*[[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] coughed while infected with Cosmic Rust. {{storylink|Cosmic Rust (episode)|Cosmic Rust}}
*[[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] coughed while infected with Cosmic Rust. {{storylink|Cosmic Rust (episode)|Cosmic Rust}}
*A fiery blast from [[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]] caused both the [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]] and [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]] to cough. {{storylink|Call of the Primitives}}
*A fiery blast from [[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]] caused both the [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]] and [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]] to cough. {{storylink|Call of the Primitives}}
*[[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] coughed for no reason while making a triumphant speech. He also coughed while laughing evilly, {{storylink|Before the Storm}} while sleeping, and when amidst the smoky remains of an electrical fire.
*[[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] coughed for no reason while making a triumphant speech. He also coughed while laughing evilly, {{storylink|Before the Storm}} while sleeping, {{storylink|Transmutate (episode)|Transmutate}} and when amidst the smoky remains of an electrical fire.
*[[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] fake-coughed to draw [[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]]'s attention to the matter of [[Noble (BM)|Noble]]. {{storylink|Sparkwar Pt. III: The Siege}}
*[[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] fake-coughed to draw [[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]]'s attention to the matter of [[Noble (BM)|Noble]]. {{storylink|Sparkwar Pt. III: The Siege}}
*[[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]], [[Slapper (RID)|Slapper]], and [[Dark Scream]] all coughed after inhaling smoke. {{storylink|Secret Weapon: D-5}}
*[[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]], [[Slapper (RID)|Slapper]], and [[Dark Scream]] all coughed after inhaling smoke. {{storylink|Secret Weapon: D-5}}
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*[[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]], calling for help as a python constricted him, said he couldn't breathe. {{storylink|Dark Voyage}}
*[[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]], calling for help as a python constricted him, said he couldn't breathe. {{storylink|Dark Voyage}}
*[[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] gagged a bit when [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] lifted him into the air by his throat. When told by Rhinox, "I'm in a bad mood. Understand?" Dinobot responded with a weak, breathless "Uh huh." {{storylink|Aftermath (BW episode)|Aftermath}}
*[[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] gagged a bit when [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] lifted him into the air by his throat. When told by Rhinox, "I'm in a bad mood. Understand?" Dinobot responded with a weak, breathless "Uh huh." {{storylink|Aftermath (BW episode)|Aftermath}}
*[[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] breathed heavily after trying to chase down [[Blurr (Animated)|Blurr]], even though he quipped in a [[Transform and Roll Out|previous episode]] that not needing to breathe is useful for an Autobot. {{storylink|Velocity (episode)|Velocity}}
*[[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] breathed heavily after trying to chase down [[Blurr (Animated)|Blurr]], even though he quipped in a [[Transform and Roll Out|previous episode]] that not needing to breathe is useful for an Autobot. {{storylink|Velocity (episode)|Velocity}}
*Blurr breathed heavily after when he had completed running all the way back to Cybertron. {{storylink|TransWarped}}
*Blurr breathed heavily after when he had completed running all the way back to Cybertron. {{storylink|TransWarped}}
*Throughout ''[[Beast Wars II: Super Lifeform Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars II]]'' and [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 cartoon)|the 2001 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon]], and occasionally in the ''[[Transformers: Armada (cartoon)|Armada]]'' cartoon, several characters are seen crying in hyperbolic anime fashion.
*Throughout ''[[Beast Wars II: Super Lifeform Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars II]]'' and [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 cartoon)|the 2001 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon]], and occasionally in the ''[[Transformers: Armada (cartoon)|Armada]]'' cartoon, several characters are seen crying in hyperbolic anime fashion.
*Tears well up in [[Ironhide (Energon)|Ironhide]]'s eyes and fall to the ground in ''[[Transformers: Energon (cartoon)|Energon]]'' as he mourns a fallen comrade.
*Tears welled up in [[Ironhide (Energon)|Ironhide]]'s eyes and fell to the ground in ''[[Transformers: Energon (cartoon)|Energon]]'' as he mourned a fallen comrade.
