The New Transformers Trivia Game Thread!

[Sky Shadow]

Question: there's always a bit of a furore in the fandom when Hasbro attempts to revoke Tech Specs or written profiles from the toyline. But who was the earliest Transformer to get an official profile but never receive Tech Specs? (To clarify, the profiles are the words, the Tech Specs are the rankings of strength, speed, skill, rank etc.)

[GoktimusPrime]

Powerdasher.

[roller]

Sentinel Prime

[Sky Shadow]

Um... yes, Gok is right. :-)

[GoktimusPrime]

Q: In the movie universe, who betrayed Starscream on Cybertron (after returning from Earth)?

Bonus Q: What event prompted this rebellion?

[i_amtrunks]

Dreadwing, Payload and Ramjet turned on Starscream

Dreadwing turned as he saw the data recovered from Frenzy and coveted it for himself.

Starscream to Megatron's Starscream if you will... :D

[GoktimusPrime]

Your turn i_amtrunks! :)

[i_amtrunks]

In the Animated Universe, what biological weapon did Oil Slick create?

[Tommy K]

im taking a whack and saying cyber sludge?

[i_amtrunks]

im taking a whack and saying cyber sludge?

Not quite Kuzzy.

[GoktimusPrime]

36h+ have elapsed.

Q: What nationality is Tara Strong?

Bonus Q: What is her maiden name?

[liegeprime]

Erm Canadian :o

[GoktimusPrime]

You're correct eh! :p Your turn liege. :)

[liegeprime]

OKies. Lucky guess hehehe

Name all the Neo knights and their respective powers? Sorry its not so hard a Q but thinking up Q's are hard in itself. :p

[Sky Shadow]

OKies. Lucky guess hehehe

Name all the Neo knights and their respective powers? Sorry its not so hard a Q but thinking up Q's are hard in itself. :p

Name: Josie Beller.
Neo-Knight Codename: Circuit Breaker.
Power: Breaking circuits.

Name: Lee Gruber.
Neo-Knight Codename: Thunderpunch.
Power: Punching Thunder.

Name: Katrina Vesotsky.
Neo-Knight Codename: Rapture.
Power: Bad eighties white rap.

Name: Hector Dialonzo.
Neo-Knight Codename: Dynamo.
Power: Whiter whites and brighter brights - first time!

[liegeprime]

Erm your halfway there Shadow:p:o

[GoktimusPrime]

Punches thunder... b*tch, you almost made me laugh! :p ;) (/Nubian)

[Sky Shadow]

Erm your halfway there Shadow:p:o

Okay, take two.

Circuit Breaker has a metal suit that enables her to walk, fly and zap things, particularly robots. Rapture can make people and robots daydream their way into thinking their wildest dreams are coming true. Dynamo can tap into the energy of whatever planet he happens to be on at the time. And Thunderpunch has big strong hands and feet like Beast-from-X-Men-before-he-was-furry and I think he can charge them with kinetic energy. Or something.

[liegeprime]

heheh okies your turn:D

[Sky Shadow]

Transformers! Rowboats in disguise!

Question: according to their profiles, who were the first five aquatic Autobots?

[GoktimusPrime]

And Thunderpunch has big strong hands and feet like Beast-from-X-Men-before-he-was-furry
lawl! (http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/marveldatabase/images/8/8f/Henry_McCoy_(Earth-242101992).jpg) :D

[liegeprime]

hmmm so Beast HAD a costume other than his blue tighty whities erm bluey blues, guess it became too hot with all that hair:D

[Tommy K]

how about cyber venom?

[Paulbot]

Transformers! Rowboats in disguise!

Question: according to their profiles, who were the first five aquatic Autobots?

Bumblebee, Seaspray, Sludge, Topspin and Goldbug.

[Sky Shadow]

Bumblebee, Seaspray, Sludge, Topspin and Goldbug.

Yep - very well done, Paulbot. (If you hadn't got Goldbug I would also have accepted Broadside since he's clearly aquatic, just gets seasick and likes the sea far away.)

Your turn!

[Paulbot]

Picture question:

Which Autobot is this?

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3411/3216115861_24e1d27015.jpg?v=0

[Sky Shadow]

Picture question:

Which Autobot is this?

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3411/3216115861_24e1d27015.jpg?v=0

I love Transformers in media other than the usual comics and cartoons - this particular story is awesome. I'm not allowed to answer, but one of the things that's great about it is that the character in question gets destroyed and rebuilt with an implied upgrade and yet continues to look nothing like his toy or character model. Plus, certain characters who usually look pretty much the same all have individualised robot and vehicle modes. Brilliant stuff.

[Paulbot]

I love Transformers in media other than the usual comics and cartoons.
Yeah me too, this fiction often get overlooked so I thought it would make a good trivia question. I'm interested in what people guess as much as the actual answer :)

[GoktimusPrime]

I'm gonna take a stab in the dark and say Sideswipe.

[dirge]

Huffer?

[jacksplatt11]

Optimus Prime

[Paulbot]

I'm gonna take a stab in the dark and say Sideswipe.


Huffer?


Optimus Prime

No, No and No

Keep guessing...

[blackie]

ironhide?
now theres a stab in the dark

[iceburn]

Blaster...chest looks like it

[dirge]

Moonrock?

[Golden Phoenix]

I'm gonna take a stab in the dark

now theres a stab in the dark
GAH MY ARM!!!


Picture question:

Which Autobot is this?

