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'''"Trukk not Munky"''' is often said when someone complains about some element of Transformers not adhering flawlessly to [[Generation 1]]. It is almost always a derisive comment (unless used ironically).
:''Optimus prime has gone from a mack truck to a damn gorilla. Every transformer fan I know almost wants to cry when they go into a store and see what Transformers have become.''  
::[http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/msg/322e8b0f8a567b71?dmode=source --rob "the choda" smith, November 1996]


The term got its start waaaaaaaaaaaay back when people hated [[Beast Wars]], for the fact that [[Hasbro]] changed Optimus from a [[Optimus Prime (G1)|"Trukk"]] to a [[Optimus Primal (BW)|"Munky"]].
'''"Trukk not Munky"''' (or '''"Truk not Munky"''') is a phrase used by Transformers fans derisively towards those that complain about changes to the mythos  During ''[[Beast Wars]]'', unironic posts bemoaning that "Optimus should be a [[Optimus Prime|truck]], not a stupid [[Optimus Primal|monkey]]" were not uncommon, and by early 2001 "Trukk not Munky" was the go-to sarcastic reply.  Since the Beast Era has ended, the term's usage has been generalized to include non-munky complaints.
 
It is not currently known if the phrase was created as a parody, or if it was taken originally from a particularly bad speller.


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Optimus prime has gone from a mack truck to a damn gorilla. Every transformer fan I know almost wants to cry when they go into a store and see what Transformers have become.
--rob "the choda" smith, November 1996

"Trukk not Munky" (or "Truk not Munky") is a phrase used by Transformers fans derisively towards those that complain about changes to the mythos During Beast Wars, unironic posts bemoaning that "Optimus should be a truck, not a stupid monkey" were not uncommon, and by early 2001 "Trukk not Munky" was the go-to sarcastic reply. Since the Beast Era has ended, the term's usage has been generalized to include non-munky complaints.

It is not currently known if the phrase was created as a parody, or if it was taken originally from a particularly bad speller.

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