*Wing Dagger cried over [[Padlock (Energon)|Padlock]]'s corpse after he was killed from behind by [[Shockblast]]. {{storylink|Shockblast: Rampage}}
*Wing Dagger cried over [[Padlock (Energon)|Padlock]]'s corpse after he was killed by [[Shockblast]]. {{storylink|Shockblast: Rampage}}
*[[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] told [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]] to "cry him a river". {{storylink|Night of the Combaticons}}
*[[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] told [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]] to "cry him a river". {{storylink|Night of the Combaticons}}
*Ratchet ''actually'' cries tears of defeat when outwitted by Megatron. {{storylink|Warrior School!}}
*Ratchet cried tears of defeat when outwitted by Megatron. {{storylink|Warrior School!}}
*[[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] cries over [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]]'s death. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 5|''The Art of War'' #5}}
*[[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] cried over [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]]'s death. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 5|''The Art of War'' #5}}
*[[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Blackarachnia]] cries, though this "ability" could be part of her partially organic nature. {{storylink|Along Came a Spider}}
*[[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Blackarachnia]] cries, though this "ability" could be part of her partially organic nature. {{storylink|Along Came a Spider}}
*[[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] cries after [[Sam Witwicky]] tells him cars are not allowed on campus, although he was exaggerating his sorrow and was likely deliberately leaking fluids to enhance the visual. ''{{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}''
*[[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] cries after [[Sam Witwicky]] tells him cars are not allowed on campus, although he was exaggerating his sorrow and was likely deliberately leaking fluids to enhance the visual. ''{{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}''
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{{note|In the 2005 IDW continuity, [[authorial intent]] is that this is an overheating of the optical gauze covering their eyes.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=When TFs get emotional, their optical gauze (the microfilaments over their eyes) overheats and you get the ribbons of light.|link=https://twitter.com/jroberts332/status/396070452738535424|name=James Roberts|site=Twitter|year=2013|month=11|day=01|(defunct=)}}</ref>}}
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*[[Sideswipe (RID 2015)|Sideswipe]] was crying while watching a cowboys movie with [[Russell Clay|Russell]] and a childlike [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]]. {{storylink|Adventures in Bumblebee-Sitting!}}
*[[Sideswipe (RID 2015)|Sideswipe]] cried while watching a cowboys movie with [[Russell Clay|Russell]] and a childlike [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]]. {{storylink|Adventures in Bumblebee-Sitting!}}
*Windblade cried after [[Maxima]]'s death. {{storylink|The Fall}}
*Windblade cried after [[Maxima]]'s death. {{storylink|The Fall}}
*[[Twitch]] cries after she finds out that [[Bumblebee (ES)|Bumblebee]] had to go on the run to in order keep the rest of the Terrans safe from G.H.O.S.T. after his cover was blown. {{storylink|Security Protocols}}
*[[Twitch]] cried after she found out that [[Bumblebee (ES)|Bumblebee]] had to go on the run to in order keep the rest of the Terrans safe from G.H.O.S.T. after his cover was blown. {{storylink|Security Protocols}}
*[[Twitch]] cries again as she mourns over [[Thrash (ES)|Thrash]] after [[Mandroid]] kills him and every other Cybertronian on Earth. {{storylink|The Last Hope, Part 2}}
*[[Twitch]] cried as she mourned over [[Thrash (ES)|Thrash]] after [[Mandroid]] killed him and every other Cybertronian on Earth. {{storylink|The Last Hope, Part 2}}
*[[Megatron (One)|Megatron]] has tear tracks under his eyes as [[Optimus Prime (One)|Optimus Prime]] banishes him from Iacon. {{storylink|Transformers One (film)|One}}
*[[Megatron (One)|Megatron]] had tear tracks under his eyes as [[Optimus Prime (One)|Optimus Prime]] banished him from Iacon. {{storylink|Transformers One (film)|One}}
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Throughout the various Transformers canon, there have been several instances of Transformers with humanistic traits and having very human actions that possibly conflict with their status as mechanical robots. Many of these instances can be dismissed as stylistic choices by the artists or as gags not to be taken seriously.
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Robots in Disguise (2001) and Armada featured Transformers displaying the traditional anime "sweat drop", a giant bead of liquid appearing at the side of the head to convey embarrassment or exasperation.
Wing Saber sweatdropped upon seeing a particularly scary expression on Lori's face. Ambush
Megatron coughed for no reason while making a triumphant speech. He also coughed while laughing evilly, Before the Storm while sleeping, Transmutate and when amidst the smoky remains of an electrical fire.
