Over the years, a number of Transformers characters have shared their names with various characters and vehicles in other Hasbro lines.
This list includes a few
Takara Transformers characters as well, because why the hell not?
Shared names with G.I. Joe
| G.I. JOE
|
TRANSFORMERS
|
| Air Raid
|
Air Raid
|
| Airwave
|
Airwave
|
| Backblast
|
Backblast
|
| Backstop
|
Cybertron Backstop, Universe Backstop
|
| Barricade
|
Barricade
|
| Bazooka
|
Bazooka
|
| Black Out
|
Blackout
|
| Blades
|
Generation 1 Blades, Revenge of the Fallen Blades
|
| Blaster
|
Blaster
|
| Blast-Off
|
Generation 1 Blast Off, Revenge of the Fallen Blast Off
|
| Bullet-Proof
|
Bulletproof
|
| Cannonball
|
Cybertron Cannonball, Timelines Cannonball
|
| Chameleon
|
Chameleon
|
| Checkpoint
|
Energon Checkpoint, Cybertron Checkpoint
|
| Claymore
|
Claymore
|
| Cloudburst
|
Cloudburst
|
| Clutch
|
Clutch
|
| Countdown
|
Countdown
|
| Crankcase
|
Crankcase
|
| Cross Hair
|
Crosshairs
|
| Dee-Jay
|
Beast Wars II DJ, Generation 1 DJ
|
| Dreadnok Demolishor
|
Demolishor
|
| Depth Charge
|
Depth Charge
|
| Devastator
|
Devastator
|
| Digger
|
Digger
|
| Dogfight
|
Dogfight
|
| Double Clutch
|
Generation 2 Double Clutch, Power Core Combiners Double Clutch
|
| Earthquake
|
Earthquake
|
| Falcon
|
Falcon
|
| FLAK
|
Flak
|
| Flash
|
Flash
|
| Frostbite
|
Frostbite
|
| Gears
|
Gears
|
| Grand Slam
|
Grand Slam
|
| Hammer
|
Generation 1 Hammer, Return of Convoy Hammer
|
| Hardtop
|
Cybertron Hardtop, Movie Hardtop
|
| Hawk
|
Hawk
|
| Heavy Metal
|
Heavy Metal
|
| Hurricane VTOL
|
Hurricane
|
| Iceberg
|
Iceberg
|
| Iguanus
|
Generation 1 Iguanus, Beast Wars Iguanus
|
| Incinerators
|
Armada Incinerator, Movie Incinerator
|
| Inferno
|
Inferno
|
| Iron Klaw
|
Iron Claw
|
| Junkyard
|
Junkyard
|
| Knockdown
|
Knockdown
|
| Knockout
|
Knockout
|
| Lightfoot
|
Lightfoot
|
| Lockdown
|
Lockdown
|
| Long Arm
|
Longarm
|
| Mainframe
|
Mainframe
|
| Manta Ray
|
Generation 2 Manta Ray, Beast Wars Manta Ray
|
| Mirage
|
Mirage
|
| Night Creeper
|
Nightcreeper
|
| Night-Viper
|
Night Viper
|
| Outback
|
Outback
|
| Overkill
|
Overkill
|
| Overlord
|
Overlord
|
| Pathfinder
|
Path Finder
|
| Payload
|
Payload
|
| Predacon
|
Predacon
|
| Quickstrike
|
Quickstrike
|
| Rage
|
Rage
|
| Rampage
|
Rampage
|
| Razorclaw
|
Razorclaw
|
| Recoil
|
Recoil
|
| RHINO
|
Rhino
|
| Roadblock
|
Roadblock
|
| Road Pig
|
Road Pig
|
| Rollbar
|
Rollbar
|
| Rook
|
Rook
|
| Rumbler
|
Generation 1 Rumbler, Shattered Glass Rumbler
|
| Salvo
|
Salvo
|
| Scoop
|
Generation 1 Scoop, Shattered Glass Scoop
|
| Scrap-Iron
|
Scrap Iron
|
| Shadow Strike
|
Universe Shadow Striker, Revenge of the Fallen Shadow Striker
|
| Shockblast
|
Shockblast
|
| Shockwave
|
Shockwave
|
| Sideswipe
|
Sideswipe
|
| Side Track
|
Sidetrack
|
| Skydive
|
Skydive
|
| Sludge Viper
|
Sludge
|
| Smoke Screen Transport
|
Smokescreen
|
| Slip-Stream
|
Slipstream
|
| Snow Cat
|
Snow Cat
|
| Space Shot
|
Spaceshot
|
| Spasma
|
Spasma
|
| Stalker
|
Stalker
|
| Striker
|
Striker
|
| Thunderwing
|
Thunderwing
|
| Tigerhawk
|
Tigerhawk
|
| Tomahawk
|
Tomahawk
|
| Tripwire
|
Tripwire
|
| Vortex
|
Vortex
|
| Wave Crusher
|
Wave Crusher
|
| Windmill
|
Windmill
|
| Wreckage
|
Wreckage
|
| Zigzag
|
Zigzag
|
Shared names with other Hasbro lines
Similarly, several other non-G.I. Joe Hasbro lines over the years have shared names with Transformers characters.
Notes
- G.I. Joe Sideswipe is modeled and named after Hasbro employee Andrew Frankel, who also worked on the Transformers toyline... and used the handle "Swiper" while active in TF fandom. Funny how that works out, isn't it?
- Contrary to fan rumors, the name Kobushi was NOT originally intended for an unreleased Xevoz figure. The unreleased Xevoz figure was named "Scarabushi."
- Hasbro has occasionally used names from non-Hasbro toylines that were obtained via corporate buyouts and the like for Transformers characters, with the most notable examples being Generation 2 Go-Bots, named after the GoBots toyline, and Armada Leader-1, named after the leader of the "good guy" Tonka GoBots.
- Hasbro and Tonka also shared certain GoBots names when they were still in competition. Blaster, Rumble and Warpath were both Transformers and GoBots. Similarly, "Scrapper" was registered as a trademark by Tomy's US branch in 1985 (waaaay before Tomy merged with Takara into TakaraTomy), the same year Hasbro released the Constructicon toy of the same name. That was possible because trademark law still worked differently back in the 1980s, and companies were less aggressive about protecting their products' names.
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