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:''The manual classes are social strata from the [[IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW portion]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
:''The manual classes are social strata from the [[2005 IDW continuity|IDW portion]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''


According to the principles of [[functionism]], whereby a [[Transformer]]'s [[alternate mode]] defines their purpose, those who do the dirty jobs such as the [[Constructibot]]s, miners and haulers are collectively known as the '''manual classes'''. They are not afforded a good position in society, being treated as little more than slaves, and as a general rule, can be identified by the black and yellow hazard stripes they sport.
According to the principles of [[functionism]], whereby a [[Transformer]]'s [[alternate mode]] defines their purpose, those who do the dirty jobs such as the [[Constructibot]]s, miners and haulers are collectively known as the '''manual classes'''. They are not afforded a good position in society, being treated as little more than slaves, and as a general rule, can be identified by the black and yellow hazard stripes they sport.


==Fiction==
==Fiction==
===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
===2005 IDW continuity===
When [[Impactor (G1)|Impactor]] picked a fight with some [[Senate]] cadets at [[Maccadam's Old Oil House|Maccadam's New Oil House]], they derided him as "manual scum". {{storylink|Elegant Chaos Part 2: Stet|Stet}}
When [[Impactor (G1)|Impactor]] picked a fight with some [[Senate]] cadets at [[Maccadam's Old Oil House|Maccadam's New Oil House]], they derided him as "manual scum". {{storylink|Elegant Chaos Part 2: Stet|Stet}}


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==Notes==
==Notes==
*As miners and/or early Decepticons, [[Megatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Megatron]], [[Terminus (G1)|Terminus]], [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]], [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]], [[Frak]] and [[Rushcut]] were presumably all members of the manual classes, as was [[Momus]] before he was declared alt-mode exempt.
*As miners and/or early Decepticons, [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]], [[Terminus (G1)|Terminus]], [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]], [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]], [[Frak]] and [[Rushcut]] were presumably all members of the manual classes, as was [[Momus]] before he was declared alt-mode exempt.


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Revision as of 18:33, 3 May 2019

The manual classes are social strata from the IDW portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.

According to the principles of functionism, whereby a Transformer's alternate mode defines their purpose, those who do the dirty jobs such as the Constructibots, miners and haulers are collectively known as the manual classes. They are not afforded a good position in society, being treated as little more than slaves, and as a general rule, can be identified by the black and yellow hazard stripes they sport.

Fiction

2005 IDW continuity

When Impactor picked a fight with some Senate cadets at Maccadam's New Oil House, they derided him as "manual scum". Stet

During an evacuation of the Messatine mining outpost, Manual Class workers were informed that they would only be allowed on shuttles after all the more important people (in other words, everyone else) had got on, if there was any space left. Births, Deaths, and Interventions

Many of the early Decepticons were drawn from the ranks of the manual classes, which made some members of other classes fearful of a Decepticon uprising. Post Hoc

Notes


Functionist classes