Canonizing

Canonizing is the act of inserting a previously apocryphal or pseudocanonical bit of fancruft or omitted authorial intent into canon. It's kind of like fanservice for continuity freaks.

Continuity concepts

• The origins and mechanics of the Brainmasters.
• Scorpia being a female Transformer.
• The Liege Maximo being one of the Thirteen.
• Pretender technology being involved in the development of beast modes.
• An unused triffid-former from the Beast Wars Telemocha Series.
• The deleted scene from "Nemesis Part 2" of Generation 1 Megatron's spark being placed back into his body.
• The Starscream in this Machine Wars art possessing the deceased body of Skyquake.
• Universe Ratchet originating from a 2001 Robots in Disguise universe.
• Universe Longhorn being a new form of Ramulus.
• Bio information for Universe Stockade and Magna Stampede.
• Bio information for Universe Inferno and BotCon 2006 Inferno.
• Ultra Trion being a form of Ultra Magnus and successor to Alpha Trion.
• Universe Defensor being an upgraded Hot Spot and being equipped with the Chaos Armor.
• Energon Omega Sentinel sometimes being a group's body-type instead of an individual.
• Bio information for Binaltech Blackarachnia and Decepticharge.
• Optimus Primal the Protector hailing from the universe of the English version of the Beast Wars cartoon as opposed to the Japanese version.
• United EX Straxus being a dimension-hopper from the Marvel Comics continuity.
• Howlback being transgender.

Fan-coined names

• Beast Era
• Bumper
• Darksyde
• Generation 1
• Gestalt
• Kibble
• Punch of Kill Everything
• Seeker (sort of)
• Sparkling

Names originating in pseudocanonical sources

• Dark science
• Direwolf
• Ebon Knights
• Killzone
• Kolkular
• Galvatron II
• Hadean System
• Hulla Filament
• Magno-clamps
• Maxa Q
• Mogahn the Mass
• Pinea Omicron
• Praetorian
• Pyrovar
• Stellar Galleries