Abbreviations

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Sometimes Transformers fans use abbreviations to refer to certain Transformers series, toy lines, episodes, characters, or other elements without having to type out long terms every time. Or sometimes even short terms too.

Also included are some definitions which are not exclusive to Transformers, but may turn up in conversations about Transformers, especially online.

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3H

• 3H Productions / Jon Hartman, Karl Hartman, and Glen Hallit

A

AEC / A/E/C

• Armada, Energon, and Cybertron

AHM

• All Hail Megatron

A.K.

• Alex Kurtzman, at least according to SectorSeven.org

Alt

• Alternate mode, or "alt mode" for short
• Alternators

AM

• Action Master
• Alex Milne
• Arms Micron
• Automorph

ANN

• Axiom Nexus News

AOE

• Age of Extinction

Arm

• Transformers: Armada

AT / A3

• Alpha Trion

AT-AT

• All Terrain Armored Transport

ATT

• alt.toys.transformers

AVP

• Ask Vector Prime

B

B.A.T.

• Battle Android Trooper

BB

• BB
• Bumblebee

BH

• Beast Hunters
• B.H.

BM

• Beast Machines
• Beta Maxx
• Beta Maxx
• Brainmaster

B.O.T.

• Biotronic Operational Telecommunicator

BS

• Bot Shots

BT

• Binaltech

BTA

• Binaltech Asterisk

BTR

• Built to Rule

BUTT

• Bi-directional Unified Transit Terminal

BW

• Beast Wars

BWII / BW2

• Beast Wars II

BWN / BWNeo

• Beast Wars Neo

BWR

• Beast Wars Returns
• Beast Wars Reborn

BWSG

• Beast Wars Shattered Glass

C

CD

• Compact Disc
• Cybertron Defense

CHOP

• Combat Hero Optimus Prime

CHUG / CHUGGERTS / CHUGGUR / other variations

• Classics, Henkei, Universe, Generations, Gentei, Exclusives, United, Reveal the Shield, Legends

(A number of toylines which overlap in terms of when they were available and what sculpts they used; essentially, they're all either direct successors to, different-market-counterparts of or supplements of one another. The term is most often used to describe modernized toys of characters from the Generation 1 continuity family, and is sometimes used to describe toys repurposed as characters from said continuity, official or otherwise.)

CJ

• Cliffjumper

Shattered Glass Sideswipe once referred to Cliffjumper as "CJ"

C.L.U.T.C.H.

• Cybertronian Linked Ultra Tactical Combat Helper

CNA

• Cyber/Nano Algorithms and/or Cybernucleic Acid

the fundamental genetic material of the Transformer species in some continuities

COP

• Transformers: The Covenant of Primus
• Covenant of Primus
• Covenant of Primes

C.P.L.

• Carbombian Protection League

CR

• Car Robots
• CR chamber (Creation/Restoration, Cryonic Regeneration, or Cryogenic Regeneration chamber)

CV

• Cyberverse

CW

• Combiner Wars

D

DC

• Decepticharge

DD / DDP

• Devil's Due Press

D.J.D.

• Decepticon Justice Division

DM

• Delta Magnus
• Don Murphy

D.N.G.S. / Dingus

• Dynamic Nuclear Generation System

D.O.L.T.S.

• Deuterium Orbital Laser Tracing System

DOTM

• Dark of the Moon

DP

• Dreamwave Productions

DW

• Darkwing (no, not the Duck)
• Dreadwind
• Dreadwing
• Dreamwave
• DreamWorks

E

EDC

• Earth Defense Command

ERTD

• Extra-Terrestrial Response Division (No, we don't understand how that acronym works, either.)

EX

• Exclusive

Mostly used as part of Japanese ID numbers.

Ex-RID

• The Transformers

(IDW comic series, formerly titled "Robots in Disguise" prior to issue 35)

EZ / EZC

• EZ Collection

F

FARTS

• Fully Automated Rapid Transit System

F.H.E.

• Family Home Entertainment

FE

• First Edition

(See Transformers Prime: First Edition and Age of Extinction First Edition Optimus Prime)

FIBRIR

• "Frenzy is Blue Rumble is Red"

FIRRIB

• "Frenzy is Red Rumble is Blue"

FoC / FOC

• Fall of Cybertron

FP / Fun Pub

• Forbidden Planet, a UK-based retail chain that sells imported Transformers toys
• Fun Publications

G

G1

• Generation 1
• GEEWUN

G2

• Generation 2

G4

• The excessively short-lived cable channel that aired "Action Blast!"

