure. The sequel series, Beast Machines, would lay the groundwork for the finalization of this concept through the character of Nightscream, revealed in the episode "Survivor" to have directly integrated all of the necessary hardware directly into his chassis—the in-universe explanation being that this was a product of the "Quantum Cycle Upgrade" that occurred while Optimus Primal and company were away from Cybertron. With this, Nightscream could directly scan any compatible lifeform and instantaneously make the necessary alterations to his body, though this ability was never displayed on-screen as a result of him becoming a technorganic shortly thereafter. Japanese-original Beast Era fiction would follow through on this idea, unanimously depicting their casts of characters as able to pick up new altmodes "on the fly."

The next series, Robots in Disguise, would take the concept to its logical conclusion by unanimously depicting all Transformers as having this built-in ability. It is in this form that the concept of "scanning" has more-or-less persevered into the present day, and would be most famously depicted in the live-action film series as the means by which both Autobots and Decepticons assumed their terrestrial alternate modes after landing on Earth.


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Generation 1 continuity family

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Marvel Comics continuity

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Autonomous systems aboard the Autobot starship Ark gathered data on native lifeforms using autonomous probes, and its shipboard facilities could manually disassemble and rebuilt Cybertronians into a new configuration to disguise themselves. It first did this four million years ago, shortly after its crash on prehistoric Earth; detecting Shockwave in the Savage Land, the Ark obtained information on the region's ancient creatures and reconstructed Grimlock and four other warriors into dinosaurs. The Last Stand

During the 1984 eruption of Mount St. Hilary, the reactivated Ark mistook human machines for the dominant life-form, and rebuilt all of the Autobots and Decepticons aboard the ship into suitable Earth forms. The Transformers Through a similar process, Straxus's Cybertron-bound Decepticons rebuilt Spanner into a space bridge. The Bridge to Nowhere! Future arrivals on Earth would adopt suitable altmodes through manual rebuilds. Some Transformers bypassed the process by encoding their minds onto crystalline containment vessels; once Optimus Prime decided they needed reinforcements, the Ark simply constructed a suitable Earth body for the Transformers in question, at which point the Autobots uploaded the mental engrams of their comrades into these new forms. Rock and Roll-Out!

Cartoon continuities

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"Wake up, Prime! Don't make me use this to wake you up."

Transformers possess "idento-computers," which help Cybertronians adapt to unfamiliar conditions; in the case of the ravenous Insecticons, who crash-landed in Bali four million years ago, their idento-computers somehow modified their bodies so that they transformed into mechanical insects and gave them the power to metabolize organic matter. A Plague of Insecticons

The other Transformers aboard the Ark went into stasis lock after their starship crash-landed on Earth; in 1984, volcanic activity stirred the half-buried Ark and awoke Teletraan I. Teletraan I sent out a Sky Spy satellite to reconnoiter the new world and scanned terrestrial machinery in order to repair the Transformers, blasting them with an energy beam that not only repaired and re-energized the fallen Cybertronians, but also reformatted them into new alternate modes. More than Meets the Eye, Part 1


Marvel Storybooks continuity

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Big Looker storybooks

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Beast Wars cartoon

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The Axalon's DNA scanner gathers information on Earth wildlife for the benefit of its crew.

Three hundred years after the conclusion of the Great War, the descendants of the Autobots and Decepticons were known to use DNA scanners while on other worlds to blend in with the native lifeforms. These devices analyzed and copied the genetic material of native wildlife, and the Transformer in question could then use a CR chamber to adopt a potential beast mode based on the indigenous fauna. Beast Wars (Part 1) DNA scanners could also extract a sufficient amount of genetic data from inorganic remains, such as fossils. Beast Wars (Part 1) Survivor In Darkest Knight

The scanning process was known to play an integral part in the creation and activation of new Transformers; the stasis pods that housed newborn protoforms during offworld expeditions were equipped with a built-in DNA scanner. Once a pod had touched down on a planet, the scanner would immediately attempt to locate a nearby animal and copy its characteristics onto its protoform occupant to bring the Transformer to life. The Spark Spider's Game


Beast Machines cartoon

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Upgraded DNA scanners allowed Maximals to quickly adopt new shapes on the fly and rendered stasis pods obsolete.

During the Quantum Cycle Upgrade, which took place while Optimus Primal and his crew were off-planet fighting the Beast Wars on prehistoric Earth, DNA scanners were directly integrated into the bodies of all Maximals, allowing Cybertronians to adopt new beast modes without the need for stasis pods or CR chambers. Survivor Botanica and her crew of explorers used these new DNA scanners to blend in with the lifeforms on a distant world of ambulatory plants. Home Soil

Shortly after Megatron and his Vehicons invaded Cybertron, the young Maximal Nightscream knocked himself unconscious after fleeing into the depths of Cybertron and falling into a fossil chamber, and his onboard DNA scanner somehow activated and scanned the bones of an extinct bat-like creature. Survivor Blackarachnia was later able to return Silverbolt to his old self, breaking Jetstorm's shell program in the process, by forcing the Vehicon General to scan a fossilized bird while submerging him in liquid from Cybertron's organic core. In Darkest Knight Additionally, the mystical Oracle displayed the ability to instantaneously "reformat" any Cybertronian life-form into a highly evolved "technorganic" form,a mystical hybrid of the organic and technological; The Reformatting through proper discipline, Optimus Primal was able to channel this power as needed, using it to reformat several other Transformers into new technorganic shapes. Forbidden Fruit Home Soil


Beast Wars II cartoon

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Tasmania Kid's internal systems were able to instantaneously scan the DNA of a local creature and make the necessary alterations to his body in a matter of seconds.

