Mall (BotBots)
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The "mall" is a multistory shopping center that contains everything under one roof. Have a meal at one of the many restaurants! See a movie at the theater! Purchase items from a variety of unique stores! Get a game in at the arcade!
All of that changed one night when a mysterious energon power surge from the sky brought ordinary objects to robot life! Now every night its halls are filled by the many BotBot tribes as they run wild, causing mischief wherever they go.
Fiction
BotBots Official Sticker Book
One night, a strange energon mist descended from the sky, covering the mall. It brought things inside to life as tiny Transformers who then assembled into tribes based on the store they came from.
Big Cantuna, one of the Spoiled Rottens, was said to have come from from "the darkest depths of the grocery store" before she was thrown out.
Perfumigator stalks the aisles of department stores, looking for others to spray.Transformers BotBots Official Sticker Book
Lost Bots!
After seeing that S'up Dawg and Hawt Diggity had a lot in common, Dimlit gathered a group of other Lost Bots and set out from Lost and Found to find what tribes they all came from. The group visited the sports store, the health-food store, the sweets shop Sprinkles, the trash cans, the school supply store, the musical instrument store, the bathroom, the fashion store, and the home-and-garden store. In the end they realized they all belonged together as a group and that the Lost and Found was their home. Lost Bots!
BotBots comic
Musical Mall Madness stop motion
GET READY, GET SET… stop motion
In preparation for the Goldrush Games, Botbots from many tribes worked out and trained together in the gym. GET READY, GET SET…
Commercial appearances
Official Digital Commercial
One stormy night, the mall was stuck by a bolt of energon power. It flowed throughout the mall, turning ordinary objects it into tiny robots! They swarmed the mall, wreaking havoc where they went with one even disabling the security cameras. Messy fun was had in the food court by the Greaser Gang. In the bathrooms the Toilet Troop tagged the stall with spraypaint and made chocolate bars into poo shapes. The Jock Squad played rough in the sports store, while in Lost and Found the Lost Bots jumped out of the shadows. Official Digital Commercial
Goldrush Games Digital Commercial
The gold trophy BotBots stand at the top of the mall's escalators, with various tribes cheering for them in the courtyard below. The tribes then start to compete to make the most mischief. The gold Botbots head down the escalators and stand on a tiered podium. Goldrush Games Digital Commercial
Tribe locations
- Arcade – Arcade Renegades
- Asian restaurant – Hibotchi Heats
- Baby store – Goo Goo Groopies
- Bakery – Bakery Bytes
- Bathroom – Toilet Troop
- Camping supply store – Wilderness Troop
- Clothing stores[1] – No tribe currently
- Coffee shop – Caffeine Collective
- Department store - No tribe currently
- Electronics store – Techie Team
- Fashion store – Swag Stylers
- Food court – Greaser Gang
- Furniture and home goods – Home Rangers
- Grocery store – No tribe currently
- Gym – Cardio Clique
- Holiday decorations – Seasons Greeters
- Home-and-garden store – Shed Heads
- Jewelry store[citation needed] – Gifted Guild
- Juice bar and health-food – Fresh Squeezes
- Lost and Found – Lost Bots
- Magic store – Magic Tricksters
- Mexican restaurant – Los Deliciosos
- Movie theater – Movie Moguls
- Musical instrument store – Music Mob
- Party supply store – Party Favors
- Pet shop – Pet Mob
- Play area – Play Plexers
- School supply store – Backpack Bunch
- Science store – Science Alliance
- Sports store – Jock Squad
- Sprinkles, the sweets shop – Sugar Shocks
- Toy store – Playroom Posse
- Travel goods store – Frequent Flyers
- Trophy store – Winner's Circle
- Trash can – Spoiled Rottens
- Vintage electronics – Retro Replays
- Yard care store – Lawn League
Notes
- The mall map shown in the books and on the poster insert for series 1, 2, and 3 shows a total of 71 storefronts. This map doesn't show what level it is of, and is actually duplicated for each level on the inserts. Even with some stores occupying multiple levels like we see on the checklist inserts, there could be over 200 stores total in the mall. Hope they have a good leasing agent.
- As seen in the map, the layout of the mall is a replica of the Autobot insignia, with the block parts containing stores and the lines being halls. This is curious as it appears Autobots and Transformers in general are fictitious in the BotBots franchise, with insignias showing up on toilet paper, video game cartridges, and inside watches. This may mean the entire mall is a licensed Transformers-themed location. Another possibility is the energon cloud may have effected the mall itself in some way, changing its layout.
- The second possibility is backed up slightly in the original commercial. The initial shot of the mall interior shows no signs of Autobot logos. After the energon surge brings the BotBots to life, multiple Autobot logos show up displayed in the security camera shot.
- From the security camera footage, it appears the energon surge that brought the BotBots to life happened March 23rd.
- The Botbots commercial displays the insignia of the Greaser Gang in the food court and Jock Squad in the sporting good store as official signage. The Toilet Troop logo also appears in the bathroom, though it appears more as a sticker on the wall. The poster checklists for series 1 to 3 and the Goldrush Games digital commercial also show stores with tribal insignias on them. This may indicate the insignia for each tribe was adopted by them based on existing signage for the location where they were brought to life.
- To preview the initial Botbots release, Hasbro sent various websites a box shaped like the mall containing all series 1 products.[2]
- In the Goldrush Games Digital Commercial, the Get Ready, Get Set stop motion and in the checklist inserts for series 1 to 3, either the size of the mall is shown to be either very small, or the BotBots are very large. This makes the scale of the mall different then other appearances. As such this may represent a separate micro-continuity.
- A few other features of the mall appear in various official character bios:[3]
- Jet Setter has swam in multiple fountains in the mall, as well as rode every escalator up and down.
- Rusty Von Cleave once scaled a 60-foot escalator.
- Telly's game show includes prizes like a penny from a fountain and a gumball from a gumball machine.
References
- ↑ Transformers BotBots Origin Story Sing-Along on YouTube
- ↑ Gallery of the series 1 promo box on TFW2005
- ↑ [1] Official BotBots website
