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===Transformers references===
===Transformers references===
* Override Prime is an homage to [[Override (Cybertron)|Override]] of Transformers Cybertron. And yes, she is a girl.
* Override Prime is an homage to [[Override (Cybertron)|Override]] of Transformers Cybertron. And yes, she is a girl.
* Kappa Supreme's codename, Chromia X, is a reference to the [[Chromia 10|pursuit ship]] used by [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] in Dawn Of Futures Past.
* Kappa Supreme's codename, Chromia X, is a reference to the [[Chromia 10|pursuit ship]] used by [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] in [[Dawn of Future's Past]].
*The name of Alpha Supreme's ship mode is the Axalon, the name of the ship used by the Maximals in ''Beast Wars''. His mentor bot also happens to be Primal Major, a reference to the Maximal leader Optimus Primal from the same series.
* The name of Alpha Supreme's ship mode is the Axalon, the name of the ship used by the Maximals in ''Beast Wars''. His mentor bot also happens to be Primal Major, a reference to the Maximal leader Optimus Primal from the same series.
* Big Bang Prime is a homage to the ''very'' obscure [[Big Bang]] from [[Return of Convoy (franchise)|Return of Convoy]].
* Zeta Supreme's designation, the '''''Xantium''''', and the Autobot he was bonded to, Impactor Major, as well as him being home to the Wreckers, are all references to the G1 [[Wreckers]], their former leader, [[Impactor]], and their starship, the [[Xantium]].


===Real-world references===
===Real-world references===


==Section I - Toy Design==
==Section I - Toy Design==
 
==Section II - Animation==
==Section II - Animation==


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« Transformers Animated:
The AllSpark Almanac Volume 2

This is where Hasbro's planning to ultimately release Blackout.
Publisher IDW Publishing
First published June 30, 2010
Written by Jim Sorenson and Bill Forster
Continuity Transformers Animated
ISBN ISBN 1600106838

ISBN 978-1600106835

Page count 220
Price $19.99 USD
“ Now listen up all you palookas out there! Yer gonna shell out yer dough, yer gonna buy this here book and yer gonna like it. Capish? ”

—Dirt Boss, the rear cover of The AllSpark Almanac Volume 2

Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac Volume 2 is proof of a loving, nonspecific deity that delights in shattering readers' pants and brains. Again.

Contents

  • Foreword, by Matt Youngberg
  • Introduction by the Authors
  • Chapter 1: Autobots
  • Interstitial A: Size Comparison Charts
  • Chapter 2: Decepticons
  • Interstitial B: Animated in Japan
  • Chapter 3: Events
  • Interstitial C: Style Guides
  • Chapter 4: Culture
  • Interstitial D: Shorts
  • Chapter 5: Cybertron
  • Interstitial E: Deleted Scenes
  • Chapter 6: Settings
  • Interstitial F: The Video Game
  • Chapter 7: Project Omega
  • Interstitial G: The Arrival
  • Foreword by Eric Siebenaler
  • Section I: Toy Design
  • Section II: Animation
  • Section III: Season Four
  • Section IV: Toy Gallery
  • Section V: Packaging Art
  • Section VI: The Cast
  • Afterword, by Aaron Archer
  • Acknowledgments

Chapter 1 - Autobots

Chapter one covers all Autobots who appear in the third season of the cartoon and beyond.

Transformers references

Real-world references

  • Sari yapping on and on about "vampire movies" is a reference to the Twilight book/film franchise.
  • Lickety-Split seems to have a thing for a certain space ranger.

Chapter 2 - Decepticons

Chapter two covers all Decepticons who appear in the third season of the cartoon and beyond.

Transformers references

Real-world references

Chapter 3 - Events

Transformers references

Real-world references

Chapter 4 - Culture

Transformers references

Real-world references

  • One of the playable characters for "Ninja Gladiator" shown is Snake-Eyes.

Chapter 5 - Cybertron

Transformers references

  • Pg 125 - On the menu for Maccadam's there are several pictures of the heads of various Transformers characters from across the multi-verse. These include Sky Lynx, Chromia, Cy-kill, Blaster and Cheetor represented as remold of Blurr with new head pieces representing two ears.

Real-world references

  • Pg 114-115: There are dozens of references to fictional planets on these two pages alone.

Chapter 6 - Settings

Transformers references

Real-world references

Chapter 7 - Project Omega

  • Omega Laboratory by Ratchet
  • Autobot workers by Blitzwing
  • Steelhaven by Ultra Magnus
    • Steelhaven cargo by Swindle
    • Steelhaven brig by Sunstorm
    • Steelhaven infrastructure by Optimus Prime
    • Steelhaven Energon storage by Jazz
    • Steelhaven schematics by Perceptor
  • Lugnut Supreme by Starscream

Transformers references

  • Override Prime is an homage to Override of Transformers Cybertron. And yes, she is a girl.
  • Kappa Supreme's codename, Chromia X, is a reference to the pursuit ship used by Airazor in Dawn of Future's Past.
  • The name of Alpha Supreme's ship mode is the Axalon, the name of the ship used by the Maximals in Beast Wars. His mentor bot also happens to be Primal Major, a reference to the Maximal leader Optimus Primal from the same series.
  • Big Bang Prime is a homage to the very obscure Big Bang from Return of Convoy.
  • Zeta Supreme's designation, the Xantium, and the Autobot he was bonded to, Impactor Major, as well as him being home to the Wreckers, are all references to the G1 Wreckers, their former leader, Impactor, and their starship, the Xantium.

Real-world references

Section I - Toy Design

Section II - Animation

Section III - Season Four

Section IV - Toy Gallery

Section V - Packaging Art

Section VI - The Cast

Interstitials

Literary elements

Including the copyright information, title page, foreword and afterwords, notes from the authors and acknowledgments.

Notes

  • Cover artist Marcelo Matere recreates some of his own package art on the cover. That's probably a first.
  • Hiroyuki Otoboto's quote contains 「思ったよりも本のサイズが大きくてびっくり！」 ("I was amazed—the book was even bigger than I expected!"), which was manga artist Naoto Tsushima's reaction that he tweeted after importing the first volume. [1]

Errors

  • The cover depicts Bumblebee playing with Roll Out Command Optimus Prime, but the box beside him is that of Prime's Voyager-sized toy. It also depicts the Leader Class Bulkhead's buzzsaw on the wrong arm.
  • On the back cover, the quote for Hiroyuki is mistakenly written as 「小さい頃、超ロボット生命体 トランスフォーマーの本この本に等しかったな。懐かしいない... 思ったよりも本のサイズが大きくてびっくり！」 ("When I was young, Super Robot Lifeform Transformers did have a book that was something like this. I didn't miss it... I was amazed—the book was even bigger than I expected!"). The correct form should have been 「小さい頃、『超ロボット生命体 トランスフォーマー』の本この本に等しかったない。懐かしいな... 思ったよりも本のサイズが大きくてびっくり！」 ("When I was young, 'Super Robot Lifeform Transformers' didn't have a book that was something like this. How nostalgic... I was amazed—the book was even bigger than I expected!").
  • On p. 52, the text says that Blackout "bristles with ordinance". "Ordinances" are local laws; "ordnance" is weaponry.
  • On p. 58, "posses" is misspelled "poses".
  • On p. 114, in the text at the top, "Vestial Imperium" is misspelled "Vestal".
  • On p. 139, "primitive" is misspelled "primative".

References

  1. ↑ Tsushima's TwitVideo with "The AllSpark Almanac"
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