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3411/3216115861_24e1d27015.jpg?v=0
I'm going to guess Blurr.

if not..can we have a clue? :confused:

[GoktimusPrime]

Jazz

[liegeprime]

Wheelie? :p

[swoop]

prowl

[Paulbot]

Still no one has it. I could post the vehicle mode but that would give it away as it's a unique mode (oh is that a clue? ;) ). It's a first year Autobot.

[Wheel-J]

that doesn't look like elita-one...or is she?..:rolleyes::D

[Golden Phoenix]

Still no one has it. I could post the vehicle mode but that would give it away as it's a unique mode (oh is that a clue? ;) ). It's a first year Autobot.

Was Cosmos a 1st year Autobot?

[GoktimusPrime]

Yeah, I knew it'd have to be a 1984 Autobot, hence why I'm keeping my guesses within that range...

Cosmos was a 1985 Autobt btw Golden Phoenix. :)

I'm gonna guess Sunstreaker.

[Paulbot]

No one's got it yet but the options are narrowing.

[iceburn]

Downshift........

[Golden Phoenix]

AHA!
found scans of the book through TFWiki (http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Decepticon_Patrol)
It is Mirage

[Paulbot]

You've got it. It is indeed Mirage.

All the Autobots in that colouring book except Prime got unique designs (http://www.physics.ohio-state.edu/~sstoneb/tf/books/coloring/patrol.html). And it also features something similar to IDW's Bumblebee 20 years before Infilitration comics began!

Your turn Golden Phoenix

[iceburn]

AHA!
found scans of the book through TFWiki (http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Decepticon_Patrol)
It is Mirage


great answer/find!!!

[Golden Phoenix]

erm wrong tfwiki link but great answer/find!!!

It is the right link. Go to the external link on that page to see the scans

Q: How many Autobots were destroyed in the Super Energon Temple by Galvatorn during the Energon Series?

[GoktimusPrime]

Yeah, I used to have that book. I knew it wasn't Bumblebee because I could never forget his Sailormoon eyes. ;D

[Sky Shadow]

Since it's been over 36 hours, and to follow on from Paulbot's question - who do the heads of the following eleven Autobots and Decepticons belong to? (Just list your answers for the heads in order from one to eleven.)

http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/5589/headsrc0.jpg

And who are these three planes (in order from twelve to fourteen)?

http://img120.imageshack.us/img120/9950/planeszu2.jpg

(Obviously this will be more fun and interesting if people try to do it from memory/guess rather than look in the book, but feel free to do it however works for you. :))

[GoktimusPrime]

Okay, no cheating guessing time...

1. Optimus Prime
2. Bumblebee
3. Mirage
4. Ratchet
5. Jazz
6. Megatron
7. Starscream
8. Skywarp
9. Thundercracker
10. Buzzsaw
11. Ravage
12. Skywarp
13. Starscream
14. Thundercracker

[Sky Shadow]

Marking Gok's answer sheet...

1. Optimus Prime <tick>
2. Bumblebee <tick>
3. Mirage <tick>
4. Ratchet <tick>
5. Jazz <cross>
6. Megatron <tick>
7. Starscream <tick>
8. Skywarp <cross>
9. Thundercracker <cross>
10. Buzzsaw <cross>
11. Ravage <tick>
12. Skywarp <tick>
13. Starscream <cross>
14. Thundercracker <cross>

Well done so far. So we still need 5, 8, 9, 10, 13 and 14.

(I also find it interesting that all the Autobots have Optimus Prime's head crest.)

[roller]

number 13 is Blitz Kruggle?

[Golden Phoenix]

based on the previous right/wrong list

1. Optimus Prime
2. Bumblebee
3. Mirage
4. Ratchet
5. Huffer
6. Megatron
7. Starscream
8. Thundercracker
9. Skywarp
10. Laserbeak
11. Ravage
12. Skywarp
13. Thundercracker
14. Starscream

most were simple switches, except Huffer, although I remember reading something about him when I found the article before

[Sky Shadow]

based on the previous right/wrong list

1. Optimus Prime
2. Bumblebee
3. Mirage
4. Ratchet
5. Huffer
6. Megatron
7. Starscream
8. Thundercracker
9. Skywarp
10. Laserbeak
11. Ravage
12. Skywarp
13. Thundercracker
14. Starscream

most were simple switches, except Huffer, although I remember reading something about him when I found the article before

That looks right to me - Golden Phoenix, you're up. :)

[GoktimusPrime]

roller: I demand you make a Blitz Kruggle toy, or assign that name to your Action Master Wheeljack w/ Shockwave's legs! Then make a tech specs bio. Yup.

[roller]

sadly Gok it can be done

i have so many junkers, at one stage i tried to make Autobot X

i am in the process of making some fan made/fanboynolife characters of my own

:o what a LIFE

[swoop]

Didn't you just get a girlfriend roller? surely the brand spanking new relationship must be taking up a lot of your time;)

[roller]

Didn't you just get a girlfriend roller? surely the brand spanking new relationship must be taking up a lot of your time;)

and money, shes charges by the...im not saying anymore that will probably come back to bite me one day :D

Tonight fer instance, instead of staying at home cruizin the interweb and fiddlein with Actionmasters, i have to go to an engagement party, geez!

[Sky Shadow]

Tonight fer instance, instead of staying at home cruizin the interweb and fiddlein with Actionmasters, i have to go to an engagement party, geez!

Hey, me too, so I know how you feel. (It's my own engagement party so I should probably go, but still... geez! :p)

[dirge]

Congrats Jordan (:

[Sky Shadow]

Congrats Jordan (:

Thanks. :D

[Golden Phoenix]

Oh right.
I gotta post a question.