Starscream coughed after escaping the collapsed mine. Conversely, Bulkhead claimed in the same episode that Autobots don't need to breathe. Rock Bottom
On Star Trek: The Next Generation, it was explained that the android Data's breathing served to cool his inner components, but mostly so that he doesn't appear unnatural to the humans he was designed to resemble. He also blinks for this reason. It could be argued that breathing serves the same "cooling" purpose in Transformers, as it is possible for their internal systems to overheat with use, but this explanation is always going to smack of desperation.
Galvatron tries to strangle Hot Rod, complete with sounds of Hot Rod gagging and struggling to breathe. It's possible that Galvatron was trying to compress Hot Rod's neck until the Autobot's head popped off, but that isn't likely. The Transformers: The Movie
Cheetor, calling for help as a python constricted him, said he couldn't breathe. Dark Voyage
Dinobot gagged a bit when Rhinox lifted him into the air by his throat. When told by Rhinox, "I'm in a bad mood. Understand?" Dinobot responded with a weak, breathless "Uh huh." Aftermath
Bumblebee breathed heavily after trying to chase down Blurr, even though he quipped in a previous episode that not needing to breathe is useful for an Autobot. Velocity
Blurr breathed heavily after when he had completed running all the way back to Cybertron. TransWarped
"A Team Effort" confirms that Transformers require ventilation airways in their neck to prevent system overheating, as when Charger strangles Roadgrabber in a fit of rage.
When Vigil filled the atmosphere with a sleeping agent, Blades melodramatically held his breath until Chase assured him that the air was safe for Autobots to breathe. No Place Like Dome Air did not seem to be a requirement, however, as the Rescue Bots operated perfectly well in space. Space BotsUnfinished Business
Megatron breathed heavily after exerting himself firing off the multiple blasts from the Requiem Blaster in anger. All on the Moon by the way. Mars
Galvatron II spat and drooled while explaining the situation. Out of Time! Both Megatron and Galvatron II spat on each other. Gross! Exodus!
An ancient Rodimus rejected Steeljaw's offer to convert his body to run on biofuel by spitting in his face and remarked that "Poetry ain't the only thing you can pick up from Earth." Last Bot Standing #3
Whirl told his colleagues he was about to "leak optical lubricant" when they wouldn't stop about giving up on Operation: Volcano. Target: 2006
Scourge has tears falling from his eyes, presumably in pain, during his monstrous disfigurement after he gains the power of the Matrix. The Burden Hardest to Bear
Bumblebee cries after Sam Witwicky tells him cars are not allowed on campus, although he was exaggerating his sorrow and was likely deliberately leaking fluids to enhance the visual. Revenge of the Fallen
Twitch cried after she found out that Bumblebee had to go on the run to in order keep the rest of the Terrans safe from G.H.O.S.T. after his cover was blown. Security Protocols
Skullcruncher has been known to eat Autobots as well as humans and other organics, despite not needing to do so to survive. Other Decepticons are disgusted by this practice.
There are Pepsi and pizza in the refrigerator in Pepsi Convoy's home.
In Beast Wars, the Maximals and Predacons are shown to eat:
Tarantulas displays something of a voracious appetite, eating rats and leaving webs to catch prey. At one point, he captures Cheetor and prepares to drain the Maximal's fluids, claiming that it is the act he prefers over the nourishment (which adds just another level of creepy to the already creepy Tarantulas). The Web
Hound complains that he shouldn't have eaten a lot of "Tijuana street machinery" when he returns to the junkyard. Grimlock has also developed a bad habit of eating cars. The Last Knight
Rhinox lets out an extreme amount of flatulence after consuming wild bean vines. This could be due to Maximals having organic parts in their makeup. The Low Road
Cheetor also lets out flatulence, blaming it on a large buildup of energy from his Transmetal body. Bad Spark
The Cyberverse version of Maccadam's has signs in Cybertronian showing the location of the bathroom. Maccadam's
Blushing
In the G1 episode "Sea Change", Seaspray has his whole face turn bright red, even before he jumps into the Well of Transformation and gets turned into a humanoid.
In the UK comic, the Wreckers frequent a "bar" on Cybertron called Maccadam's Old Oil House, where they consume high-grade energon, presumably for the purposes of getting intoxicated. Dreadwind and Darkwing pay a visit to this establishment in a later story, and get so hammered that they don't even notice Quickswitch fighting with some Mecannibals.
In Beast Wars II, Galvatron gets "drunk" on numerous occasions.
The Constructicons in Animated, whose personalities are shout-outs to construction worker stereotypes, seem to drink oil the way humans drink beer. However, they never actually get drunk.
