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* [[Alternate Character Interpretation]] - Is Shockwave loyal to Megatron, or a better [[The Starscream|Starscream]] than Starscream himself? Cerebros and his [[Humongous Mecha]] Fortress Maximus, or Fortress Maximus and his remote-controlled drone Cerebros? Ironfist: geeky [[Ascended Fanboy]], or [[Dumb Muscle]]? Decepticons stone cold evil or [[Well
** Another of the more noteworthy ones is Ratbat. He's a voiceless servant to Soundwave in the original series, but he was Decepticon leader for a time in the original comics. Later continuities have tried to meld both interpretations for one backstory.
** DR. SMOOV has created a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-ItfWY3xMQ video] made from scenes from the G1 cartoon that reinterprets Shockwave as a comically poor marksman and buffoon who was left on Cybertron because Megatron wanted him out of the way.
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** Justified, it you think about it, as Devastator is frequently portrayed as the first Combiner and a prototype.
* [[Base Breaker]]: [[Big Bad|Megatron]] - viewed by some as a menacing, [[Badass]] villain, and criticized by others for being a [[General Failure]] (at least in the series pre-Movie).
* [[Broken Base]]: Some fans like ''only'' the G1 cartoon and ignore all other iterations of the franchise. Other fans (especially younger ones) view the show as a [[Camp|campy]] [[Merchandise
* [[Crowning Music of Awesome]]: The Japanese theme song.
** The entirety of [[The Transformers The Movie|the movie]]'s soundtrack.
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* [[Ear Worm]]: That damn theme song...
* [[Ensemble Darkhorse]]: Just about every supporting character has his/her/its own share of fans. Notable ones include Starscream, Soundwave, the Dinobots (Grimlock especially), Ratchet, Nightbeat, Bludgeon, and Shockwave. [[Adaptation Distillation]] contributes to a lot of this.
* [[Fan Dumb]]: The infamous [http://www.tfwiki.net/wiki/GEEWUN GEEWUNNERS], who are stereotyped as viewing the G1 series through [[Nostalgia Filter|rose-colored nostalgia goggles]] and viewing ''any'' non-G1 series with unreasonable cynicism. Responsible for such [[Memetic Mutation|catchphrases]] as "[[Beast Wars
* [[Fan Nickname]] - Starscream = Screamer, Optimus Prime = Robo Jesus, Megatron = Megs
** Although Skywarp did call him "Screamer" in one episode.
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* [[Foe Yay]]: Megatron never did punish Starscream that much for his disloyalty... {{spoiler|Until he became Galvatron, that is.}}
* [[Hell Is That Noise]]: In "Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1," Cyclonus and Scourge intend to bring back Galvatron and they begin their search at his last known location: Unicron's floating head.
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''(They hear a groan)''
'''Cyclonus:''' Must be the wind.
'''Scourge:''' There is no wind in space.
'''Cyclonus:''' Quiet! }}
* [[Hilarious in Hindsight]]: In "Hoist Goes Hollywood," Hoist and several other Autobots get to be in an action movie. Unfortunately for them, the human characters initially take precedence over their bit parts, the director seems to have little respect for the Autobots (at least early on) and there's a good deal of pyrotechnics in the movie. [[Transformers (
* [[Ho Yay]]: Rodimus Prime admits to dreaming about Optimus. His own voice actor (jokingly) claimed the character was gay. (In actuality, it was because Rodimus constantly feared whether or not he measured up to Optimus.)
* [[Memetic Mutation]] - "Soundwave superior. Constructicons inferior."
** Also from the [[Evil Twin]] episode: Which Prime is the real Prime? LET'S HAVE A RACE.
* [[Most Wonderful Sound]]: The transformation noise.
* [[Narm Charm]]: Some fans love the show for this.
* [[Offscreen Moment of Awesome]]: In the cartoon episode ''The Key To Vector Sigma'', Shockwave apparently defeated Omega Supreme in battle (offscreen).
* [[Replacement Scrappy]]: Rodimus Prime
** Daniel.
* [[So Bad
** In particular, the episode "Carnage in C-Minor". Sure, it has no end of animation, technical and continuity errors, but it has a good plot (as well as a little [[Fridge Horror]] at the end) and the errors have nothing to do with the plot itself.
** "A Prime Problem" is another example because the plot is completely ludicrous (everyone has the [[Idiot Ball]]) and Optimus Prime hilariously flubs Spike and Trailbreaker's names. At least neither are as bad as B.O.T.
* [[So Cool Its Awesome]]: The voice acting. Say what you will about the series' quality, but no one is willing to dispute the phenomenal voice acting it had<ref>apart from [[Vocal Dissonance|Mega]][[Broken Base|tron]] and the various [[The Scrappy|Scrappies]]</ref>. For a series where [[Status Quo Is God]], [[Peter Cullen]], [[Frank Welker]], Chris Latta and the rest of the cast made major and even minor characters memorable based on their performances alone. Taken [[Up to Eleven]] with [[Transformers:
* [[Squick]] - Kiss Players, which contains {{spoiler|not only lolicon, but penis tongues}}.
* [[They Changed It, Now It Sucks]]: [[Fan Dumb|some members]] of the fandom watch later incarnations of the series for the sole purpose of complaining endlessly about their being an insult to the [[Sarcasm Mode|holy perfection]] that is G1.
* [[Unfortunate Implications]]: '''Carbomb'''ya, a fairly offensive version of Libya that caused Casey Kasem to quit the series in disgust.
** The ending of "B.O.T.", the nerdy girl who built the eponymous robot, comes up with the idea of possibly building another one. At which time, her classmates, Roland and Martin, gag her mouth with duct tape and drag her away, while the Autobots just watch.
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