GB

• G.B. Blackrock
• GoBots
• GoBox (see Category:GB images for examples)
• Great Britain

GT

• Genetronic Translink System or GT System

(Mirage GT uses the GT System)

GTS

• see Brakedown GTS, Override GTS and Ransack GTS, who apparently have no relationship with Genetronic Translink System

H

HA

• Human Alliance

HFG

• Hand Foot Gun, also HandFootGun or Hand/Foot/Gun (multi-purpose accessory included with every Combiner Wars Deluxe Class figure)

HM

• Headmaster
• Hero Mashers

HMW

• Heavy Metal War

HOC / HoC

• Heroes of Cybertron

H.O.P.E.

• Help Optimus Prime Escape

HOS

• Hearts of Steel

HR

• Hot Rod
• hour (approximately 7 breems)

HTS

• Hasbro Toy Shop

I

IDW

• IDW Publishing

Officially, the abbreviation stands for "Idea and Design Works, LLC".

I.I.I. / Triple-I

• Intelligence and Information Institute

J

JRX

• the Japanese name for Rail Racer (RID) is an acronym for "Japan[ese] Rail Express"

K

KB

• KB Toys
• Kickback
• kitbash

KO

• Knockoff
• knock out, but oddly not Knockout

KP

• Kiss Players

KSI

• Kinetic Solutions Incorporated

L

LoC / LOC

• Legends of Cybertron

LSOTW

• Last Stand of the Wreckers

M

M2C

• Micro-Constructicon

M.A.A.B.

• Mobile Anti-Assault Battlesuit

M.A.R.B.

• Mobile Autobot Repair Bay

M.A.R.S.

• Military Armaments Research Syndicate

MB

• Michael Bay
• Milton Bradley

MC

• Mini-Con
• Mini-Constructicon

The Mini-Constructicons referred to one another as "Emcee". Spotlight: Ramjet

Meg / Megs

• Megatron

MF

• Masterforce

MIB

• Mint In Box / Bag / Bubble
• Men in Black

MISB

• Mint In Sealed Box / Bag / Bubble

M.M.M. / Triple M

• Militant Monoform Movement

MOC

• Mint On Card

MOSC

• Mint On Sealed Card

MP

• Masterpiece
• military police

MTMTE

• More than Meets the Eye

MW

• Machine Wars

N

Take the plunge.

NAIL

• Non-Aligned Indigenous Life-form

NBE

• Non-Biological Extraterrestrial / Non-Biological Entity

NEST

• Non-biological Extraterrestrial Species Treaty, although other meanings of this acronym also exist; see NEST#Notes.

NP

• Nemesis Prime

NPC

• non-player character / non-playable character

NRFP

• "never removed from package", sometimes used in lieu of MIB/MISP/MOC

NuRID

• New Robots in Disguise, i.e. the second Robots in Disguise franchise

O

OAV

• original animated video

OC

• Operation Combination
• original character

(in fan fiction and role-playing, refers to a non-canon character)

OP

• O.P.
• Optimus Primal
• Optimus Prime
• original poster

(refers to someone who posts a message/image which starts a conversation/thread online)

OP/ED

• the OPening and EnDing theme songs of a TV show

OVA

• original video animation

P

PARD

• Purnel's Auto-Reverse Defence

PC / P.C.

• personal computer

(often used specifically in reference to non-Apple, non-Macintosh devices)

• player character or playable character
• politically correct
• Powered Convoy (see also Delta Magnus)

PCC

• Power Core Combiner

PD

• Parody Deformed (or super deformed)
• a Police Department

PG

• Powerglide
• Parental Guidance Suggested

PG-13

• Parents Strongly Cautioned some content may be inappropriate for children under 13

PM

• Powermaster
• private message

PMOP

• Powermaster Optimus Prime

PRID

• Transformers Prime: Robots in Disguise

PVP

• Player versus player

R

RA

• R.A.
• Red Alert

Not to be confused with RATT.

R.A.A.T.

