User:Locoman/Sandbox/Languages: Difference between revisions
No edit summary |
m Locoman moved page User:Grum/Sandbox/Languages to User:Locoman/Sandbox/Languages: Automatically moved page while renaming the user "Grum" to "Locoman" |
||
| (8 intermediate revisions by the same user not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
==Alphabets== | ==Alphabets== | ||
===Ancient Autobot=== | ===Ancient Autobot=== | ||
Created by [[Jim Sorenson]] in the 1990s, based on symbols seen in the ''[[The Transformers (cartoon)|The Transformers]]'' episode "[[Cosmic Rust (episode)|Cosmic Rust]]." This font has seen particularly common use in official media, including | [[File:Autobot Translations.jpg|thumb|right|250px]] | ||
===Decepticon Graffiti=== | |||
Created by [[Jim Sorenson]] in the 1990s, based on symbols seen in the ''[[The Transformers (cartoon)|The Transformers]]'' episode "[[Cosmic Rust (episode)|Cosmic Rust]]." This font has seen particularly common use in official media, including ''[[AllSpark Wars]]'', Sorenson's own ''[[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac|AllSpark Almanac]]'' books, on Banzai-Tron's ''Timelines'' toy, in [[Burger King]]'s [[Transform Your Way]] promotion, as a part of the ''[[Around Cybertron]]'' news broadcast, on the cover to [[The Transformers: All Hail Megatron|''All Hail Megatron'' volume 3]], in ''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)|Rescue Bots]]'', on [[Lockdown (ROTF)|Lockdown]]'s HUD in ''[[Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Age of Extinction]]'', both the [[2005 IDW continuity|2005]] and [[2019 IDW continuity|2019]] IDW comic universes, and extensively in the ''[[War for Cybertron Trilogy (franchise)|War for Cybertron Trilogy]]''. | |||
{{--}} | |||
===Decepticon Graffiti=== | |||
[[File:Decepticon Translations.jpg|thumb|right|250px]] | |||
Also created by Jim Sorenson in the '90s, based on the Cybertronian language graffitied on Earth landmarks by the [[Battlecharger]]s in [[Decepticon Graffiti!|issue #23]] of the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|Generation 1 Marvel comic]]. This font was also used in the ''AllSpark Wars'' game, and in the [[Revenge of the Fallen (video games)|''Revenge of the Fallen'' video game]]. | Also created by Jim Sorenson in the '90s, based on the Cybertronian language graffitied on Earth landmarks by the [[Battlecharger]]s in [[Decepticon Graffiti!|issue #23]] of the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|Generation 1 Marvel comic]]. This font was also used in the ''AllSpark Wars'' game, and in the [[Revenge of the Fallen (video games)|''Revenge of the Fallen'' video game]]. | ||
===Maximal Cybertronix=== | |||
{{--}} | |||
===Maximal Cybertronix=== | |||
[[File:Maximal Language.jpg|thumb|right|250px]] | |||
Created by [[Mainframe Entertainment]] and used in the ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'' and ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Machines]]'' cartoons for [[Maximal]] computer readouts. | Created by [[Mainframe Entertainment]] and used in the ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'' and ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Machines]]'' cartoons for [[Maximal]] computer readouts. | ||
{{--}} | |||
===Predacon Cybertronix=== | ===Predacon Cybertronix=== | ||
[[File:Predacon Language.jpg|thumb|right|250px]] | |||
Also created by Mainframe for [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] computer readouts. | Also created by Mainframe for [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] computer readouts. | ||
{{--}} | |||
===Cyberglyphics=== | ===Cyberglyphics=== | ||
Created for the | Created for the [[Transformers (film)|first live-action film]], the hieroglyph-like "cyberglyphics" featured prominently in both ''Transformers'' and [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (franchise)|its immediate sequel]] as inscriptions on both the supernatural [[AllSpark]] artifact and the Transformers themselves. In addition to featuring prominently in marketing materials for both the first and second films, the font also saw use in IDW's [[2005 IDW continuity|first ''Transformers'' continuity]] to represent a near-extinct dialect commonly known as "Ancient Cybertronian." | ||
===High Moon font=== | ===High Moon font=== | ||
