FIRRIB

Rumble and Frenzy. Or Frenzy and Rumble. Whatever.

FIBRIR stands for "Frenzy is blue, Rumble is red". Likewise, RIBFIR means "Rumble is blue, Frenzy is red". (The forms FIRRIB and RIRFIB are also known.)

The entire debate exists because "RIBFIR" in the American G1 cartoon, but "FIBRIR" in the toyline, comics, the Japanese G1 dub (which simply switched who was who), and even the US cartoon bible.

	Frenzy	Rumble
Original toys	Blue	Red
Marvel comics	Blue	Red
US cartoon	Red	Blue
Japanese cartoon	Blue	Red
Generation 2 toys	Purple	Unreleased (Red)
Dreamwave comics	Blue	Red
Devil's Due comics	Red	Blue
Alternators toys	None	Red

Items are listed in release order. I.e., the original toys came first.

It is generally agreed that pointing out Rumble was actually kinda purple in the original cartoon is not helpful.