• Rapid Anti-robot Assault Team

RB

• Rescue Bots
• Roadbuster

RC

• Arcee
• radio-controlled or remote-controlled

R.E.V.

• Race Exertion Vehicle

RGR

• Real Gear Robot

RH

• Robot Heroes

RIBFIR

• "Rumble is Blue Frenzy is Red"

RiD / RID

• Robots in Disguise

RIRFIB

• "Rumble is Red Frenzy is Blue"

R.J.

• Ramjet

The Mini-Constructicons referred to Ramjet as "R.J.". Spotlight: Ramjet

RM

• Robot Master

R.O.

• Roberto Orci, at least according to SectorSeven.org

ROC

• Return of Convoy

ROTF

• Revenge of the Fallen

RP

• Rodimus Prime
• role play, role-playing, or role-playing game

RPG

• rocket-propelled grenade
• role-playing game

RPM

• Revolutions per minute, commonly abbreviated RPM
• Robot Powered Machines, almost certainly named to share the initials of the aforementioned

RS

• RadioShack

RTS

• Reveal the Shield

S

What's the other stuff mean? Who cares?

S7

• Sector Seven

SASF

• Special Air Service Forces

SCF

• Super Collection Figures

SD

• super deformed

SF

• science fantasy
• science fiction
• Simon Furman
• Stealth Force

SG

• Shattered Glass

SGBW

• Beast Wars Shattered Glass

S.H.A.R.C.

• Submersible High-speed Attack and Reconnaissance Craft

S.N.A.K.E.

• System: Neutralizer - Armed Kloaking Equipment

SOTW

• Sins of the Wreckers

SS

• Sector Seven
• Sideswipe / Side Swipe
• Silverstreak
• Sixshot or Six Shot
• Smokescreen
• Speed Stars
• Starscream
• Steven Spielberg, at least according to SectorSeven.org
• Sunstorm
• Sunstreaker

S.T.A.R.S.

• Secret Transformer Autobot Rescue Squad

S.T.O.P.

• Seek and Terminate Optimus Prime

SUV

• Society of Ultimate Villainy
• sport utility vehicle

SW

• Shockwave
• Sideways
• Skywarp
• Soundwave
• Star Wars

SWTF

• Star Wars Transformers

T

T30

• Thrilling 30

T-AI

• Tactical Artificial Intelligence

TB

• Trailbreaker

TC

• Thundercracker
• Trailcutter

TCC / TFCC

• Transformers Collectors' Club

T.E.C.H.

• Transformers Electronic Combat Hardware

TF or TFs

• Transformer(s)

TFA

• Transformers Animated
• Transformers: Armada
• TFA does not refer to the Transformers/Avengers crossover.

TFC

• Transformers: Cybertron

TFP

• Transformers: Prime

TFTM

• The Transformers: The Movie

TFU

• any/all Transformers Universe(s)
• TFU.info, a reference website for Hasbro/TakaraTomy Transformers toys and Tonka Gobots

THS

• (The?) Hybrid Style

Tit

• Titanium Series

Usage of this abbreviation was heavily frowned upon during the line's run, for obvious reasons.

TL

• Timelines

TLK

• The Last Knight

TM

• Targetmaster
• Titan Master
• Telemocha
• Trademark
• Transmetal
• Turbomaster

TM2

• Transmetal 2

TMUK

• Transmasters UK

TPB

• Trade Paperback - collected volume of comics into a book format, usually containing between 4 and 6 issues.

TR

• The Rebirth
• Titans Return

TRoOP

• The Return of Optimus Prime
• But not Trent Troop.

TRU

• ToysЯUs

TWW

• The War Within

U

UM

• Ultra Magnus

UT

• Unicron Trilogy

V

VS

• Vector Sigma
• versus (sometimes abbreviated v. or vs. or vs)

V.V.H.

• Variable voltage harness

W

W.A.R.S.

• Wicked Attack Recon Sportscar

WC

• Windcharger

WfC / WFC

• War for Cybertron

WoH

• Wings of Honor

WW

• War Within

WWI

• War Within
• World War I

WWII

• World War II

WWIII

• World War III

WJ

• WJ

WM

• Walmart

WSTF

• Smallest Transforming Transformers, erroneously called "World's Smallest Transformers" or "WSTFs" by fans

See also

• Help:Franchise identifiers