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* All of the characters introduced thus far are entirely new, separate from any traditional "Generation 1" characters: a rarity in today's ''Transformers'' market.
* All of the characters introduced thus far are entirely new, separate from any traditional "Generation 1" characters: a rarity in today's ''Transformers'' market.
* ''BotBots'' easily has the highest percentage of [[female Transformer]]s in its cast of any ''Transformers'' franchise, and by a stunningly wide margin. In the first two series alone, ''39'' of the 121 characters are female. In fact, it took ''Transformers'' as a whole ''thirty years'' to approach that number of female characters in a single line ''period'', and that's including [[BotCon|convention]]-exclusive offerings! (And ''not'' counting toys that had no [[bio]] upon release and were later [[retcon]]ned as female.) As of Series 5, roughly a third of the cast is female, with a few bio-less bots and some with no gendered pronouns in their bio at all.
* ''BotBots'' easily has the highest percentage of [[female Transformer]]s in its cast of any ''Transformers'' franchise, and by a stunningly wide margin. In the first two series alone, ''39'' of the 121 characters are female. In fact, it took ''Transformers'' as a whole ''thirty years'' to approach that number of female characters in a single line ''period'', and that's including [[BotCon|convention]]-exclusive offerings! (And ''not'' counting toys that had no [[bio]] upon release and were later [[retcon]]ned as female.) As of Series 5, roughly a third of the cast is female, with a few bio-less bots and some with no gendered pronouns in their bio at all.
* The premise of sudden exposure to a mysterious source of Energon bringing random objects on Earth to life as Transformers is similar to the [[AllSpark Mutation|AllSpark Mutations]] of the [[live-action film series]].


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Revision as of 16:07, 29 August 2021
BotBots
Collect the mall!

Transformers: BotBots is a Transformers franchise that began in 2018, involving small, cartoony, super deformed robot characters who transform into mundane items.

In the universe of the BotBots, a mysterious cloud of energon gas drifted through a shopping mall, turning tools, electronics, furniture, food, toys, sports equipment, and just about anything else into tiny transforming robots. By day they hide, and by night, mischief aplenty.

Starting off originally as a toyline, the running success helped grow the franchise enough for it to gain books, a mini-comic, a pack of convention exclusives and a bunch of other merchandise. In 2021, a Netflix-original cartoon was revealed with a release date set for later the same year.

BotBots takes place within its own continuity, and—for the most part—ignores any of the factions or concepts that had previously been used in Transformers. Instead, the line gave birth to a wide variety of "tribes" based on the stores or places they were brought to life inside. On very rare occassions, references would be made to extant Transformers universes or incarnations of existing characters; which indicate those to exist as mass-market fiction within the BotBots universe.

One stormy night at a mall nearby, energon power fell from the sky. It hit the mall with its powerful might, and gave everyday objects robot life!official synopsis

Franchise elements

The BotBots franchise features the following components:

Tribes

As the story goes, every single BotBot gathered together, forming their own tribes inside the respective stores or environments of the mall that they were brought to life in.

The tribes are as follows:

Additionally, there was a "bonus" tribe released as a San Diego Comic-Con-exclusive. However, this pack of BotBots was made with the intention of being completely convention-related and thus has very little (if any) connection to the mall and the other BotBots that exist in this universe.

The "Con Crew", is separated into three miniature "sub-tribes" that specialize in different tasks relating to a convention.

These "sub-tribes" include:

Merchandise

"Well, do ya?"
  • BotBots apparel (2019)
Available through Amazon.com, BotBots has a number of t-shirts, long-sleeve tees, and hoodies for kids and adults:
  • Botbots group shot
  • "#Brobots" (group shot)
  • "At First I Was Like..." (group shot)
  • "I (Donut) Care (Sprinkleberry D'uhnut)
  • "I'm About To Do Something Awesome!" (group shot)
  • "Nacho Business" (Shredder Jack)
  • "Power Player" (Game Over)
  • "That's How I Roll" (King Toots & Rootwing)
  • "To Do List:" (group shot)
  • "Today I Am:" (group shot)
  • "Whatever Happened, It Wasn't Me!" (King Toots)
  • "You Want A Pizza Me?" (Duderoni)

Notes

  • All of the characters introduced thus far are entirely new, separate from any traditional "Generation 1" characters: a rarity in today's Transformers market.
  • BotBots easily has the highest percentage of female Transformers in its cast of any Transformers franchise, and by a stunningly wide margin. In the first two series alone, 39 of the 121 characters are female. In fact, it took Transformers as a whole thirty years to approach that number of female characters in a single line period, and that's including convention-exclusive offerings! (And not counting toys that had no bio upon release and were later retconned as female.) As of Series 5, roughly a third of the cast is female, with a few bio-less bots and some with no gendered pronouns in their bio at all.
  • The premise of sudden exposure to a mysterious source of Energon bringing random objects on Earth to life as Transformers is similar to the AllSpark Mutations of the live-action film series.
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