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*** He was also [[The Spectacular Spider-Man|J. Jonah Jameson]].
** [[Adam Baldwin]] is Breakdown.
*** Funnily enough, [[Firefly|Gina Torres]] is Airachnid.<ref>And we just saw Alan Tudyk in ''Dark of the Moon''. Then there's the rumor that [[Nathan Fillion]] might be joining the cast.</ref>
** [[Ghostbusters|Ernie Hudson]] is Agent Fowler.
** [[Clancy Brown]] is Silas.
** Richard Green (known to some as [[X Men Legends|Mag]][[Marvel Ultimate Alliance|neto]] or [[The Batman|Hugo Strange]]) is Skyquake.
** James Horan ([[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine|Ikat'ika]]) is Wheeljack.
** For all you [[Lord of the Rings]] fans out there, Unicron is played by John Noble, better known as Denethor.
*** He's also ''[[Fringe|Walter Bishop]]''.
** Bit easier to miss, but Reggie Bannister is the security guard from episode 10.
** [[Tony Todd]], who voiced the [[Transformers (film)|The Fallen]], is Dreadwing.
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*** Arcee's also [[Naruto|Tsunade]]
*** Yes, Fowler is Winston from the Ghostbusters... [[The Real Ghostbusters|the animated version]]. He's also [[Superman: The Animated Series|Superman]].
*** Skyquake is, in turn, Brainiac. And [[SpongeBob SquarePants|Patrick]]. And [[The Tick (animation)]].
*** Bulkhead is [[Batman: The Animated Series|Bat]][[Justice League|man]] attempting to do a deeper voice.
*** Jack is [[The Fairly Odd Parents|Timmy Turner]].<ref> The ''second'' Timmy Turner (Nickelodeon's dub), to be precise.</ref>
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** G1:
*** The abandoned missile silo the Autobots use for home base has a passing resemblance to Mount St. Hilary, the resting place of the Ark in [[Transformers Generation 1|G1]]. Right before trying to blow up the space bridge, Ratchet says it's time to "[[Transformers: The Movie|light our darkest hour!]]" The design of the Decepticon ship hearkens back to the unnamed Decepticon ship from G1, given the name ''Nemesis'' in ''[[Beast Wars]]''.
*** Optimus Prime and Megatron are both voiced by the same actors ([[Peter Cullen]] and [[Frank Welker]]) who first voiced them in G1.
*** The naming of the episode "Convoy" is quite deliberate, as ''Commander Convoy'' is the name of Optimus Prime in Japan.
**** Also, Prime's trailer in said-episode is a perfect replica of G1 Prime's trailer.
*** In "Sick Mind", Megatron muses over Optimus Prime's deteriorating health and makes a comment on him "fading to Gunmetal gray" (i.e. losing his coloration upon the moment of death)... the same thing that happened when he died in ''[[Transformers: The Movie]]'', and in many other series, the one sign that a Transformer's spark has been extinguished and they are [[Killed Off for Real|truly dead]].
*** In "Shadowzone", while Starscream is being repaired by Knock Out, the latter suggests Starscream take the opportunity to upgrade his somewhat obsolete tech and missing arm with a [[Transformers Generation 1|null-ray.]]
*** In "Partners", Starscream tells Airachnid how (prior to joining the Decepticons) he was Air Commander of a squadron of Energon Seekers. In [[Transformers Generation 1|Generation 1]], Starscream's title in the Decepticons was Air Commander, and all jet-model 'Cons were called Seekers.
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*** In "One Shall Rise, Part 3," it's revealed that {{spoiler|the key that Jack received from Optimus wasn't for the ground bridge power supply, but Vector Sigma, the mega-computer that gives sentience to non-sentient objects.}}
*** In "Masters & Students," Starscream declares himself the "[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Emperor_of_Destruction Emperor of Destruction]" while taking command of the Decepticons, a term that, while rarely brought up in American ''Transformers'' series, has often been used by Japanese fiction to refer to 'con leaders.
