Transformers/Memes: Difference between revisions

== The Cartoons and Comics ==

 

* [http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Pokeformers Pokeformers] was a completely unironic nickname for ''[[Transformers Armada|Armada]]'', by people who disliked the focus on trying to [[Gotta Catch Em All|collect all the Mini-Cons]] and sought to take the series down a few pegs by comparing it to ''[[Pokémon]]''.

** It was later pointed out that Pokémon focused less on collection than Armada did.

** Other bits of dialogue from said fan edit include "My LifE iS pAiN", "[[Shoulders of Doom|WhY mY SHoUldErS HuRt?]]", and, to a lesser degree, "[[Eats Babies|i eAt yOuR bAbIEs!!]]"

** JaAm has become an [[Ascended Meme]] and was featured both in the bio of the Universe/Classics Hot Shot toy, and on ''the toy's license plate''.

* In the same movie, when Springer tells him that Kup and Hot Rod's shuttle was shot down, Ultra Magnus says that he "can't deal with that now." Hence, he's constantly quoted as saying he can't deal with ''anything'' at the present time.

** Another one from Magnus: "Open! Damnit, Open!" Uttered when he tried to unleash the power of the Matrix of Leadership to defeat Galvatron.

** "This is bad comedy!" A certain [[Diamanda Hagan|make-up wearing]] [[Evil Overlord]] has taken to spreading this meme.

* In another scene, when arguing over who should succeed Megatron, Soundwave remarks. "Soundwave superior. Constructicons inferior." This was almost immediately twisted into "Soundwave superior. X inferior", where X is whatever the poster is writing about at the moment.

** Now we have "Soundwave superior, Airachnid inferior" coming from [[Transformers Prime]].

* [http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Furmanism Simon Furman's repeated phrases] are so popular it's a rare piece of fan work that doesn't include a couple.

** Mind you, there are at least three other versions of Razorclaw, and ''all'' of them get references to this in their wiki entries.

* ''[[Transformers Prime|Prime]]'' was described at BotCon as being 'rightfully huge'. The fandom adopted this term to describe absolutely every single thing in the series.

* On at least one fan forum (for the curious, [http://www.tfw2005.com Transformer World 2005]), the recent release of a Straxus figure in the Generations line ([[Writing Around Trademarks|officially called "Darkmount" for trademark reasons]]) has led to mutations of one of his earliest lines in the 80's Marvel comic, "Mercy is not dispensed here, fools--only death!", such as the figure riding a bike (itself a Transformers figure) and holding a guitar with "Mercy is not dispensed here, fools--only awesome!", or the figure surrounded by booze bottles with "Death is not dispensed here, fools--only mercy!"

** This became more or less ascended with the second ''Allspark Almanac'', which features Animated Straxus as part of a board game and the line “Victory points are not dispensed to Autobots... only death!”

** A similar case with Shattered Glass Grimlock. The Shattered Expectations comic portrayed Grimlock as superintelligent. At the time, Sg Grimlock was just a slavering monster. They eventually upgraded him into his current [[Genius Bruiser]] status as a result of the fans liking that persona.

* EXPRESS MY FEELINGS IN SONG! <ref>''Animated'' [[Cloudcuckoolander|Blitzwing's]] response to being insulted in the pilot episode.</ref>

* [[Transformers Last Stand of the Wreckers|Nick Roche]] will shatter trousers with his awesomeness. <ref>A long-[[Running Gag]] that dates back to his own fanboy days in Transmasters UK, and his worship of Furman.</ref>

* DINKLEBERG! <ref> [[Transformers Prime]] Knock Out is voiced by [[Daran Norris]], who also voiced Timmy's Dad on [[Fairly Oddparents]]. Used whenever something bad happens to Knock Out.</ref>

 

== [[Transformers Film Series|The Movies]] ==

** Bonecrusher hates memes.

* Thanks to a certain scene from ROTF, the phrase "[[Pre-Ass-Kicking One-Liner|GIVE ME]] [[Family-Unfriendly Death|YOUR FACE]]" has become a meme whenever Movieverse Prime gets a toy. Sometimes, it even extends to the various other Primes.

 

== The Video Games ==

 

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