Furmanism

Transformers writer Simon Furman is infamous among fans for dialogue concepts that are frequently retreaded. Such repeated phrases are known informally as Furmanisms.

CAN I DO LESS?

• "Always lived life in the FAST LANE -- guess you DIED that way, too! Can we do any less?" --Jazz, Life in the Slow Lane
• "I've stood here and watched humans -- frail flesh creatures -- fight and die for their world. CAN I DO LESS?" --Jazz, G1 #67
• "The real Scorponok wouldn't have turned and fled! He'd have accepted his responsibilities, his FATE! Can I then do less?" --Scorponok, G1 #75

FIGHT AND DIE

• "Yeah. Better to FIGHT AND DIE-- than live with the knowledge that I ran!" --Jazz, G1 #67
• "But could I live with myself, knowing I fled, gave in to my fear?" --Scorponok, G1 #74
• "We're Dinobots; we stick together, fight together -- and DIE together, if necessary! Better that than live with the knowledge that we turned and ran, abandoned a comrade!" --Swoop, G1 #76

INDIGESTION

• "Well, then... I'm about to give you the worst case of INDIGESTION you've EVER had!" --Megatron, G2 #11
• "READY. Let's give this stuff the worst case of INDIGESTION it's EVER had!" --Dirge, G2 #12
• "Let's give this creature... the worst case of INDIGESTION it's ever had." --Optimus Prime, Armada #17

IT CAN BE DESTROYED

• "He's not invincible! He can be hurt!" --Buster, UK #60
• "This is no demon, no ghost! It is metal and circuitry! It can feel pain -- IT CAN BE HURT!" --Optimus Prime, G1 #59
• "Concentrate your fire! It has FORM, it has SUBSTANCE... it can be DESTROYED!" --Mindset, G2 #9
• "Whatever that thing is, it has mass, it has substance... IT CAN BE DESTROYED!" --Jhiaxus, G2 #12

IT NEVER ENDS

• "I wish I could share their elation, believe that is truly over. Before he died, Jhiaxus mentioned a name, a place. In my heart of hearts, I know... IT NEVER ENDS!" --Optimus Prime, G2 #12
• "As one they attack, Autobots and Decepticons who fought for and against the dream, now united in the pantheon of Transformer myth. Their time, they thought, had come and gone. But some battles... NEVER END!" --Narration, Reaching the Omega Point comic
• "Even the business of running a bitter war of attrition does nothing to stave off the dark, foreboding, fracturing of my psyche. I see the end. But the shuddering, lurching instant brings scant comfort. For I know, deep down... IT NEVER ENDS!" --Optimus Prime, Stormbringer, Part 1

OVER -- FINISHED!

• "To be honest, CHAINCLAW-- I don't know why we're BOTHERING! The war's over -- FINISHED!" --Jazz, G1 #67
• "I'm warning you, Prime -- Interfere now and the alliance is over, FINISHED!" --Scorponok, G1 #72
• "Do you not understand? It's OVER -- FINISHED!" --Bludgeon, G1 #80
• "ENOUGH! Do you not understand, Decepticons? It is over -- FINISHED!" -- Optimus Prime, G1 #80
• "That's ENOUGH, Kup! It's OVER -- finished! Do you HEAR me?!" -- Optimus Prime, G2 #3
• "Officially, hostilies are OVER, finished. Maximal-Predacon, we're one big happy family. But WE know different." -- Leo Prime, The Gathering, Part 1.

WHAT CHANCE DO WE HAVE?

• "In my OWN time I destroyed an entire RACE of Autobots, their MIGHTIEST LEADER! What CHANCE then -- DO YOU HAVE?!" --Galvatron II, Surrender!
• "If all those Autobots, all those humans, couldn't save Earth... WHAT CHANCE DO WE HAVE?" --Prowl, Rhythms of Darkness!
• "Galvatron accounted for the most powerful Autobots around, so what chance do I have?" --Jazz, Rhythms of Darkness!
• "Even the Mighty Optimus Prime has fallen! What chance then, for the rest of us?" --Scorponok, G1 #75
• "If even THIS great force can fall, what chance then for the REST of us?" -- Optimus Prime, G1 #75
• "Five us us, weaponless, against the whole blasted Decepticon army! WHAT CHANCE DO WE HAVE?" --Prowl, US #80
  
  
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