*** In "One Shall Rise, Part 3", Optimus says the Matrix will [[Transformers: The Movie|"light our darkest hour!"]]
*** {{spoiler|When Unicron posesses Megatron for the last time, he becomes engulfed in purple flames. Now, we already know that he directly took his name from Megatronus Prime, one of the original thirteen, who later became The Fallen. In various media, The Fallen is always coated in a fiery aura.}}
**** {{spoiler|Also whenever Unicron tries to possess Megatron, the lighting and sound effects were exactly like those in [[Transformers: The Movie]], right down to Megatron clutching his head and falling to his knees in pain.}}
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*** The Spark Extractor that Megatron unearths at the beginning of "Operation Bumblebee" was first used by another Megatron as he conquered Cybertron to remove the sparks from captive Transformers and create his Vehicon soldiers, yeeeessss... ''Prime'''s version is a little more dangerous, though.
** [[Transformers (film)|The live-action films]]:
*** Optimus Prime introduces himself and the Autobots to the human kids in a very similar manner to his movie counterpart did, and the ending of the [[Five Episode Pilot]] includes him sending a message to space.
*** Bumblebee is unable to speak.
*** The first episode states that the last known activity on Earth of the Decepticons was about three years prior, roughly the time in [[Real Life]] that the first live-action Transformers movie was released.
*** Design-wise, Prime Bumblebee is Movie 'Bee in Prime's art style, all the way. Prime Prime is Movie Prime without the flame-paint and different shoulders (he's got movie Prime's trademark pop-out cannon and sword, perfectly identical to the movie version.)
*** Prime Starscream's chest looks a lot like Movie Starscream's face.
*** When Soundwave's bird-drone (yet to be called Laserbeak or depicted as an individual in the show) is on his chest, it looks very much like the face of Movie Frenzy. Putting a Frenzy homage in Soundwave is also a G1 homage, sorta (G1 Frenzy, like G1 Laserbeak, was one of Soundwave's cassette minions.)
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*** In "Out of his Head", Megatron's revival is reminiscent of Optimus's from ''Revenge of the Fallen''.
*** Starscream loses an arm in "Shadowzone", much like his movie counterpart.
*** In "T.M.I.", Bulkhead is driven crazy after having ancient Cybertronian information projected into his brain and starts drawing symbols on any available surface. The same thing happens to Sam in ''Revenge of the Fallen''.
*** Starscream's deeper voice and Igor-ish posture and movement make him reminiscent of movie Starscream more than any other.
*** Nemesis Prime's attack on the military base is quite similar to Blackout's attack on the Qatar base in the first film.
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*** Starscream's speech to the Decepticons at the end of "Darkness Rising" is quite similar to the one ''Animated'' Starscream gave near the beginning of that show's pilot (both times being when he assumed {{spoiler|that Megatron was dead}}). The difference being that this time he actually gets to finish it... and doesn't get blown up.
*** In a nod to his ''Animated'' counterpart's artistic leanings, Bulkhead spends much of "T.M.I." painting the formula for synthetic energon on any surface he can find.
*** Starscream's chest may be movie Starscream's face, but the scissors-like positioning of his wings in robot mode is straight-up TFA, as is his noticeably huge [[Lantern Jaw of Justice|chin]].
*** Megatron's got pre-Earth TFA Megs' robot mode design (with more spikes.)
*** Starscream also {{spoiler|clones himself in "Armada" much as ''Animated'' Screamer did in Season 2, but none of the clones end up becoming any of the other Seekers and they're all dead by the end of the episode.}}
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** The ship's stasis beam recycles the zat'nikt'al (Zat Gun) sound effect from the [[Stargate Verse]].
* [[Talking to Himself]]: With the Vehicon mooks (and later {{spoiler|the Insecticons}}) all being voiced by [[Steve Blum]], [[Josh Keaton]], [[Kevin Michael Richardson]], and [[Frank Welker]], this is more or less inevitable. Happens in a literal and somewhat humorous sense to {{spoiler|Starscream when he clones himself}}.
* [[What Could Have Been]]: Bulkhead was originally planned to be Ironhide, but the creators realized that they were essentially creating a new version of ''[[Transformers Animated|Animated]]'' Bulkhead, so they put him in the show instead. {{spoiler|However, the featurette of the Season 1 set states that Ironhide's death in ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon|Dark of the Moon]]'' was what made the crew replace him with Bulkhead.}}
** According to a featurette of the Season 1 set, [[Transformers Animated|Lugnut]] was considered to be join the Decepticon ranks, but was ruled out because the makers felt they had too many aircraft on the 'Con's side and he was replaced with Breakdown.
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