Garbage O's

Garbage O's is a cereal in the Animated continuity family.

Garbage O's is a food product endorsed by Wreck-Gar and manufactured by Extensive Enterprises.

Fiction

Transformers Animated

Garbage O's is part of a complete breakfast for Protoforms. For class 1 through 3 protoforms, a standard serving is two kilo-units. There are twelve servings per container. Each box comes with a free prize, like harmful nanobots. There are also puzzles on the back, like word scrambles and mazes. The text on the back of the box tells the story of the origin of Wreck-Gar.The AllSpark Almanac

Transformers references

• The brand of the tire in the logo is Wheeljack Tyres!

• In the “fueltritional facts” box alone, there are references to:
  • mercury sauce, a favorite of the Mecannibals from the Marvel Generation 1 comic
  • Rarified Energon, introduced in the Transformers Collectors Club magazine storyline, Crossing Over
  • Energon Z from Zone
  • budianskium basil (referring to Transformers writer Bob Budiansky)
  • grated gears (a serving suggestion for ants by Beast Wars Rampage in Transmutate)
  • janick jaAm (see below.)

• The word jumble unscrambles to read “You lived like a warrior ans died to an hero”, an infamous quote from the late-1990s fanfic by MG-Dinobot, “Dinobot's Old Technology”, which was itself a misquote from the Beast Wars episode Code of Hero. The quote went on to become one of the most famous online memes from that era of Transformers fandom.
  • The answer at the bottom of the page, however, claims it actually says “WhY mY ShOuldErs hUrT?”, a tortured quote from British fan Blueshift's famous re-scripting of the first Armada pack-in mini-comic. This was also the source of the above-mentioned “jaAm” line, which was since been immortalized on the license plate and packaging bio of the 2009 Universe Hot Shot figure.

• Illustration B in the “spot the difference” puzzle is, of course, Generation 1 Grimlock's character model.

Real-world references

• More from the “fueltritional facts” box
  • there are references to several types of Vibranium from the world of Marvel Comics
  • Morbidium is from Bablyon 5
  • Kryptonite is from the pages of Superman
  • Tillium is from Battlestar Galactica
  • Dalekanium is from Doctor Who
  • Dilithium is from Star Trek
  • Molecular Acid is from the Alien movies
  • Impervium is from Star Wars
  • Bassnium is from Mega Man
  • scrith starch refers to the Scrith from Larry Niven's “Ringworld”
  • chakan oil is from Farscape
  • protocultured yeast refers to the Protoculture from Macross
  • chemical x is from The Powerpuff Girls
  • janick jaAm from Iron Maiden guitarist Janick Gers)
  • m'kraan crystal salt refers to the M'Kraan Crystal from Marvel Comics
  • heinlein honey is named for sci-fi writer Robert A Heinlein
  • melange is from Dune
  • aluminum mallard refers to a space ship from the Space Quest video games