Abbreviations

Sometimes TransFans use acronyms or abbreviations to refer to certain Transformers series, toylines, episodes, characters, or other elements without having to type out long terms every time. Or sometimes even short terms too.

Also included are some definitions which are not exclusive to Transformers, but may turn up in conversations about Transformers, especially online.

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A

AHM

• All Hail Megatron

AM

• Action Master
• Alex Milne
• Arms Micron
• Automorph

AT / A3

• Alpha Trion

AT-AT

• AT-AT

B

B.A.T.

• Battle Android Trooper

BB

• BB
• Bumblebee

BH

• Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters

BM

• Beast Machines
• Brainmaster

B.O.T.

• Biotronic Operational Telecommunicator

BS

• Bot Shots

BT

• Binaltech

BTA

• Binaltech Asterisk

BTR

• Built to Rule

BW

• Beast Wars

C

CHUG / CHUGGERTS / CHUGGUR / other variations

• Classics, Henkei, Universe, Generations, Gentei, Exclusives, United, Reveal the Shield

(A number of toylines which overlap in terms of when they were available and what molds they used. The term is most often used to describe modernized toys of characters from the Generation 1 continuity family, and is sometimes used to describe toys repurposed as characters from said continuity, official or otherwise.)

CJ

• Cliffjumper

Shattered Glass Sideswipe once referred to Cliffjumper as "CJ"

C.L.U.T.C.H.

• Cybertronian Linked Ultra Tactical Combat Helper

C.P.L.

• Carbombian Protection League

CR

• Car Robots
• CR chamber

D

DD / DDP

• Devil's Due Press

D.J.D.

• Decepticon Justice Division

D.N.G.S. / Dingus

• Dynamic Nuclear Generation System

D.O.L.T.S.

• Deuterium Orbital Laser Tracing System

DOTM

• Dark of the Moon

DP

• Dreamwave Productions

DW

• Dreamwave
• DreamWorks

E

EDC

• Earth Defense Command

ERTD

• Extra-Terrestrial Response Division

F

F.H.E.

• Family Home Entertainment

FIBRIR

• "Frenzy is Blue Rumble is Red"

FIRRIB

• "Frenzy is Red Rumble is Blue"

FoC

• Fall of Cybertron

FP / FuP

• Fun Publications

G

G1

• Generation 1

G2

• Generation 2

G4

• The excessively short-lived cable channel that aired "Action Blast!"

GB

• G.B. Blackrock
• GoBots

H

HA

• Human Alliance

HM

• Headmaster

HMW

• Heavy Metal War

HOC

• Heroes of Cybertron

H.O.P.E.

• Help Optimus Prime Escape

HOS

• Hearts of Steel

I

IDW

• IDW Publishing

I.I.I. / Triple-I

• Intelligence and Information Institute

K

KP

• Kiss Players

L

LoC

• Legends of Cybertron

M

M.A.A.B.

• Mobile Anti-Assault Battlesuit

M.A.R.B.

• Mobile Autobot Repair Bay

M.A.R.S.

• Military Armaments Research Syndicate

MIB

• Mint In Box / Bag / Bubble

MISB

• Mint In Sealed Box / Bag / Bubble

M.M.M. / Triple M

• Militant Monoform Movement

MOC

• Mint On Card

MOSC

• Mint On Sealed Card

MP

• Masterpiece
• military police

MTMTE

• More than Meets the Eye

MW

• Machine Wars

N

Take the plunge.

NAIL

• Non-Aligned Indigenous Life-form

NBE

• Non-Biological Extraterrestrial / Non-Biological Entity

NEST

• A combined human/Autobot defense force. Different meanings for the acronym have been offered by different sources; see NEST#Notes.

NP

• Nemesis Prime

NPC

• non-player character / non-playable character

O

OC

• Operation Combination
• original character

(in fan fiction and role-playing, refers to a non-canon character)

OP

• O.P.
• Optimus Primal
• Optimus Prime
• original poster

(refers to someone who posts a message/image which starts a converstion/thread online)

P

PC

• personal computer

(often used specifically in reference to non-Apple, non-Macintosh devices)

• player character or playable character
• politically correct

PCC

• Power Core Combiner

PG

• Powerglide
• Parental Guidance Suggested

PG-13

• Parents Strongly Cautioned some content may be inappropriate for children under 13

PM

• Powermaster
• private message

R

Not to be confused with RATT.

R.A.A.T.

• Rapid Anti-robot Assault Team

RB

• Rescue Bots

RC

• Arcee
• radio-controlled or remote-controlled

R.E.V.

• Race Exertion Vehicle

RGR

• Real Gear Robot

RH

• Robot Heroes

RIBFIR

• "Rumble is Blue Frenzy is Red"

RiD

• Robots in Disguise

RIRFIB

• "Rumble is Red Frenzy is Blue"

RM

• Robot Master

ROTF

• Revenge of the Fallen

RP

• Rodimus Prime
• role play, role-playing, or role-playing game

RPG

• role-playing game
• rocket-propelled grenade

RPM

• Revolutions per minute, commonly abbreviated RPM
• Robot Powered Machines, almost certainly named to share the initials of the aforementioned

RS

• RadioShack

S

What's the other stuff mean? Who cares?

S7

• Sector Seven

SASF

• Special Air Service Forces

SCF

• Super Collection Figures

SD

• super deformed

SF

• science fantasy
• science fiction
• Simon Furman
• Stealth Force

SG

• Shattered Glass

S.H.A.R.C.

• Submersible High-speed Attack and Reconnaissance Craft

S.N.A.K.E.

• System: Neutralizer - Armed Kloaking Equipment

SS

• Sector Seven
• Sideswipe
• Silverstreak
• Speed Stars
• Starscream
• Sunstreaker

S.T.A.R.S.

• Secret Transformer Autobot Rescue Squad

S.T.O.P.

• Seek and Terminate Optimus Prime

SUV

• Society of Ultimate Villainy
• sport utility vehicle

SW

• Shockwave
• Soundwave
• Star Wars

SWTF

• Star Wars Transformers

T

T-AI

• Tactical Artificial Intelligence

TC

• Thundercracker

T.E.C.H.

• Transformers Electronic Combat Hardware

TF or TFs

• Transformer(s)

TFA

• Transformers: Armada
• Transformers Animated
• TFA does not refer to the Transformers/Avengers crossover.

TFC

• Transformers: Cybertron

TFU

• any/all Transformers Universe(s)
• TFU.info, a reference website for Hasbro/TakaraTomy Transformers toys and Tonka Gobots

TM

• Targetmaster
• Trademark
• Transmetal

TM2

• Transmetal 2

TRoOP

• The Return of Optimus Prime
• But not Trent Troop.

TRU

• ToysЯUs

TWW

• The War Within

U

UM

• Ultra Magnus

UT

• Unicron Trilogy

V

VS

• Vector Sigma
• versus (sometimes abbreviated v. or vs. or vs)

V.V.H.

• Variable voltage harness

W

W.A.R.S.

• Wicked Attack Recon Sportscar

WfC

• War for Cybertron

WoH

• Wings of Honor

WW

• War Within

WWI

• War Within
• World War I

WWII

• World War II

WWIII

• World War III