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'''Activation codes''' are the | '''Activation codes''' are the phrases [[Transformer]]s say to [[transformation|transform]] from one mode to another. | ||
==Fiction== | ==Fiction== | ||
===Beast Wars=== | ===Beast Wars=== | ||
As part of the [[Great Upgrade]], the [[Autobot]]s and [[Decepticon]]s | As part of the [[Great Upgrade]], the [[Autobot]]s and [[Decepticon]]s became [[Maximal]]s and [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]]s, and installed [[onboard computer]]s into their bodies. These computers could handle a variety of functions, including transformation. Each faction used its own code to transform from beast mode to robot mode. Maximals used "{Robotname}, maximize!" (e.g., "Cheetor, maximize!"), while Predacons used "{Robotname}, terrorize!" (Obviously, they put a great deal of thought into these words.) {{storylink|Beast Wars, Part 1}} On occasion, when groups were transforming all at once, the variations "Maximals, maximize!" and "Predacons, terrorize!" were used. For the transformation from robot to beast, Beast Era transformers sometimes used the phrase "beast mode". However, neither phrase was used universally, and the "maximize"/"terrorize" code was on rare occasions used for transforming ''out'' of robot mode, so exactly how strictly necessary they are is unclear. Changing an activation code from "maximize" to "terrorize" was relatively easy, and could even be done to one Transformer by another under the right circumstances. {{storylink|Beast Wars, Part 2}} {{storylink|Maximal, No More}} {{storylink|Coming of the Fuzors, Part 1}} | ||
===Beast Machines=== | |||
After the Orcale reformatted [[Optimus Primal]]'s team into [[technorganic]] bodies, their old activation codes stopped working. The Maximals now had to find an "emotional still point" to switch to robot mode. To help focus, they used the phrase "I am transformed", but this was not strictly an activation code. {{storylink|The Reformatting}} ''The "I am transformed" phrase was used for the first season of ''[[Beast Machines]],'' but dropped for the second season.'' | |||
[[Vehicon]] drones did not have activation codes. The initial [[Vehicon general]]s each had a unique code: | |||
* [[Tankor (BM)|Tankor]] - "Tankor, pulverize!" | |||
* [[Jetstorm (BM)|Jetstorm]] - "Jetstorm, afterburn!" | |||
* [[Thrust (BM)|Thrust]] - "Thrust, overdrive!" and (on one occasion) "Thrust, accelerate!" | |||
These codes were sometimes used to transform to vehicle mode, sometimes for transforming to robot mode, and sometimes (particularly for Tankor) were just verbal tics, unaccompanied by transformation. | |||
The later Vehicon generals, [[Obsidian (BM)|Obsidian]] and [[Strika (BM)|Strika]], used "obliterate" and "terminate" as the entirety of their vocabulary when they were initially pretending to be 7 bits short of a byte, but did not particularly use those words during transformation, and essentially dropped them when the ruse was over. | |||
== | ===Other series=== | ||
*Most of the Japanese Transformer | *Most of the Japanese Transformer franchises have had Transformers shouting "{Robotname} transform!" when they transform. There are also special phrases such as "Head on!" for the [[The Headmasters|Headmasters]], "God on!" for the [[Godmasters]], "Brain set!" for [[Brainmasters]], "Optimus Prime, super mode!", et cetera. These may or may not be necessary activation codes. [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] once said that they're merely a way to get psyched up. {{storylink|City}} | ||
{{stub}} | {{stub}} | ||
[[Category:Beast Era]] | [[Category: Beast Era]] | ||
[[Category:Beast Wars]] | [[Category: Beast Wars]] | ||
[[Category:Beast Machines]] | [[Category: Beast Machines]] | ||
[[Category:Transformer anatomy]]<div id="wikia-credits"><br /><br /><small>From [http://transformers.wikia.com Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki], a [http://www.wikia.com Wikia] wiki.</small></div> | [[Category: Transformer anatomy]]<div id="wikia-credits"><br /><br /><small>From [http://transformers.wikia.com Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki], a [http://www.wikia.com Wikia] wiki.</small></div> | ||
Revision as of 19:32, 28 November 2007
Activation codes are the phrases Transformers say to transform from one mode to another.
Fiction
Beast Wars
As part of the Great Upgrade, the Autobots and Decepticons became Maximals and Predacons, and installed onboard computers into their bodies. These computers could handle a variety of functions, including transformation. Each faction used its own code to transform from beast mode to robot mode. Maximals used "{Robotname}, maximize!" (e.g., "Cheetor, maximize!"), while Predacons used "{Robotname}, terrorize!" (Obviously, they put a great deal of thought into these words.) Beast Wars, Part 1 On occasion, when groups were transforming all at once, the variations "Maximals, maximize!" and "Predacons, terrorize!" were used. For the transformation from robot to beast, Beast Era transformers sometimes used the phrase "beast mode". However, neither phrase was used universally, and the "maximize"/"terrorize" code was on rare occasions used for transforming out of robot mode, so exactly how strictly necessary they are is unclear. Changing an activation code from "maximize" to "terrorize" was relatively easy, and could even be done to one Transformer by another under the right circumstances. Beast Wars, Part 2 Maximal, No More Coming of the Fuzors, Part 1
Beast Machines
After the Orcale reformatted Optimus Primal's team into technorganic bodies, their old activation codes stopped working. The Maximals now had to find an "emotional still point" to switch to robot mode. To help focus, they used the phrase "I am transformed", but this was not strictly an activation code. The Reformatting The "I am transformed" phrase was used for the first season of Beast Machines, but dropped for the second season.
Vehicon drones did not have activation codes. The initial Vehicon generals each had a unique code:
- Tankor - "Tankor, pulverize!"
- Jetstorm - "Jetstorm, afterburn!"
- Thrust - "Thrust, overdrive!" and (on one occasion) "Thrust, accelerate!"
These codes were sometimes used to transform to vehicle mode, sometimes for transforming to robot mode, and sometimes (particularly for Tankor) were just verbal tics, unaccompanied by transformation.
The later Vehicon generals, Obsidian and Strika, used "obliterate" and "terminate" as the entirety of their vocabulary when they were initially pretending to be 7 bits short of a byte, but did not particularly use those words during transformation, and essentially dropped them when the ruse was over.
Other series
- Most of the Japanese Transformer franchises have had Transformers shouting "{Robotname} transform!" when they transform. There are also special phrases such as "Head on!" for the Headmasters, "God on!" for the Godmasters, "Brain set!" for Brainmasters, "Optimus Prime, super mode!", et cetera. These may or may not be necessary activation codes. Optimus Prime once said that they're merely a way to get psyched up. City
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