However, the Autobots did feel dizzy after a mini Soundwave spiked the oil nog. Human Error, Part I
Alchemist Prime is known for his love of alcoholic beverages. Some say that he came up with the legend of Cybertron's Chosen One after downing twelve drams of rancid Engex.
Miscellaneous
You can't get the really good ones anymore thanks to Castrol.
Maximal physicist Bump wears glasses while in his armadillo beast mode.
Transformers: EarthSparkOptimus Prime is allergic to pine scent, resulting in him sneezing in the middle of getting his picture taken. Dude, Where's My Trailer?
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In the live-action film series, the more human-like the robot, the more they are likely to have teeth. In the case of, say, Optimus Prime, his teeth are mechanical cubes overlaid on each other, while Megatron has bona fide fangs. Optimus spits out a piece of his shattered faceplate in the second film, which is intended to resemble a boxer spitting out a tooth after a brutal match. Revenge of the Fallen
One of the most prevalent examples of this tradition is the Kiss Players manga, in which a Legion character is equipped with a distinctive prehensile (and phallic) tongue.
In Prime, a majority of the Transformers possess teeth and throats, but completely lack tongues.
Eyeballs/eyelashes
Oh, my eyes!!
Most Transformers have eyes. They see with them.
In the episode "Auto Berserk", Optimus Prime's eyes are closed (apparently to shield them against the smoke) much like a human's when the Autobots stagger out of the fire and smoke of the Negavator's destruction.
In Spotlight: Hot Rod, Hot Rod is shown to have what appears to be blast shields for his optics when he passes out after landing. Dealer's optics are mostly covered by his eyelids, so he looks half-passed out.
Per an email query to IDW, their response is that Transformers do not have eyelids; it's just artistic license.
The robots in the live-action film series have eyes designed to resemble cameras, enabling them to dilate and blink.
AnimatedSwindle has eyelids. He also blinks frequently.
The cyborg GoBots, as portrayed in the animated cartoon, do in fact possess eyelids (when the eyes aren't covered by a visor) and frequently blink. Some also have visible pupils.
Most robots in Prime possess camera-like eyes similar to those seen in the live-action films, which dilate, contract, and blink in a highly human-like fashion. Notably, they also replicate the involuntary saccades of the human eye when idle.
Most of the Maximals featured in Beast Wars Neo feature hair on their heads in some fashion. In some cases it's isolated patches such as Heinreid's and Longrack's sideburns, whilst Break has an entire head of hair.
The original live-action iteration of Wheeljack sports hair-like wires protruding out the sides of his head.
In some cases, a Transformers' head will feature solidly-molded parts merely resembling that of hair. Such examples include Silverbolt's Beast Machines design which features a metal top-knot, whilst most iterations of Windblade sport a helmet shaped similar to an [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}Nihongami|{{#if:Edo period updo|Edo period updo|Nihongami}}]].
Obesity
"Oh, bother."
Although Transformers come in all shapes and sizes anyway, some characters have particularly round appearances that suggest something equivalent to human obesity.
Bulkhead is virtually as wide as he is tall and is depicted as extremely round, with very short, stubby legs. It gives him more than a passing resemblance to a heavily obese person, or at best one of those huge, flabby, off-season wrestlers.
Animated Mixmaster is designed to look like a portly construction worker, with an engine below his chest that resembles a gut.
Gnaw. Well, all the Sharkticons, really, but seriously. It's kind of comically appropriate that the robots which do absolutely nothing but hang out and eat stuff all day are so roly-poly.
Leadfoot has a set of metal plates that form the front of his Alt mode forming a sort of "beer gut" on his abdomen. His buddy Hound, a fat ballerina, is also pretty darn bulbous, and though it got him stuck in a building once, his weight doesn't really slow him down too much.
Daytrader is very portly, but he insists that he is less likely to die in battle than his "corpulent comrade" Hound is of dying from carbon monoxide poisoning and his oil drinking problem. Later, when asked if he's actually overweight by Izabella, Hound insists it's just all his gear and "it's like if somebody packed ten pounds of shit in a five pound sack". Crosshairs disagrees and jokes he's just a chunky Autobot. The Last Knight
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Breasts
Protruding chest areas are a common sight on Transformers, with characters like Prowl and Bluestreak wearing their vehicle mode hoods as huge "monoboobs." Female Transformers, however, will more often than not be designed with protruding chest pieces not as a consequence of alt mode, but deliberately to resemble a human female silhouette. Some even have two separate and even more distinctly rounded breast-like protuberances, particularly in their fictional depictions. Blackarachnia, Antagony and Beta all fall into this category. One, Thunderblast, even has visible nipples. (You're going to look, aren't you...?) Meanwhile, Legends Arcee had partially visible cleavage as her armor is consumed by Kickback.
