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:''Munka Spanka is a [[Transformer]] of unknown faction in the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
:''Munka Spanka is an alien from the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[Continuity family|continuity family]].''


[[Image:Munka_Spanka_jubilation.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Young man, there's no need to feel down...]]
'''Munka Spanka''', from the [[Orgenon Cluster|Orgenon Cluster]], is a pretty good athlete.


'''Munka Spanka''', from the [[Orgenon Cluster]], is a pretty good racer.
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Trickle" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Dick_Trickle">Pity about the name.</a>


[[wikipedia:Dick Trickle|Pity about the name.]]


 
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{{quote|Way to go, Munka! Way to go!|[[Rodimus Prime]] cheers Munka's victory, "[[Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1]]"}}
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</td><td valign="top" style="padding:4px 10px 5px 10px;font-family: 'lucida console', arial, sans-serif;"> Way to go, Munka! Way to go!
</td><td width="20" valign="bottom" style="color:#B2B7F2;font-size:35px;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-weight:bold;text-align:right;padding:10px 10px 0px 10px;"> ”
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<td colspan="3" style="padding-top: 0"> <p style="font-size:smaller;line-height:1em;text-align: right"><cite style="font-style:normal;">—[[Hot Rod|Rodimus Prime]] cheers Munka's victory, "[[Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1]]"</cite>




==Fiction==
==Fiction==
===Animated continuity===
===Generation 1 cartoon===
[[Image:Munka_Spanka_hurdles.jpg|thumb|left|150px|If your name was "Munka Spanka", you'd have a lot of experience running away, too.]]
As declared by an announcer, Munka Spanka won an event in the [[Galactic Olympics|Galactic Olympics]]. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1}}
 
Munka Spanka won a race in the [[Galactic Olympics]], much to [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]]'s dismay. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1}}


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==Trivia==
==Trivia==
* The being who wins the race immediately prior to Munka Spanka's victory being declared uses [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]]'s [[character model]] in both vehicle and robot mode. Notably, though, the action cuts away from the race to a scene on Cybertron before returning to the games, at which point Munka's victory is announced. So maybe, just maybe, the announcer ''could'' be reading out the results of ''another'' race, and Munka isn't Jazz's identical twin, and... ahh, who are we kidding? This is "Five Faces of Darkness" we're talkin' about, here.  It was probably meant to be Jazz at one point. Many fans claim, with no evidence, that the name change is somehow related to the death of Jazz's voice actor, [[Scatman Crothers]], even though Munka doesn't speak. In Japan, at any rate, the character is identified as Jazz with his Japanese market's name "Meister".
[[Image:Munka Spanka hurdles.jpg|right|150px|thumb|He ran so fast, he left his name behind.]]
* Immediately before Munka's victory is declared, [[Jazz (G1)|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 Spenka". 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|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|generics]], this does not appear to be an animation error or a crowd-filling [[Character model|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|Scatman Crothers]]. In Japan, at any rate, Jazz is positively identified with his Japanese market's name "Meister".
* The spelling of his name, and his planet of origin, comes from the original shooting script.<sup id="cite_ref-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-0" title="">[1]</a></sup>


==References==
<ol class="references"><li id="cite_note-0">[#cite_ref-0" title="">↑</a> <a href="http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/msg/7aafaf5a4ef671c3?dmode=source Secrets of the Original Scripts - season 3, part 1]</ol>


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Revision as of 07:16, 19 March 2009

Munka Spanka is an alien from the Generation 1 continuity family.

Munka Spanka, from the Orgenon Cluster, is a pretty good athlete.

<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Trickle" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Dick_Trickle">Pity about the name.</a>


<table align="center" style="border-collapse:collapse; border-style:none; background-color:transparent;" class="cquote"> <tr> <td width="20" valign="top" style="color:#B2B7F2;font-size:35px;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-weight:bold;text-align:left;padding:9px 10px 0 10px;"> “ </td><td valign="top" style="padding:4px 10px 5px 10px;font-family: 'lucida console', arial, sans-serif;"> Way to go, Munka! Way to go! </td><td width="20" valign="bottom" style="color:#B2B7F2;font-size:35px;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-weight:bold;text-align:right;padding:10px 10px 0px 10px;"> ” </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" style="padding-top: 0"> <p style="font-size:smaller;line-height:1em;text-align: right"><cite style="font-style:normal;">—Rodimus Prime cheers Munka's victory, "Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1"</cite>


Fiction

Generation 1 cartoon

As declared by an announcer, Munka Spanka won an event in the Galactic Olympics. Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1


Trivia

He ran so fast, he left his name behind.
  • 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 Spenka". 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. In Japan, at any rate, Jazz is positively identified with his Japanese market's name "Meister".
  • The spelling of his name, and his planet of origin, comes from the original shooting script.<sup id="cite_ref-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-0" title="">[1]</a></sup>

References

<ol class="references"><li id="cite_note-0">[#cite_ref-0" title="">↑</a> <a href="http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/msg/7aafaf5a4ef671c3?dmode=source Secrets of the Original Scripts - season 3, part 1]</ol>

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