In Animated, which 3 Transformers have we seen to share the same chassis in one episode

[Wheel-J]

Starscream, Sunstorm, Thundercracker Skywarp???

[Golden Phoenix]

Starscream, Sunstorm, Thundercracker Skywarp???

nope. We have seen more then just 3 of that model

[swoop]

Bumblebee, waspinator and cliffjumper

[roller]

i was going to say swoops answer, but i couldnt remember seein Cliffjumper in the same ep, maybe i havent seen enough of the series

i would have said wasp

[Golden Phoenix]

i was going to say swoops answer, but i couldnt remember seein Cliffjumper in the same ep, maybe i havent seen enough of the series

i would have said wasp

Well swoop was right
They were all in the Autobot Boot Camp episode and in a couple of the same shots.
Cliffjumper wheels Wasp away while the others (including Bumblebee) looks on

[GoktimusPrime]

Q: Which Decepticon once executed an Autobot informant?

Bonus Q: Who secretly witnessed this execution?

[Sky Shadow]

Q: Which Decepticon once executed an Autobot informant?

Bonus Q: Who secretly witnessed this execution?

Megatron killed Warmonger in TFUK#226. From the bonus question, I'm assuming you mean Shrapnel though, and I think Roadbuster was the witness (during Target: 2006).

[GoktimusPrime]

Your turn Sky Shadow. :)

[Sky Shadow]

What do the G1 characters Megatron, Starscream, Galvatron, Scourge, Thunderwing, Dead End and Wildrider have in common?

What? They’re all Decepticons. Oh. Okay then...

What do the G1 characters Megatron, Starscream, Galvatron, Scourge, Thunderwing, Dead End, Wildrider and Bumblebee have in common? :D

[roller]

at one point they've all held the matrix ?

i think its right :)

[Sky Shadow]

at one point they've all held the matrix ?

i think its right :)

Good work, Roller - your turn. :)

[roller]

The Maximal Switchblade is a member of which team?

[roller]

once again people avoid a question posted by Roller

[GoktimusPrime]

Q: Who Am I?

Born in Montreal, Quebec in 1944 I graduated from Regiopolis College in Kingston Ontario and was a member of the first graduating class of the National Theatre School of Canada in 1963. My early professional years saw me working as a radio announcer/DJ in Montreal's CKGM and as a character on a local children's television show. I also had small cameo walk-in roles on the Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour. By the 1980s I was working in the United States on various television shows including My Little Pony, Pound Puppies, Ghostbusters (Filmation), The Smurfs, Dungeons & Dragons, Snorks, The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo, Tom and Jerry Kids Show, DuckTales, Winnie The Pooh, Dino-Riders Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Challenge of the Go-Bots, Rude Dog and the Dweebs, Rainbow Brite, The Biskitts, Robotix, Chip 'n' Dale Rescue Rangers, Saber Rider and the Star Sherriffs, The Little Engine That Could, Voltron: Defender of the Universe, The Jetsons, Visionaries: Knights of the Magical Light, The Transformers and more. I also had voice roles in the movie "Gremlins" and the 2008 Knight Rider series. I have often lent my well-known basso voice for movie trailers and commercials.

Professionally I was influenced by John Wayne but personally I drew inspiration from my older brother Larry, who served as a captain in the Marine Corps during the Vietnam War. A recipient of a Purple Heart and Bronze Star, I was inspired by Larry's approach to serious situations in an always calm and controlled yet authoritative manner. My impersonations of my brother led me to later create the voice that I would become most well-known for in Transformers. After the cancellation of the G1 cartoon, I was later asked to reprise my role for another Transformers animated series, but I declined based on a conflict of interest between American and Canadian voice actor unions, as a result I have chosen not to do voice-acting work in my native Canada in an effort to keep more jobs in the United States. I have since reprised that role now working in the United States.

I have three children including a son who is a stunt actor. Sharing the same name with a late Australian water scientist and with a surname of Scottish descent, I am... ?

[i_amtrunks]

Considering how big a loss the man whose name he shares was to the Water Industry, I'd have to say it's Mr. Peter Cullen.

[GoktimusPrime]

Bingo! Your turn. :)

[i_amtrunks]

Unscramble these Anagrams:

1. Feel Of Girth
2. Levitate Porker
3. Maniac Cornering
4. This Free Inky
5. Disband Lotion

Hint: Think G1 cartoon...

[Sky Shadow]

Unscramble these Anagrams:

4. This Free Inky


Fire In The Sky! (At first I had "I, thin Skyfire" but then worked out what was going on.) I have to go, but that was fun, maybe the rest will still be unsolved when I get back...

[Sky Shadow]

Okay, after half a day with it in the back of my mind I've worked out that Feel Of Girth is Fight Or Flee and Levitate Porker is Triple Takeover. I'm still thinking about the other two...

[Sky Shadow]

5. Disband Lotion

Oh, Dinobot Island! One more...

[Sky Shadow]

3. Maniac Cornering

Carnage in C-Minor. Okay, I think that's all of them. Great question, Trunks.

[griffin]

The Maximal Switchblade is a member of which team?

What was the answer? :)

[i_amtrunks]

Carnage in C-Minor. Okay, I think that's all of them. Great question, Trunks.

Well done Skyshadow, you got them all. Thought that something different was in order, and finding an automated anagram creator online helped a bunch too! :p

You're up.

[GoktimusPrime]

The Maximal Switchblade is a member of which team?