[[File:Aligned font.jpg|thumb|right|250px]] | |||
Created by [[High Moon Studios]] for the ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (games)|War for Cybertron]]'' video game, also loosed based on the "Ancient Autobot" symbols from "Cosmic Rust." It appears--stylized in various different ways--in assorted places through the game series, in the ''[[Transformers: Devastation|Transformers: Devastation]]'' video game, in [[The Art of Transformers: Fall of Cybertron|the ''Fall of Cybertron'' art book]], and on the [[Torchbearer]] toys. | Created by [[High Moon Studios]] for the ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (games)|War for Cybertron]]'' video game, also loosed based on the "Ancient Autobot" symbols from "Cosmic Rust." It appears--stylized in various different ways--in assorted places through the game series, in the ''[[Transformers: Devastation|Transformers: Devastation]]'' video game, in [[The Art of Transformers: Fall of Cybertron|the ''Fall of Cybertron'' art book]], and on the [[Torchbearer]] toys. | ||
{{--}} | |||
==Fiction== | ==Fiction== | ||
===Generation 1 continuity family=== | ===Generation 1 continuity family=== | ||
====Marvel Comics continuity==== | ====Marvel Comics continuity==== | ||
[[Jazz (G1)/Marvel | [[File:DecepticonGraffiti wonderfully wicked.jpg|thumb|left|200px]] | ||
[[Jazz (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Jazz]] explained that his real name was unpronounceable in English. {{storylink|Man of Iron (issue)|Man of Iron}} | |||
During a nation-wide vandalism spree, [[Runamuck (G1)|Runamuck]] and [[Runabout (G1)|Runabout]] sprayed Cybertronian graffiti across Earth monuments but eventually realized that humans couldn't understand their witty remarks. {{storylink|Decepticon Graffiti!}} | During a nation-wide vandalism spree, [[Runamuck (G1)|Runamuck]] and [[Runabout (G1)|Runabout]] sprayed Cybertronian graffiti across Earth monuments but eventually realized that humans couldn't understand their witty remarks. {{storylink|Decepticon Graffiti!}} | ||
{{--}} | |||
====Generation 1 cartoon continuity==== | ====Generation 1 cartoon continuity==== | ||
[[File:CosmicRust-AncientAutobot.jpg|thumb|right|200px|"He who is valiant, and pure of spirit, may find the Holy Grail in the castle of... aaaaargh?"]] | |||
The first language used by the Transformers was likely the [[Quintesson]] language inherited from their creators, a hieroglyph-like series of inscriptions present upon the walls of their dimensional transporter room. {{storylink|Madman's Paradise}} The [[Plasma energy|Plasma Energy Chamber]]'s control panel used "Ancient Cybertronian", which [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] did not recognize but [[Cerebros (G1)|Cerebros]] was able to read. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 1}} | The first language used by the Transformers was likely the [[Quintesson]] language inherited from their creators, a hieroglyph-like series of inscriptions present upon the walls of their dimensional transporter room. {{storylink|Madman's Paradise}} The [[Plasma energy|Plasma Energy Chamber]]'s control panel used "Ancient Cybertronian", which [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] did not recognize but [[Cerebros (G1)|Cerebros]] was able to read. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 1}} | ||
The [[Thirteenth Legion]], who'd fled Cybertron during a prior war, used a written language that [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] would later identify as "Ancient Autobot". {{storylink|Cosmic Rust (episode)|Cosmic Rust}} | |||
The [[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'s [[Teletraan | The [[Thirteenth Legion]], who'd fled Cybertron during a prior war, used a written language that [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] would later identify as "Ancient Autobot". {{storylink|Cosmic Rust (episode)|Cosmic Rust}} | ||
The [[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'s [[Teletraan I]] supercomputer occasionally displayed [[:File:G1 cartoon Autobot letters.JPG|snippets of Cybertronian writing]], including what would presumably be a modern Autobot language.{{storylink|More than Meets the Eye, Part 2}} | |||
{{--}} | |||
====''Beast Wars'' cartoon continuity==== | ====''Beast Wars'' cartoon continuity==== | ||
{{main|Cybertronix}} | |||
