Transformer romance

Some will vehemently insist it does not exist. Others really don't care about the brand beyond it. Regardless of opinions, Transformers engaging in or pursuing interaction of a romantic nature is a well-established element in pretty much every continuity. For the most part, Transformers are observed searching for partners amongst their own kind, but attraction to either organic lifeforms or non-living objects is documented as well.

It is at times wondered why a species that does not reproduce sexually would participate in behavior that in other creatures exists as a means to promote sex and thereby new life. While a definitive answer to this has yet to be given, the question as to why Transformers become romantically involved with another can be approached from a different angle. Transformers are a highly social species. This is shown through their ability to form a society, many examples of interaction and even the common practice of co-dependent body-types. If it is not frowned upon that such relations exist among them, then why should the romantic kind be regarded much differently, if at all? As much as there is no reason for them to engage in romance, there is equally no reason for them not to.

Transformer - Transformer

Most commonly, Transformers stick to their own kind when engaging in

Examples

Generation 1

• Elita One (Ariel) - Optimus Prime (Orion Pax) War Dawn The Search for Alpha Trion

• Chromia - Ironhide The Search for Alpha Trion

• Arcee - Hot Rod The Transformers: The Movie

• Arcee - Springer

• Arcee - Chromedome The Headmasters

• Arcee (she gets around) - Bumblebee G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers

• Nancy - Wreck-Gar The Big Broadcast of 2006

• Octane once tried to tune in an image of a disturbingly sexualized unnamed female robot. Make of that what you will. Starscream's Ghost

• Esmeral is the wife of Deszaras. Victory

• Clipper - Holi Victory

• Devcon found himself some pleasant company on Spaceport CSSB-16. Disclosure

• San D-Go once had plans to marry Discharge, apparently directly inspired by that aspect of human culture. Whether there was an actual romantic relationship involved is unknown. San D-Go's Micromaster Collection toy bio

• Overkill is planning on getting himself a whole harem of girl-bots. Keep dreaming, little perv, keep dreaming! The Art of War issue 5

• Jackpot is obsessed (but very unlucky) with fembots. Among his unsuccessful projects are Roulette and Airazor. Gone Too Far

Beast Era

• Airazor - Tigatron

• Blackarachnia - Silverbolt

• Strika - Obsidian

• Botanica - Rattrap

• Ragé - Stampy To Jellyfish with Love! Cry Out, Stampy Blade!

Unicron Trilogy

• Mirage displays romantic interest in Galvatron.

• Downshift has a female "life partner" whose name has yet to be revealed. Downshift's Cyber Key code info

• Shortround fancies Thunderblast. Naturally, she does not reciprocate.

• Thunderblast - Just about anybody who's big and powerful.

Unknown continuity

• Crystal Widow had an unnamed lover before becoming stuck in Axiom Nexus. Withered Hope

Transformers Animated

• Sentinel Prime used to date Elita-1 until, well... The AllSpark Almanac

• Grimlock, Snarl and Swoop each have a one-sided crush on Blackarachnia.

• Strika is the consort of Lugnut. Strika's tech spec bio

• Ratchet has an unnamed girlfriend from Crystal City. The AllSpark Almanac

Shattered Glass

• Elita-One - Rodimus Blitzwing Bop

Transformer - organic

We don't have to be the same outside to share the same feeling inside.Alana speaks words every Autobot Commander dreads, "Sea Change"

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Though reproduction does not seem to be a motivation for Transformers to become romantically involved,

Examples

Generation 1

• Skids and Charlene Showdown!

• Skullgrin and Carissa Carr Monstercon from Mars!

• Sludge and Joy Meadows

• Ultra Magnus and Cindy Newell

• Powerglide and Astoria Carlton-Ritz The Girl Who Loved Powerglide

• Seaspray and Alana Sea Change

• Lander once was in the middle of a date but unceremoniously ditched his partner after he got an emergency-call from Metalhawk. Rise Up!! Pretenders

• Starscream and Jenny Full Throttle Scramble Power!

• Jazz and Marissa Faireborn Dreamwave comics

• Bumblebee and Scarlett Transformers/G.I. Joe

• Glide is known to pick up cute human girls and give them rides on his motorcycle mode. Glide's Micromaster Collection toy bio

• Autorooper and Atari Hitotonari Kiss Players

• Hot Rod and Shaoshao Li Kiss Players

• Optimus Prime and Marissa Faireborn Kiss Players

• Sunstreaker drives faster if he smells Junko Shiragami's marigold-scented hair. Make of that what you will. Sunstreaker Meets Junko

Beast Era

• Tigatron and Snowstalker

Unicron Trilogy

• Starscream and Alexis.

Movie continuity

• Wheelie thinks that Mikaela Banes is hot. Revenge of the Fallen

Transformer - not-living object

And when we get back home, I want Bumblebee to meet my brother's convertible. We call her Juanita, and I think the two of them will get along just fine.Luisa, quite likely one of the very few humans who does not find this an awkward subject, "Fire on the Mountain"

Examples

Generation 1

• Iguanus and his own Pretender shell Iguanus's toy bio

Robots in Disguise

• Side Burn has a thing for pretty red sportcars.

Unicron Trilogy

• QuickFire and Starheart Lonesome Diesel

Transformers Animated

• Scrapper and Mixmaster like sportcars almost as much as Side Burn does.