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[[Jim Sorenson (Animated)|Jim Sorenson]] and [[Bill Forster (Animated)|Bill Forster]] used reverse-pretender technology, salvaged from [[Epsilon Holdings]], to interview Decepticons as their equals. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac|The AllSpark Almanac}} | [[Jim Sorenson (Animated)|Jim Sorenson]] and [[Bill Forster (Animated)|Bill Forster]] used reverse-pretender technology, salvaged from [[Epsilon Holdings]], to interview Decepticons as their equals. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac|The AllSpark Almanac}} | ||
Bill | Jim Sorenson and Bill Forster disguised themselves as [[Octus (Animated)|Octus]] and [[Megadeath (Animated)|Megadeath]], respectively, to interview Decepticons. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II}} They likely utilized reverse-pretender technology. | ||
==Commercial Appearances== | ==Commercial Appearances== | ||
Revision as of 15:45, 4 August 2011
Reverse-pretender technology is an inversion of the usual Pretender process—rather than a Transformer hiding inside an organic shell, this technology allows a human to appear as a Transformer. It is unknown if it imparts a larger size, or if a human employing the technique would be a mere six or seven foot tall robot.
Fiction
Animated
Jim Sorenson and Bill Forster used reverse-pretender technology, salvaged from Epsilon Holdings, to interview Decepticons as their equals. The AllSpark Almanac
Jim Sorenson and Bill Forster disguised themselves as Octus and Megadeath, respectively, to interview Decepticons. The AllSpark Almanac II They likely utilized reverse-pretender technology.
Commercial Appearances
At the end of many commercials during the Generation 1 era, kids would mouth "Robots in disguise!" as they transform into either Galvatron or Ultra Magnus. Generation 1 commercials
Notes
- The kid-becomes-robot stock endings used in Generation 1 toy commercials was retroactively identified as a use of reverse-pretender technology by the AllSpark Almanac in 2009. As these commercials appeared before the introduction of Pretenders, if taken literally this means reverse-pretender technology predates Pretender technology by several years.