What was the answer?
The Maximal Command Security Force, known in Japan as the 「高速スキッズリペイント攻撃殻機動隊」("High Speed Clocker Repaints Battle Team") ;) :D

Yeah yeah, they're also retools and one's a repaint of Strongarm. d:

[Sky Shadow]

Oh no! It appears that twenty Transformers have lost their accessories. Which Transformers would I need to contact to ensure that these parts and companions are all safely returned to their owners?

1
http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/9911/52710057.jpg
2
http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/3581/68970263.jpg
3
http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/1777/38926453.jpg
4
http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/4646/90128172.jpg
5
http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/9666/11995782.jpg
6
http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/9205/62443778.jpg
7
http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/6875/48224488.jpg
8
http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/7199/87171670.jpg
9
http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/1995/57640218.jpg
10
http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/5749/99852925.jpg
11
http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/5889/47124781.jpg
12
http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/1332/44576874.jpg
13
http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/3986/79091554.jpg
14
http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/9711/46991719.jpg
15
http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/3248/15248778.jpg
16
http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/3843/75932626.jpg
17
http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/7363/94367512.jpg
18
http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/8610/70988431.jpg
19
http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/7123/52072199.jpg
20
http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/8352/61773875.jpg

(The first person to get all twenty correct answers 'wins'.)

[GoktimusPrime]

1. Super Link Ironhide or Energon KB Demolishor
2. Barbearian/Grizzly-1
3. ???
4. Orion Pax
5. Sundor
6. BotCon/OTFCC Dreadwind
7. Tiger Track
8. G2 Inferno
9. ???
10. Rav
11. Obsidian (original BM)
12. BT/Alt Meister, Zoom-Zoom or Laserwave/Shockblast
13. Armada Jetfire
14. Armada Thundercracker
15. Cheetor (original BW)
16. Transmetal 2 Blackarachnia
17. CR Wrecker Hook or RiD Tow-Line
18. Reflector
19. Action Master Prowl
20. Pretender or Kmart Legend Grimlock

[Sky Shadow]

1. Super Link Ironhide or Energon KB Demolishor
2. Barbearian/Grizzly-1
3. ???
4. Orion Pax
5. Sundor
6. BotCon/OTFCC Dreadwind
7. Tiger Track
8. G2 Inferno
9. ???
10. Rav
11. Obsidian (original BM)
12. BT/Alt Meister, Zoom-Zoom or Laserwave/Shockblast
13. Armada Jetfire
14. Armada Thundercracker
15. Cheetor (original BW)
16. Transmetal 2 Blackarachnia
17. CR Wrecker Hook or RiD Tow-Line
18. Reflector
19. Action Master Prowl
20. Pretender or Kmart Legend Grimlock

Excellent, Gok. That leaves three and nine.

[Golden Phoenix]

3 is Blazing Lockdown's chainsaw

[Verno]

#9 Looks like a BW Fuz Skyshadow missile.

[Sky Shadow]

3 is Blazing Lockdown's chainsaw

Well done, GP.


#9 Looks like a BW Fuz Skyshadow missile.

Yes it does look very much like a Beast Wars Fuzor Sky Shadow missile. But Sky Shadow says it's not his. So to whom does it belong? :D

[GoktimusPrime]

Drancron, Herald of Unicron (and occasional gatherer of angry sea bass)!! :D

[Sky Shadow]

Drancron, Herald of Unicron (and occasional gatherer of angry sea bass)!! :D

Well done, Gok - I think you've earned yourself a question. :)

[GoktimusPrime]

Yay!

I'm gonna try something a bit cryptic...

Q: Pick the odd one out:

Bumblebee
Hound
Jazz
Laserbeak
Metroplex
Mirage
Optimus Prime
Ravage
Rodimus Prime
Scorponok
Waspinator

Hint: Convoy (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CoyWXqATsQU)

[SilverDragon]

I dunno...Optimus Prime? He's the only truck? He's the only character out of all of those who definitely died in the G1 cartoon?

Or, for the bleedingly obvious, Waspinator.

[loophole]

im gonna say rodimus prime

[i_amtrunks]

My thinking was Waspinator as he never interacted with Prime... He never did make it inside the ark in Beast Wars.

Could it be Scorponok who never appeared in the 2010 cartoon?

[GoktimusPrime]

Nobody's on the right track so far so I'm going to reiterate the hint:

OPTIMUS PRIME <---> CONVOY
As Optimus Prime is to Convoy...

...I'll drop more hints as the need arises. :)

[i_amtrunks]

Bumblebee - Bumble
Hound - does not have a different Japanese name.
Jazz - Meister
Laserbeak - Condor
Metroplex - Metroflex
Mirage - Ligier
Optimus Prime- Convoy
Ravage - Jaguar
Rodimus Prime - Hot Rodimus
Scorponok - Scorpion/Zarak
Waspinator -Waspeeter

I'm going with Hound, as as best I can tell he has the same name in both English and Japanese versions of the cartoon.

[GoktimusPrime]

You are correct i_amtrunks! (^_^) Hound is the only TF in that list whose Anglophone name is the same as his Japanese name.

G1 Scorponok is called Mega Zarak in Japanese (and Zarak is called Scorponok). BW Scorponok is called Scorpus. And Rodimus Prime is called Rodimus Convoy (Hot Rod is Hot Rodimus). :)

Your turn i_amtrunks. :D

[i_amtrunks]

Keeping with the Cryptic-ish questions then:

What is the common element?