=====''Beast Wars'' cartoon===== | =====''Beast Wars'' cartoon===== | ||
=====2006 IDW ''Beast Wars'' continuity===== | [[Cybertronix]] is the primary written language on Cybertron by the era of the [[Maximal]]s and [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]]s, although [[Autobot]] and [[Decepticon]] artifacts from well before [[Pax Cybertronia]] also display Cybertronix writing. {{storylink|Nemesis Part 2}} | ||
=====2006 IDW ''Beast Wars'' continuity===== | |||
====2005 IDW continuity==== | ====2005 IDW continuity==== | ||
====''Beast Wars: Uprising''==== | ====''Beast Wars: Uprising''==== | ||
| Line 31: | Line 72: | ||
====''War for Cybertron Trilogy''==== | ====''War for Cybertron Trilogy''==== | ||
====2021 ''Beast Wars'' comic==== | ====2021 ''Beast Wars'' comic==== | ||
===Unicron Trilogy=== | ===Unicron Trilogy=== | ||
====''Cybertron'' cartoon==== | ====''Cybertron'' cartoon==== | ||
Latest revision as of 19:37, 1 January 2024
Alphabets
[edit]Ancient Autobot
[edit]
Created by Jim Sorenson in the 1990s, based on symbols seen in the The Transformers episode "Cosmic Rust." This font has seen particularly common use in official media, including AllSpark Wars, Sorenson's own AllSpark Almanac books, on Banzai-Tron's Timelines toy, in Burger King's Transform Your Way promotion, as a part of the Around Cybertron news broadcast, on the cover to All Hail Megatron volume 3, in Rescue Bots, on Lockdown's HUD in Age of Extinction, both the 2005 and 2019 IDW comic universes, and extensively in the War for Cybertron Trilogy.
Decepticon Graffiti
[edit]
Also created by Jim Sorenson in the '90s, based on the Cybertronian language graffitied on Earth landmarks by the Battlechargers in issue #23 of the Generation 1 Marvel comic. This font was also used in the AllSpark Wars game, and in the Revenge of the Fallen video game.
Maximal Cybertronix
[edit]
Created by Mainframe Entertainment and used in the Beast Wars and Beast Machines cartoons for Maximal computer readouts.
Predacon Cybertronix
[edit]
Also created by Mainframe for Predacon computer readouts.
Cyberglyphics
[edit]Created for the first live-action film, the hieroglyph-like "cyberglyphics" featured prominently in both Transformers and its immediate sequel as inscriptions on both the supernatural AllSpark artifact and the Transformers themselves. In addition to featuring prominently in marketing materials for both the first and second films, the font also saw use in IDW's first Transformers continuity to represent a near-extinct dialect commonly known as "Ancient Cybertronian."
High Moon font
[edit]
Created by High Moon Studios for the War for Cybertron video game, also loosed based on the "Ancient Autobot" symbols from "Cosmic Rust." It appears--stylized in various different ways--in assorted places through the game series, in the Transformers: Devastation video game, in the Fall of Cybertron art book, and on the Torchbearer toys.
Fiction
[edit]Generation 1 continuity family
[edit]Marvel Comics continuity
[edit]
Jazz explained that his real name was unpronounceable in English. Man of Iron During a nation-wide vandalism spree, Runamuck and Runabout sprayed Cybertronian graffiti across Earth monuments but eventually realized that humans couldn't understand their witty remarks. Decepticon Graffiti!
Generation 1 cartoon continuity
[edit]
The first language used by the Transformers was likely the Quintesson language inherited from their creators, a hieroglyph-like series of inscriptions present upon the walls of their dimensional transporter room. Madman's Paradise The Plasma Energy Chamber's control panel used "Ancient Cybertronian", which Spike Witwicky did not recognize but Cerebros was able to read. The Rebirth, Part 1
The Thirteenth Legion, who'd fled Cybertron during a prior war, used a written language that Starscream would later identify as "Ancient Autobot". Cosmic Rust
The Ark's Teletraan I supercomputer occasionally displayed snippets of Cybertronian writing, including what would presumably be a modern Autobot language.More than Meets the Eye, Part 2
Beast Wars cartoon continuity
[edit]Beast Wars cartoon
[edit]Cybertronix is the primary written language on Cybertron by the era of the Maximals and Predacons, although Autobot and Decepticon artifacts from well before Pax Cybertronia also display Cybertronix writing. Nemesis Part 2
