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When on [[Earth]], a [[Transformer]] typically finds a wide variety of [[human]] vehicles matching their general body plan and size available to adopt as a disguise mode. Although there are many thousands of options available, certain specific models of vehicle, however, are very popular disguises, seeing repeated use across multiple individuals and [[Continuity|continuities]].
When on [[Earth]], a [[Transformer]] typically finds a wide variety of [[human]] vehicles matching their general body plan and size available to adopt as a disguise mode. Although there are many thousands of options available, certain specific models of vehicle, however, are very popular disguises, seeing repeated use across multiple individuals and [[Continuity|continuities]].


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==Cars and trucks==
==Cars and trucks==
===Chevy Camaro===
===Chevy Camaro===
[[Image:Movie Deluxe 1974 Bumblebee JPtoy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|"Why couldn't I be an '85 Camaro?"]]
* [[Windbreaker]] / [[Carzap]] - Z28 (third generation)
* [[Windbreaker]] / [[Carzap]] - Z28 (third generation)


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===Chevy Corvette===
===Chevy Corvette===
[[Image:Alternator Swerve Toy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Not-So-Little Red Corvette]]
* [[Tracks (G1)|G1 Tracks]] / [[Road Rage]] - C3
* [[Tracks (G1)|G1 Tracks]] / [[Road Rage]] - C3


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===Dodge Viper (Chrysler)===
===Dodge Viper (Chrysler)===
[[Image:Alternators DeadEnd toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|[[Dead End (ROTF)|This seems familar.]]]]
* [[Side Burn (RID)|''RID'' Side Burn]] / [[Roulette]] / [[Shadow Striker (Universe)|''Universe'' Shadow Striker]]
* [[Side Burn (RID)|''RID'' Side Burn]] / [[Roulette]] / [[Shadow Striker (Universe)|''Universe'' Shadow Striker]]


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===Lamborghini Countach===
===Lamborghini Countach===
[[Image:G1Clampdown_toy.jpg|thumb|250px|Clamp Down loves messing with Red Alert's head.]]
* [[Sideswipe (G1)|G1 Sideswipe]] / [[Red Alert (G1)|G1 Red Alert]] / [[Clamp Down]] / [[Deep Cover]] / [[Tigertrack]] - LP500S
* [[Sideswipe (G1)|G1 Sideswipe]] / [[Red Alert (G1)|G1 Red Alert]] / [[Clamp Down]] / [[Deep Cover]] / [[Tigertrack]] - LP500S


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===Pontiac Firebird Trans Am===
===Pontiac Firebird Trans Am===
[[Image:G1Windcharger toy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Now all he needs are some underbody neon lights and spinning rims.]]
* [[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]] / [[Camaro]] / [[Tailgate]] / [[Rook (Universe)|''Universe'' Rook]] - Third Generation
* [[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]] / [[Camaro]] / [[Tailgate]] / [[Rook (Universe)|''Universe'' Rook]] - Third Generation


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===Volkswagen Beetle===
===Volkswagen Beetle===
[[Image:G1-toy BugBite-ehobby.jpg|right|250px|thumb|"Bumblebee was supposed to be in this picture, but I stuffed him in a locker."]]
* [[Bumblebee_(G1)/toys#Generation_1 | Bumblebee]] / [[Volks]] / [[Glyph (G1) | Glyph]] / [[Bug Bite (G1)|G1 Bug Bite]]
* [[Bumblebee_(G1)/toys#Generation_1 | Bumblebee]] / [[Volks]] / [[Glyph (G1) | Glyph]] / [[Bug Bite (G1)|G1 Bug Bite]]


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==Military vehicles==
==Military vehicles==
===M1 Abrams===
===M1 Abrams===
[[Image:TFU08-toy Treadshot.jpg|thumb|right|250px|A single blue line - the new camouflage.]]
* [[Brawl (Movie)|Movie Brawl/Devastator]] / [[Tankor (ROTF)|ROTF Tankor]] - heavily modified "stealth tank"
* [[Brawl (Movie)|Movie Brawl/Devastator]] / [[Tankor (ROTF)|ROTF Tankor]] - heavily modified "stealth tank"
* [[Overlord (G1)|Gigatank (component of ''Masterforce'' Overlord)]]
* [[Giga|Gigatank]] ([[Overlord (Masterforce)|component of ''Masterforce'' Overlord]])
* [[Megatron (G1)|G2 Megatron]] / [[Megastorm]]
* [[Megatron (G1)|G2 Megatron]] / [[Megastorm]]
* [[Megatron (G1)|G1 Megatron]] (Hero) / [[Archforce]] / [[Bludgeon (RID)|''RID'' Bludgeon]] / [[Reverse Convoy]] (modified)
* [[Megatron (G1)|G1 Megatron]] (Hero) / [[Archforce]] / [[Bludgeon (RID)|''RID'' Bludgeon]] / [[Reverse Convoy]] (modified)
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===AH-64 Apache copter===
===AH-64 Apache copter===
[[Image:Universe cloudraker vehicle.jpg|right|250px|thumb|The copter from the cover of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strike_series Nuclear Strike].]]
* [[Battletrap]] (upper half)
* [[Battletrap]] (upper half)


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* [[Hellbat]]
* [[Hellbat]]