1. "Perchance to Dream", "Infiltration", "Ghost in the Machine", "Decepticon Graffiti", "On the Edge of Extinction"

2. "Five Faces of Darkness", "Spotlight: Kup", "Club Con"

3. "Warrior School", "Infiltration", "Transform and Roll Out", "Skin Deep", "SOS Dinobots"

4. "The Rebirth", "Escalation", "Spotlight: Sideswipe", "Love and Steel", "Time Wars"

5. "Rebellion of Planet Beest", "Maximum Dinobots", "Ring of Hate"

[Sky Shadow]

3. "Warrior School", "Infiltration", "Transform and Roll Out", "Skin Deep", "SOS Dinobots"

Ratchet is the only character in every issue of Infiltration, he's also in every episode of Transform and Roll Out, Warrior School, Skin Deep and SOS Dinobots. Is that the answer or is that not cryptic enough?

[i_amtrunks]

Ratchet is the only character in every issue of Infiltration, he's also in every episode of Transform and Roll Out, Warrior School, Skin Deep and SOS Dinobots. Is that the answer or is that not cryptic enough?

Correctamundo on Ractchet Sky Shadow. Now get going on the others.

Funnily enough Ratchet is in all episodes of both G1 and Animated Transform and Roll out...

[Sky Shadow]

1. "Perchance to Dream", "Infiltration", "Ghost in the Machine", "Decepticon Graffiti", "On the Edge of Extinction"

Runabout.


4. "The Rebirth", "Escalation", "Spotlight: Sideswipe", "Love and Steel", "Time Wars"

I had said Scorponok, and was wondering if Hot Rod and Rodimus Prime counted as one person. But now I'm changing my answer to Hardhead. :)


5. "Rebellion of Planet Beest", "Maximum Dinobots", "Ring of Hate"

Repugnus.

If those are right, it leaves the second one... which I can't quite work out yet.

[Sky Shadow]

2. "Five Faces of Darkness", "Spotlight: Kup", "Club Con"

Ah... my trusty Decepticon detector says... Outback. :)

[i_amtrunks]

5/5 SkyShadow, you're up.

[Sky Shadow]

5/5 SkyShadow, you're up.

Thanks! Okay. I'm one of the most likely people to complain about the overexposure of Year 1 to Year 3 G1 toys. But which 1984-1986 toy character had to wait the longest before his first appearance in a western comic book publication?

[GoktimusPrime]

Hubcap

[Sky Shadow]

Hubcap

That's a good answer, since I believe Hubcap and Swerve were two of the only toys to not appear in a Marvel comics publication. And I think those characters coincidentally first appeared on the same day in 2003 – Hubcap in Dreamwave’s More Than Meets The Eye #3, and Swerve in War and Peace #3 - seventeen years after their genesis.

However, I believe there are six other toy characters who had to wait even longer than seventeen years for their first comics appearance.

[Sky Shadow]

However, I believe there are six other toy characters who had to wait even longer than seventeen years for their first comics appearance.

I'd say six, but it could be seen as eight other toy characters, I guess - depending on how one does one's maths. :)

[GoktimusPrime]

Let's see...

Bumblejumper
Ransack
Barrage
Powerdasher(s)
Mini Spy(-ies)
Buggyman

[Sky Shadow]

Let's see...

Bumblejumper
Ransack
Barrage
Powerdasher(s)
Mini Spy(-ies)
Buggyman

Well done - Powerdasher, Ransack and Barrage were the answers I was looking for. I was also seeking Overdrive, Downshift and Camshaft. Depending on when the mail-away toys were released (early pamphlets seem to be copyright 1984, but that might not mean much) - Powerdasher or the Omnibots would be the answer - with nineteen years between their release and the cover of War and Peace #1. If they were 1985 toys then Ransack and Barrage are up there too, since they also first appeared in More Than Meets The Eye #3.

(I wouldn't have thought that Bumblejumper or the Mini-Spies really count as toy characters since they neither had official names nor Tech-Specs. And I have no idea who Buggyman is.)

So you're up, Gok. :)

[roller]

Beast Wars

in the english version of the tv show, how many characters displayed the ability to fly?

[Verno]

Waspinator
Terrorsaur
Airazor
Optimus Primal
Silverbolt
Cheetor
Megatron
Transmutate
Inferno
Depth Charge
Tigerhawk

11

[roller]

oh


my


buddha!!!

someone actually answered a question posted by roller in the games section

wow

verno


you is correct

even if your wrong your correct

do the vok fly

wateever

your turn champion :)

[Verno]

No worries, Beast Wars are my speciality. Toys this time.

Who is the odd one out and why.

Megatron T-Rex
B'Boom
Quickstrike
Cheetor
Torca
Jetstorm

There may be more than one answer, but I'm looking for one in particular. Pretty easy though really.

[Sky Shadow]

No worries, Beast Wars are my speciality. Toys this time.

Who is the odd one out and why.

Megatron T-Rex
B'Boom
Quickstrike
Cheetor
Torca
Jetstorm

There may be more than one answer, but I'm looking for one in particular. Pretty easy though really.

I'm thinking that the answer is that B'Boom is the only one to not have a water-squirting feature. Nice question!

[Verno]

Told you it was easy.

[GoktimusPrime]

Q: Whose bottoms are these? ;)
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y227/goktimusprime/Transformers/forum%20games/asses.jpg

[Seraphim Prime]

Don't have too much of an idea, but I'll give it a go, seeing as very few others have. :)

A - Optimus Prime (?)
B - ?
c - ?
D - BW Metals X-9 Ravage
E - Energon Strongarm
F - Real Gear Booster X10 (aka Laserbeak)

[GoktimusPrime]

Your guesses are correct! :)

The ones you missed were...
B = Fortress Maximus
C = Treadshot

Your turn. :)

[Sky Shadow]

Really well done, Seraphim - you're like the Sir Mix-a-Lot of Transformers. ;)

[Seraphim Prime]

Well, I've got abit of Uni work due in the next couple of days.