Lips
Though not female, Silverbolt's got sexy nice lips.
Another common feature to denote gender in female Transformers is distinctly fuller, plumper lips than is standard, such as Blackarachnia's in Beast Wars. Sometimes, however, they will additionally have red or otherwise different/darker coloration to their lips, with an evident similarity to human lipstick. Such paint-mouthed female Cybertronians include Blackarachnia in Beast Machines, her Animated counterpart, and the G1 Female Autobots.
Nearly all Transformers seem to possess noses for no discernible functional reason, Beast Wars characters and movieverse Ratchet being exceptions. Noses are sometimes even implied to be there when not clearly visible, such as with Jetfire in the Armada episode "Mars". Movie Megatron also notes that he can smell Sam when the latter is trying to escape from him, and Ironhide remarks that he can "smell" Demolishor. This would seem to imply that movieverse Transformers have a form of olfactory systems. The idea of noses is somewhat 'fixed' in Transformers Animated and Transformers Prime by having the noses be a visible part of the robot's helmet as opposed to being part of their face.
At the end of the G1 episode "The Girl Who Loved Powerglide", Powerglide is seen to have the LED outline of a cartoon heart within his chassis. This is somewhat nonsensical even within in the context of the show (the contents of Transformers chest cavities had been shown several times before), and is doubtless merely meant as a one-off sight gag.
Although listed separately above, breasts and "nuts, bolts and screws" would also fit under this category quite well, seeing as there doesn't appear to be any use for them on Transformers, other than to show them off.
Rung has eyebrows. They're so prominent that "eyebrows" is literally his nickname.
Transformers: Prime also has Megatron (and sometimes other Decepticons) referring to consumed Dark Energon "flowing through my veins!" Whether they were being poetic, or if it was part of Prime's attempt to redefine the technobiological nature of the Transformers, is unknown.
In Transformers: Animated, a clone of Starscream once asked Prowl if he didn't "have some Decepticon oil in his tubes." This isn't the only time when oil has been referred to as blood in the show, though it has some morbid implications, as it has also been used as an analogy for beer...
Unicron also has an organic brain in the G.I. Joe crossover, Black Horizon Part 2. Later handwaved by explaining that the particular Unicron in the crossover came from the universal stream Gargent 984.08 Alpha and had taken on an organic brain in a similar fashion as the native GoBots.
Dark of the Moon's Sentinel Prime seemed to have something in his head resembling a brain after Optimus executed him.
Bulkhead recalls a time when Wheeljack pulled a stunt to get them out of a dangerous situation, and states that he's "still picking shrapnel out of his backside" while scratching his.. bottom. Arcee states that she isn't surprised due to its size, which amuses Bumblebee. Con Job
Lugnut has a robo-butt, which is a more explicit example of the former example. The Race
The Con Crew's promotional packaging shows a social media post of Captain Cartridge flexing his...exterior.
Dan Reed, you perv.
"911, what's the nature of your emergency?" "I'm looking at twenty tons of fat robot ass stuck in my window!"
Our editors went through great grievances to chronicle all this.
Other biological functions
Sleep
In the Marvel G1 comic, Trailbreaker plays a prank on Huffer while he is in "rest mode." Trailbreaker's Universe profileRatchet falls asleep and dreams (or rather, has a nightmare), an experience Prime refers to as an "involuntary systems shutdown". Back from the Dead Kup later attempts to rouse a vision-struck Optimus Prime by urging him to "wake up"—then reminds himself that "we don't sleep!" The Power and the Glory When Donny Finkleberg remarks that unlike machines, humans need to rest, Skids informs him Transformers need to as well to conserve fuel. Skids also has an on/off button in his dashboard. Heavy Traffic!
In the The Headmasters cartoon, Mindwipe is able to use a form of hypnotism on the Autobots, which can include lulling them to sleep. In the Omni Productions dub, Grimlock notes the strangeness of a robot feeling sleepy.
