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:''Munka Spanka is | :''Munka Spanka is an alien from the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|cartoon portion]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].'' | ||
{{Faceless}} | |||
'''Munka Spanka''', from the [[Orgenon Cluster]], is a pretty good athlete. | |||
{{w|Dick Trickle|Pity about the name.}} | |||
{{quote|Way to go, Munka! Way to go!|[[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rodimus Prime]] cheers Munka's victory|"[[Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1]]"}} | |||
{{quote|Way to go, Munka! Way to go!|[[Rodimus Prime]] cheers Munka's victory | |||
==Fiction== | ==Fiction== | ||
=== | ===''The Transformers'' cartoon=== | ||
As declared by an announcer, Munka Spanka won an event in the [[Galactic Olympics]]. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1}} | |||
Munka Spanka won | |||
== | ==Notes== | ||
* | [[File:Munka Spanka hurdles.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|He ran so fast, he left his name behind.]] | ||
*Immediately before Munka's victory is declared, [[Jazz (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Jazz]] is seen running an obstacle course race. The scene then cuts to Blurr on Cybertron, moping about being unable to participate in that same race. Jazz wins the race, transforming and standing victorious. The next scene features Rodimus and Springer watching the games; an announcer declares "And the winner was Munka Spanka". The successive cuts do little to indicate the passage of time between the scenes, making it appear that the announcer is referring to ''Jazz'' as "Munka Spanka". | |||
*But, given Jazz's prominent survival of ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'' (he's even shown in a clip from the movie which opens the episode, and shows up again in "Five Faces" Part 5), the consistent use of both his modes in a fairly long scene, and the fact that he's shown racing alongside several [[generic]]s, this does not appear to be an animation error or a crowd-filling [[character model]] re-use. The announcer is presumably reading the results of a different race, rather than Jazz having a totally-identical twin from a different planet. | |||
*Many fans claim, with no evidence, that this supposed "name change" is somehow related to the death of Jazz's voice actor, [[Scatman Crothers]], despite that the role required no speech on Jazz's part, and the fact that the episode aired before his death. In Japan, at any rate, Jazz is positively identified with his Japanese market's name "Meister", meaning it's likely that it was just a weird editing choice, and not a deliberate renaming of Jazz. | |||
*The spelling of his name, and his planet of origin, comes from the original shooting script.<ref>[http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/msg/7aafaf5a4ef671c3?dmode=source Secrets of the Original Scripts - season 3, part 1]</ref> | |||
*According to voice actor [[Dan Gilvezan]], yes, writer [[Flint Dille]] knew EXACTLY what he was doing when he gave him that name. | |||
==References== | |||
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[[Category: | {{DEFAULTSORT:Spanka, Munka}} | ||
[[Category: Cartoon-only characters]] | [[Category:Athletes]] | ||
[[Category: Generation 1 | [[Category:Cartoon-only characters]] | ||
[[Category:Generation 1 cartoon aliens]] | |||
Latest revision as of 10:31, 28 December 2020
- Munka Spanka is an alien from the cartoon portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.
You can't see me!
This character has no official visual representation in any Transformers product or media... yet, at least.
Munka Spanka, from the Orgenon Cluster, is a pretty good athlete.
Fiction
[edit]The Transformers cartoon
[edit]As declared by an announcer, Munka Spanka won an event in the Galactic Olympics. Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1
Notes
[edit]
- Immediately before Munka's victory is declared, Jazz is seen running an obstacle course race. The scene then cuts to Blurr on Cybertron, moping about being unable to participate in that same race. Jazz wins the race, transforming and standing victorious. The next scene features Rodimus and Springer watching the games; an announcer declares "And the winner was Munka Spanka". The successive cuts do little to indicate the passage of time between the scenes, making it appear that the announcer is referring to Jazz as "Munka Spanka".
- But, given Jazz's prominent survival of The Transformers: The Movie (he's even shown in a clip from the movie which opens the episode, and shows up again in "Five Faces" Part 5), the consistent use of both his modes in a fairly long scene, and the fact that he's shown racing alongside several generics, this does not appear to be an animation error or a crowd-filling character model re-use. The announcer is presumably reading the results of a different race, rather than Jazz having a totally-identical twin from a different planet.
- Many fans claim, with no evidence, that this supposed "name change" is somehow related to the death of Jazz's voice actor, Scatman Crothers, despite that the role required no speech on Jazz's part, and the fact that the episode aired before his death. In Japan, at any rate, Jazz is positively identified with his Japanese market's name "Meister", meaning it's likely that it was just a weird editing choice, and not a deliberate renaming of Jazz.
- The spelling of his name, and his planet of origin, comes from the original shooting script.[1]
- According to voice actor Dan Gilvezan, yes, writer Flint Dille knew EXACTLY what he was doing when he gave him that name.