I'll come back with a question sometime over Easter.

[Seraphim Prime]

Okay,

This is probably easy but...


How many western companies have published Transformer comics?

[Sky Shadow]

Okay,

This is probably easy but...


How many western companies have published Transformer comics?

I can think of thirteen just off the top of my head:

- Marvel (US and UK)
- Blackthorne
- Dreamwave
- IDW
- Devil's Due
- Panini
- Hasbro
- Titan
- 3H
- Fun Publications
- Fleetway
- FPC (Federal Publishing Company)
- Otter Press

So I'm guessing there are probably more than thirteen.

[Seraphim Prime]

Well - I actually forgot about panini & Otter Press, and was unaware of Fleetway & FPC, so unless someone comes up and contradicts anything that you've said, I'm willing to give it to you, Sky.

[Sky Shadow]

Well - I actually forgot about panini & Otter Press, and was unaware of Fleetway & FPC, so unless someone comes up and contradicts anything that you've said, I'm willing to give it to you, Sky.

Fleetway did the UK Transformers G2 comic and FPC did the Australian version of Marvel US #1-4 that had a happy ending where the Autobots win and Shockwave doesn't kill them and all they live happily ever after. :)

Okay, new question. Um...

Name four Transformers characters who are of one gender in a 'western' medium, but the opposite gender in Japan.

[i_amtrunks]

BW Airrazor
Galaxy force Override
G1 Starscream in the French dub of the 1986 Transformers Movie.

And I think one of the minicons Grindor or Sureshock had their genders switched from Armada to Cybertron. Not sure which one.

If the last one is wrong then I have only got three.

[GoktimusPrime]

T'was Sureshock. :)

[Sky Shadow]

BW Airrazor
Galaxy force Override
G1 Starscream in the French dub of the 1986 Transformers Movie.

And I think one of the minicons Grindor or Sureshock had their genders switched from Armada to Cybertron. Not sure which one.

If the last one is wrong then I have only got three.

Well done, Trunks (as Gok said, it was Sureshock.) I would have also accepted Shrapnel who - like Starscream - was a 'chick' in the French movie. (I've been wondering if the French dub was any influence on Starscream's purple and blue Animated clone... [probably not, but it amuses me.])

[i_amtrunks]

Since it was such a hit last time, I'm going to go for more anagrams.

Whomever completes the most gets next question. There is a theme...

1. Alien Plank
2. Robe Country
3. Steam Cornstarch
4. Drachma Winner
5. Coke Hiatus

Number 5 is in there for Gok! :D

[Sky Shadow]

1. Alien Plank


I've worked this one out - although the others look much more tricky. I've also worked out that I'm not allowed to answer. :)

[i_amtrunks]

I've worked this one out - although the others look much more tricky. I've also worked out that I'm not allowed to answer. :)

Sure you are, just win then defer! :)

[Sky Shadow]

Sure you are, just win then defer! :)

Well, since no one else has answered in a month and a half...

1. Alien Plank = Neil Kaplan
2. Robe Country = Corey Burton
3. Steam Cornstarch = Scatman Crothers

4. Drachma Winner and 5. Coke Hiatus... (I don't know these ones.)

[i_amtrunks]

Glad this thread has been revived.

4 was Richard Newman, the VA of BW Rhinox, while 5 was purely for Gok:
Kath Soucie, the VA for Animated Professor Princess. :p

You are up SkyShadown, dazzle us with your crazy hard questioning!

[Sky Shadow]

Glad this thread has been revived.

4 was Richard Newman, the VA of BW Rhinox, while 5 was purely for Gok:
Kath Soucie, the VA for Animated Professor Princess. :p

You are up SkyShadown, dazzle us with your crazy hard questioning!

Wow - yes I doubt I would ever have gotten the Professor Princess one. :)

Okay, so not exactly crazy-hard, but...

In Beast Wars, Maximals transformed into mammals*. But who were the first ten Transformers toys to have non-humanoid mammals as altmodes?

(Note that... say... Ravage and Sky Lynx do not have mammalian altmodes – their jaguar and lynx modes are their primary robot modes, their altmodes are, respectively, a microcassette and space shuttle crawler.)

*okay, yes, and birds, sharks and a dinosaur and no doubt other exceptions. But they were mostly mammals.

[GoktimusPrime]

Which Transformer transforms into a Dalek (http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Dalek)?

[Sky Shadow]

Which Transformer transforms into a Dalek (http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Dalek)?

That would be Lee Sullivan's 'Octus', from the TFUK Decepticon triumvirate of himself, Legonis and Seizer.

[GoktimusPrime]

correct

[Sky Shadow]

Which one of the following fifteen 1984-1986 Transformers moulds was never used for the release of a 'pre-Transformer' toy:

Buzzsaw,
Chop Shop,
Shockwave,
Roadbuster,
Blitzwing,
Ransack,
Gears,
Long Haul,
Ultra Magnus,
Skids,
Venom,
Jetfire,
Huffer,
Reflector or
Hook?