In Beast Wars, it has been firmly established that (perhaps partially due to their organic components), all Transformers within the cartoon sleep. Some prime examples of this are:
Megatron has been shown to sleep in the command chair of the Darksyde, while his dino head mounted on the end of his arm stays awake, looks around, and smiles slyly. Wonder what it thinks about...
Cheetor has been shown asleep at many points, complete with (occasionally prophetic) dreams. In "Feral Scream Part 2", he also purrs when he's asleep. How cute!
In "Call of the Wild", the Maximals are kept awake for two days by the Predacons' non-stop attacks on their base, which exacerbate their beast instincts overriding their logic circuits.
In Beast Wars II, Galvatron often nods off in a narcoleptic-like fashion.
In the Beast Wars II comic, Lio Convoy sleeps and has a nightmare at one point.
ArmadaCyclonus is quite fond of catching forty winks when possible. Scavenger does the same on one occasion. Armada Megatron is also seen asleep twice in the episode "Rebellion".
AnimatedRatchet enters a form of sleep he calls a "stasis nap", during which he gets several parking tickets. Transform and Roll Out
Also in Animated, when the Autobots feel tired after drinking an oil-nog (which Soundwave had spiked), they decide to go to sleep, pardon, to take a stasis nap. Optimus even yawns. Human Error, Part I
Nightstrike's screams put his victims in a sleep-like state, while also stimulating the "fear centers" of their processor and forcing them to have nightmares based on their worst fears. Even Robots Have Nightmares
The Lost Bots apparently sleep during the day in their alternate modes. Given BotBots in general are nocturnal, it makes sense the others in the mall may as well. (Never) Be Yourself
Bumblebee can be heard snoring after a lack of Energon caused him to pass out. Home, Part 2
D-16 is seen sleeping at one point before Orion Pax wakes him up. One
Alpha Trion has been depicted in three different eras: 11 million years in the past, 9 million years in the past, and the present day. Though his character model undergoes many changes, his facial hair changes seem to mimic human aging. In his (chronologically) earliest depiction, he has a small black mustache. In his second depiction, his mustache has turned white. By the modern era, he sports a long mustache and beard.
The Overlord was so old that his body needed a regular energy supply to keep him functioning. State Games
Xaaron feared he was incapable of safely transforming anymore due to his old age. Young and Innocent
In an issue of the Marvel UK G1 comics, Kup's systems are going to shut down because he is too old.
Break and Longrack are aged and de-aged respectively due to the planet Chronos's unique properties. Break's hair grows longer and he suffers from physical ailments commonly associated with old age, whilst the newly-young Longrack is reduced to a child-sized and drastically immature version of his usual self. Planet of Time
Jetfire has a cane and is rusting. Some parts even fall off him when he transforms! However, he states that the reason for his decrepit condition is not just that he is very, very old, but mainly due to the fact that his Energon supplies are very low.
Side Burn claimed to have been a classic car when he was younger, and a tricycle when he was even younger in Sideburn's Obsession. While he was lying, his story was plausible enough for Slapper. On the other hand, Slapper is an idiot.
Eons on Donnokt without refueling caused Rodimus to visibly age, which was undone after receiving a small vial of genuine Energon. Transformers: Last Bot Standing
Sexuality
Sorry, Side Burn, I don't think Wedge rolls that way.
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One of the most controversial aspects of Transformers is the idea of sexuality. While it is established in most continuities that Transformers do not reproduce sexually, most continuities nonetheless have distinctive male and female characters and sometimes drops a hint Transformers may engage in (recreational) sex.
The original The Transformers cartoon brought the first official female Transformers into the canon, including Elita One and Arcee. The characters are noticeably more feminine in design and some have clearly defined romantic relationships with male Transformers. In contrast, such relations between two individuals of the same gender are virtuallyunheard of, outside of the 2005 IDW continuity, where it's commonly accepted.
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Notes
LMAO.
Mobage wound up on the wrong end of the "feminine characteristics" conversation over Elita One's character art in the Transformers Legends game. The initial art featured what can only be described as a "boobs and butt" pose, complete with shiny pink "underboob" and a very defined gluteal region. Following outcry from users, the game art was modified to a less obviously sultry version.
She puts it on with a paint roller.
About 15 gallons of mascara for those things.
Hey, wake up!
Got munchies?
Dan Reed, you perv.
"911, what's the nature of your emergency?"
Our editors went through great grievances to chronicle all this.