Thousands of years in the future, all Transformers would come to possess a set of optical DNA scanners and bodies that coiuld instantly adapt to new alternate modes, be they organic creatures or more conventional machinery. During the Maximal-Predacon conflict on the post-apocalyptic planet Gaia, Tasmania Kid accidentally scanned a Tasmanian devil shortly after landing, The New Forces Arrive! while the Predacons were able to obtain suitable vehicular modes by accessing an ancient computer and downloading information on the dead civilization's machines. White Lion, Run!


2005 IDW continuity

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Hearts of Steel

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Universe (2008) promotional video

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Shortly after he awoke on Earth, Optimus Prime used his built-in optical beams to scan a passing truck. Action Blast 1 Part 1

Beast Wars: Uprising

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While developing the Beast Upgrade, Megatron devised a modified scanner for use on Cybertron's native mechanimals. The experimental process led to many horrific failures until the Predacon criminal secured Leatherhide's knowledge; testing the scanning procedure on a newborn protoform led to Formikon's creation, the first successful mechanimal Transformer. Not All Megatrons Once Megatron had perfected the technology, his mass-produced Beast Pods came with pre-existing options for beast modes and did not require external scanners. Cultural Appropriation

Star Trek vs. Transformers

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2019 IDW continuity

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In this continuity, Transformers are not born with a natural alternate mode; rather, they are given the opportunity to choose a suitable vehicle form at some point after their forging. This choice may indeed tie into their future vocation, The World In Your Eyes Part Three though it is possible for a Transformer to change alternate modes multiple times over the course of their long lifespans. The World In Your Eyes Part One

Transformers/Ghostbusters

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2001 Robots in Disguise cartoon

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Unicron Trilogy

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Live-action film series

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Cybertronians in this continuity family display a unified ability to switch alternate modes almost instantaneously.

Trans-scanning is the mechanical process by which a Transformer's built-in sensors choose and examine a new alternate mode, immediately generating a new exostructure around the ultra-dense liquid metal that constitutes the base Cybertronian protoform. After arriving on a new world, a Cybertronian searches for local machinery, then chooses a new form appropriate to its body mass and locale. Depending on the size and mass of their desired alternate mode, Cybertronians may absorb raw minerals from their surroundings to generate an appropriate disguise; in extenuating circumstances, a Cybertronian may have to effectively sacrifice their own weapons to complete the process, breaking them down into base metals. Transformers: The Movie Guide

The trans-scanning process replicates every last detail of a Cybertronian's shape, including rust and faded paintwork when imitating old or run-down vehicles. Transformers Bumblebee At the same time, however, Cybertronians do have the ability to control, at least in part, the nature of their disguise, and have been known to alter the paint jobs or appearances of their new vehicle modes from the template from which they were scanned. Age of Extinction Every Cybertronian maintains a databank of previously assumed alternate modes, from which they can alter their bodies without having to scan that shape again. Transformers: Ghosts of Yesterday

Some Transformers, like Frenzy, Skids, and Mudflap, have been noted to possess a specific aptitude for changing disguises. Frenzy, for instance, is specifically noted to possess a "hyper-reactive" trans-scanning and reformatting processor, which allows him to transform into anything at any given moment. Given the incredible ease and fluidity in changing forms that Transformers in thiscontinuity family display, it's not particularly clear what this entails, or how it distinguishes them from other Cybertronians. Transformers: The Movie Guide

Animated

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Shattered Glass

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Aligned continuity family

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Ask Vector Prime

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One cautionary Cybertronian folk tale concerns a contest between a Metrotitan and a prideful Malignus, each seeking to outdo the other by scanning the perfect shape. When the Malignus tried to scan the concept of entropy as his alternate mode, however, the effort involved disintegrated him beyond any hope of repair: an allegorical warning for 'bots not to scan more than they can handle. Ask Vector Prime, 2015/07/15

Notes

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The PETA gonna SUE!!

Foreign names

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  • Japanese: Scan (スキャン skyan)

References

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Toys

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Trans-Scanning

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The Optimus Prime of your nightmares.

Japanese-only releases, these figures are spindly skeletons referred to as "Core Bodies". To these skeletons, two sets of armor pieces can be attached to create one of two forms for either character: their protoform mode or their Earth mode.

The Scan Series

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Toys"R"Us exclusive Scan Series Ironhide

Exclusive to Toys"R"Us' Mission Earth, these redecoes represent each character trans-scanning their vehicle mode. As such, nearly all of their vehicle mode parts (and thus, most of their robot modes) are cast in translucent clear plastic, with the rear of their vehicle modes being left unpainted, their middle portions having painted scan lines, and their fronts having a heavy amount of paint operations in order to cover the clear plastic.

Notes

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See also: Scanning

References

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