[loophole]

Blitzwing

[Sky Shadow]

Blitzwing

Nope, not him (that's what E-Hobby Overcharge was an homage to): http://www.toyarchive.com/DiacloneBlitzwing.html

http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/4/4c/Overcharge-card.jpg

But keep guessing! :)

[GoktimusPrime]

>36h have elapsed. The answer was Ransack. Takatoku went bust before they could release Beet Vadam for 機甲虫隊ビートラス (Kikou Chuutai Biitorasu; "Armoured Insect Battalion Beetras").

Q: What is the meaning/significance of Cosmos' Japanese name "Adams" (アダムス)?

[GoktimusPrime]

hint: ufology

[roller]

george jetson adamski

some ufo spotter who inspired cosmos/adams design

everyone knows that, i think over the last 10yrs the games section has been done to death

[GoktimusPrime]

you're up.

[GoktimusPrime]

36h+ have elapsed.

Q: What is the real name of the human (mutant) super villain Meltdown?

[roller]

K.Wong

[GoktimusPrime]

36h+ have elapsed.

A: Prometheus Black.

Gee, I thought that was a rather easy triv question considering how recent Animated is. :/ Let's try with another one...

Q: In Transformers Animated, who was the first human to go to Cybertron?

Bonus Q: What is this human character's catch phrase?

Hint: Cybertron is a machine world.

...come on, someone's got to get this one!

[roller]

ahhhhhh


K.Wong? :confused:

[GoktimusPrime]

You really suck at this!

[Wheel-J]

Lol! :D

Isn't he Captain Fanzone? His favourite grumbling words are "this is why I hate machines" which is also the title for one of the episodes in the Animated 3rd Season. Right?


And what was his first name again btw?


No need, I remembered - Carmine

[GoktimusPrime]

Right on both counts Wheel-J! Your turn to ask a question now. :)

[Wheel-J]

Alrighty, here's another one for the Animated lovers. Pardon me if this has been played before. The mission of the game is to identify who's who - a name game. ;) The person who can identify the most Animated TF names based on the following character description WINS! :)

a. Decepticon Deep Cover Spy
b. Bounty Hunter
c. Mutant Madman
d. Bombardier
e. Weapons Specialist
f. Autobot Spy
g. Elite Recon
h. Energy-absorbing Warrior
i. Anarchist Road Warrior
j. Trickster
k. Smasher
l. Air Warrior Supreme
m. Berserker
n. Medic

Ready, set, go! :D

[Sky Shadow]

Nice idea.

a. Decepticon Deep Cover Spy: Shockwave/Longarm (Prime).
b. Bounty Hunter: Lockdown.
c. Mutant Madman: Prometheus Black/Meltdown or Waspinator.
d. Bombardier: Swoop.
e. Weapons Specialist: Swindle.
f. Autobot Spy: Blurr or Prowl.
g. Elite Recon: Probably Blurr again or Jazz.
h. Energy-absorbing Warrior: Sunstorm.
i. Anarchist Road Warrior: Oil Slick.
j. Trickster: Ramjet or Blackarachnia.
k. Smasher: Snarl.
l. Air Warrior Supreme: Starscream?
m. Berserker: Blitzwing.
n. Medic: Ratchet or Red Alert.

[Wheel-J]

Nice idea.

a. Decepticon Deep Cover Spy: Shockwave/Longarm (Prime).
b. Bounty Hunter: Lockdown.
c. Mutant Madman: Prometheus Black/Meltdown or Waspinator.
d. Bombardier: Swoop.
e. Weapons Specialist: Swindle.
f. Autobot Spy: Blurr or Samurai Prowl.
g. Elite Recon: Probably Blurr again or Jazz.
h. Energy-absorbing Warrior: Sunstorm.
i. Anarchist Road Warrior: Oil Slick.
j. Trickster: Ramjet or Blackarachnia.
k. Smasher: Snarl.
l. Air Warrior Supreme: Starscream?
m. Berserker: Blitzwing.
n. Medic: Ratchet or Red Alert.

Nice going Sky Shadow. I've included the corrected ones above.

Your turn! :)

[Sky Shadow]

Which three Transformers characters were released in 'Western' markets approximately 20-23 years before they turned up as Japanese Transformers toys.

[swoop]

Sky lynx
targetmaster hot rod
targetmaster kup?

[Sky Shadow]

Sky lynx
targetmaster hot rod
targetmaster kup?

That's a good answer. Sky Lynx is undoubtedly correct. And Firebolt and Recoil would theoretically work as answers to the phrasing of the question, so well done!

The other two characters I had in mind were Gears and Omega Supreme.

Your turn, Swoop!

[GoktimusPrime]

No question from Swoop. :(

Q: Name all the Constructicons in Animated.

[SOUNDBLASTER]

Mixmaster , Scrapper and Dirt Boss ????

[GoktimusPrime]

Correct! It's now your turn to ask the next question. :)

[SOUNDBLASTER]

Name the 4 transformers im thnking about that are dinosaurs on a smaller scale but are not G1 dinobots but are still from G1 . Answer can come from any background. I:E - US or EUROPEAN or JAPANESE :)

Should be pretty easy :cool:

[Tommy K]

goryu
doryu
rairyu
yokuryu

if im correct here is my question or riddle as it were (quite simple im sure anyone can get it)

if mirage is a gear

and

optimus primal is mail

then what does that make

ultra magnus?

[Seraphim Prime]

Ultra Magnus is Guns?

[Oilspill]

Nah, he's totally snug. :p

[SOUNDBLASTER]

goryu
doryu
rairyu
yokuryu

if im correct here is my question or riddle as it were (quite simple im sure anyone can get it)

if mirage is a gear

and

optimus primal is mail

then what does that make

ultra magnus?

