Super deformed

Jim Henson's Decepticon Babies!

Super deformed (aka SD or chibi) is a style of manga and anime art that features smaller, cuter versions of pre-existing characters, with distorted proportions.

• The Generation 1 Mini Vehicles' alt modes were based on Choro-Q toy cars, which themselves were super-deformed versions of actual cars. (This is particularly clear when you compare Cliffjumper to an actual Porsche 924.)

• The Pretender Monsters featured rubbery beast shells and robot monster modes that were scrunched and deformed enough to be considered super-deformed (Scowl's bio in particular makes note of this horrid cuteness).

• The Victory cartoon featured super-deformed characters in its commercial bumpers.

• In 1990, Takara marketed a series of super-deformed Transformers toys, with the Transformers PD Type mini-comics serving as their official fiction.

• MyClone figurines are also designed in a super-deformed style.

• Part of the Danglers Collection features super deformed characters.

• Pioneer's laserdisc releases of Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers featured two pieces of super deformed cover artwork, one for the Autobots and one for the Decepticons (pictured right), by Hidetsugu Yoshioka. The artist later created one large group shot of both factions for the Transformers 2010 laserdisc, then another dual faction piece for the laserdisc release of "The Rebirth".

• The manual artwork and game sprites for Duel Fight Transformers Beast Wars: Beast Warriors' Strongest Decisive Battle were done in a super deformed style.

• The Beast Wars Metals manga occasionally veered into SD territory, along with numerous other affronts.

• The fan-made comic "Superdeformers", written by Matt Nelson, was used in various official Transformers production by 3H.

You've seen it, you can't un-see it!

• Sky-Byte would on several occasions have fantasies about Megatron being pleased with him, all of which were super-deformed. And hilarious and disturbing in equal measure.

• Many of the Transformers (and non-Transformer) that show up in Extremely Funny Transformer Gag Colosseum are mostly portrayed in SD form.

• First 4 Figures produced a super-deformed Ultra Magnus statue in 2006, based on an art contest at the Transformers World 2005 fansite.[1]

• Hasbro began releasing the Robot Heroes line in 2007, consisting of super-deformed versions of classic Generation 1 characters such as Starscream, Grimlock, and Mirage, and later expanded to feature Beast Wars, Beast Machines, Robots In Disguise and live-action movie characters.

• A fancomic, "Lil Formers", has had some installments published in the Collectors' Club Magazine, and features super deformed Transformers.