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** Names in general are strange on this show. In the first episode, everyone who arrived on Earth besides Optimus and Megatron renamed themselves based on their animal (this diminished in later seasons with names being a bit less obvious) with lame dialogue like "Hey, I'm a cheetah! No, wait... I'm CHEETOR!" So, what were their names before they came to Earth? And why did they all rename each other? Who accidentally crashes on a deserted planet and is like "Well, first things first, better rename myself based on the local wildlife."
*** Names for transformers are a bit odd in general. They've always been willing to abruptly change their names whenever they get a new [[Merchandise-Driven|toy...er, body]], so it's not too odd here. It was just really clumsily handled in the first episodes because the writers were still finding their groove.
**** The EU states that names are a really big deal for Transformers, and part of what defines them... it's why they like to take a new name when their body changes significantly enough, sort of to commemorate the start of a new phase of their life. It's also why you know the Fallen is such a shit, because the Primes stripped him of any right to a name whatsoever, he can only be referred to by that derogatory title.
** I assumed with Rampage there were a few off-screen engagements where they were introduced to him. IIRC, Depth Charge calls him X throughout the entire series (and when they first meet, I think Rampage says "I have a new name! Rampage!")
** Both the Predacons and Maximals have been seen eavesdropping on the other side's base. Or it could be a simple coincidence that Megatron also came up with the word, ala Godfried Liebnitz and Isaac Newton both coming up with calculus.
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