* [[Skywarp (G1)|G1 Skywarp (''Machine Wars'')]] / [[Thundercracker (G1)|G1 Thundercracker (''Machine Wars'')]] / [[Dirge (BWII)|''BWII'' Dirge]] / [[Skyfire (RID)|''RID'' Skyfire]] / [[Wing Stun]] / [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator (''Timelines'')]]
* [[Skywarp (G1)|G1 Skywarp (''Machine Wars'')]] / [[Thundercracker (G1)|G1 Thundercracker (''Machine Wars'')]] / [[Dirge (BWII)|''BWII'' Dirge]] / [[Skyfire (RID)|''RID'' Skyfire]] / [[Wingstun]] / [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator (''Timelines'')]]


* [[Ramjet (Armada)|''Armada'' Ramjet]]
* [[Ramjet (Armada)|''Armada'' Ramjet]]
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===F-14 Tomcat===
===F-14 Tomcat===
[[Image:Universe boltflash vehicle.jpg|right|250px|thumb|"Talk to me, Goose."]]
* [[Leozack]] / [[Rescue Force jet]]
* [[Leozack]] / [[Rescue Force jet]]


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===F-22 Raptor===
===F-22 Raptor===
[[Image:KMartROTFNebularStarscream.jpg|thumb|300px|Starscream flies under a giant blacklight.]]
* [[Fearswoop (G1)|G1 Fearswoop]]
* [[Fearswoop (G1)|G1 Fearswoop]]


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===Space Shuttle Orbiter===
===Space Shuttle Orbiter===
[[Image:G1 GalaxyShuttle toy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|"Tonight on ''Trick My Space Shuttle'', we'll switch out the boring wings for some sweet F-16 ones."]]
* [[Astrotrain (G1)|G1 Astrotrain]]
* [[Astrotrain (G1)|G1 Astrotrain]]


Revision as of 01:37, 28 May 2010

When on Earth, a Transformer typically finds a wide variety of human vehicles matching their general body plan and size available to adopt as a disguise mode. Although there are many thousands of options available, certain specific models of vehicle, however, are very popular disguises, seeing repeated use across multiple individuals and continuities.

TFWiki.net: The Transformers Wiki has certain requirements for a vehicle model to be listed here. There must be at least three unique toy molds (or in-fiction appearances, in the case of non-toy bodies/characters) that share the model. There must also be at least one unique character per mold. Certain models are "lumped" together, such as the case for the Mazda RX car series, which includes the RX-7 and RX-8 types. This also, of course, takes into account the various fudging of the designs that are done in order to get a robot mode out of the toy, as well as avoid having to pay a licensing fee to the actual manufacturers (in most instances).

Each mold is listed on its own line, with all different-character decoes/retools on the same line. The list is organized in chronological order of toy release.

This policy is in place mainly due to the rampant use of redecoes as new characters, and is a little out of line with the phenomenon being explored... after all, isn't it kinda weird that out of all the myriad types of fighter jet there are in the world, that the Dassault Rafale in particular seems to pop up so often across soooooo many jet-form toy-characters?

See also: Popular beast alternate modes, Non-vehicle non-beast alternate modes, General Motors

Cars and trucks

Chevy Camaro

"Why couldn't I be an '85 Camaro?"
  • Movie Bumblebee / Movie Cliffjumper - 2009 (fifth generation)


Chevy Corvette

Not-So-Little Red Corvette


Corvette Indy


Desert racing buggy

"Desert racing buggy" is an admittedly vague grouping, as vehicles of this stripe are made by a variety of manufacturers and further modified by their owners in various idiosyncratic ways, but these examples all follow a relatively uniform shape.


Dodge Viper (Chrysler)

This seems familar.
  • Hot Rod (IDW comic -Ations series, non-toy appearance)


Ford Mustang

  • Trip-Up - First Generation (1960s hot rod)


Lamborghini Countach

File:G1Clampdown toy.jpg
Clamp Down loves messing with Red Alert's head.


Lamborghini Diablo


Mazda RX


Pontiac Firebird Trans Am

File:G1Windcharger toy.jpg
Now all he needs are some underbody neon lights and spinning rims.


Porsche 928S


Porsche 959


Porsche 962


Volkswagen Beetle

"Bumblebee was supposed to be in this picture, but I stuffed him in a locker."


Military vehicles

M1 Abrams

A single blue line - the new camouflage.


A-10 Thunderbolt II

In the Devil's Due G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers comic series, Skywarp, Thundercracker, and an unidentifed "conehead" transform into Cobra Rattlers, which are heavily-modified versions of the A-10.


AH-64 Apache copter

File:Universe cloudraker vehicle.jpg
The copter from the cover of Nuclear Strike.


B-1B Lancer


Dassault Rafale


F-4 Phantom


F-14 Tomcat

File:Universe boltflash vehicle.jpg
"Talk to me, Goose."


F-15 Eagle


F-16 Fighting Falcon


F-22 Raptor

Starscream flies under a giant blacklight.


F-117A Nighthawk


V-22 Osprey


Miscellaneous

Concorde


Space Shuttle Orbiter

"Tonight on Trick My Space Shuttle, we'll switch out the boring wings for some sweet F-16 ones."
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