Oh well I guess even if u were right it wouldnt matter anyway would it as u have just started a new question anyway ....

But just to let you know you didnt list the names that i was thinking of ... :rolleyes:

[Tommy K]

my apologies soundblaster, hmmm, what should i do now, oh and yes U.M is guns lol

[SOUNDBLASTER]

Guess again.... Youve deleted out pretty much the only other option possible that i can think of ... :cool::cool:

[Tommy K]

ok its the ones that i didnt mention right?

[SOUNDBLASTER]

I guess.... Does anybody else think they might have the answer ??

[Seraphim Prime]

Well, there's Slugfest and Overkill. Dial and Noise the other two?

[SOUNDBLASTER]

I'll give it to you as you got half of it right ...

The 4 I was looking for are

dial
saur
noise
graphy..

Seraphim Prime its your turn to ask a question :)

[Seraphim Prime]

Okay,
this one is a simple one, but here goes...

Which animated Autobot has not (yet) had a live counterpart (at least on screen)?

[Sky Shadow]

Okay,
this one is a simple one, but here goes...

Which animated Autobot has not (yet) had a live counterpart (at least on screen)?

Do you mean Afterburn?

[Seraphim Prime]

Do you mean Afterburn?

No.

I'll re-specify. Live-action counterpart.

[Sky Shadow]

Okay,
this one is a simple one, but here goes...

Which animated Autobot has not (yet) had a live counterpart (at least on screen)?


Do you mean Afterburn?


No.

I'll re-specify. Live-action counterpart.

:confused: Doesn't that make even less sense? As far as I know, Afterburn, Bulkhead, Prowl, Ultra Magnus, Sentinel Prime, Blurr, Jetstorm, Warpath, Rodimus Prime, Brawn, Hot Shot, Red Alert, Longarm Prime, Highbrow, Cliffjumper, Mainframe, Perceptor, Wheeljack, Alpha Trion, Omega Supreme, Wasp, Wreck-Gar, Yoketron, Beachcomber, Autotrooper, Glyph, Tap-Out, Furao, Carrera, Freeway, Chase, Volks, Bumper, Sedan, Hubcap, Rattletrap, Seaspray, Cosmos, Flareup, Huffer, Steeljaw, Zaur, Ramhorn, Rosanna, Dai Atlas, Powerglide, Sky Garry and Tracks are all Animated Autobots who have no live-action counterparts.

[GoktimusPrime]

You could argue that Afterburn isn't really an Autobot though.

[Seraphim Prime]

Hmm. I was thinking of Prowl when I wrote the question.

Maybe my mind was too destroyed by engineering assignments to think it through properly.


You're up Sky Shadow.

[Seraphim Prime]

Alright, new question!

The movie cars have been provided by General Motors. However, which 2 non-GM cars managed to slip through, and which characters are they?

[GoktimusPrime]

Sideways: Audi R8
Mudflap & Skids: Ice cream truck

[Seraphim Prime]

Sideways: Audi R8
Mudflap & Skids: Ice cream truck


Not quite. I was thinking of someone else apart from Skids and Mudflap. (largely because I didn't really think of their Ice Cream Truck as a "car")

We're talking across both movies.

[GoktimusPrime]

Barricade

[Seraphim Prime]

That's the other one I was thinking of!

Alright, your turn Gok. Any question would be better than my last two flawed attempts...

[GoktimusPrime]

I initially skipped Barricade cos I thought Saleen was owned by Ford/GM. Shows how much I know about cars. :p

Q: The Maximal known as Wing Sabre on Cybertron was later reborn on prehistoric Earth under what name?

[GoktimusPrime]

...oh well, the answer was "Airazor."

Anyone can ask the next question now.

[Tommy K]

ok here it goes

QUESTION:

what beast wars episode has cheetor not appeared in?

[roller]

Dawn of Futures past?

[GoktimusPrime]

That's a comic book and kuzzy's question did specifically state "episode." :)

[Sky Shadow]

ok here it goes

QUESTION:

what beast wars episode has cheetor not appeared in?

As a character, was he in Other Voices Part 1? If not, then that one.

[roller]

i meant

the other one, theft of the golden disc

[GoktimusPrime]

kuzzy, after posting a question you're supposed to confirm whether other players' attempts at answering them are correct or not. See rules 3.0 and 3.5 (post #1):

3.0 The person who asks the question has 36 hours after posting his/her question to confirm if anyone has correctly answer the question. If no-one has correctly answered the question within that time frame, s/he may ask another question or delegate someone else to ask a new question. In the case of passing the go to anyone (i.e.: free turn) then the first person to post a new question is the new question asker. If the original question asker has not responded within 36 hours of posting his/her question then their turn is forfeited and it becomes a free turn.

3.5 After answering a question wait for the preceding question asker to confirm that your answer is correct within 36 hours of having posted your answer before submitting a new question.

In future it would be appreciated if you could be prompt in confirming other players' answers rather than leaving poor roller and Sky Shadow hanging like that. :(

So anyway, more than 36 hours have elapsed now since kuzzy posted his question so it's time for a new question. I'm gonna put on my referee's hat and call a ruling on this one: Sky Shadow as the first one in with a correct answer so I think it's fair that he should ask the next question. roller, "Theft of the Golden Disk" is correct, but as you probably know you incorrectly referred to it as "Dawn of Futures Past" in your initial answer so technically it cannot be accepted. Sky Shadow posted his answer before you posted your correction.

So the next turn goes to Sky Shadow. :)

[Tommy K]

my apologies i was unable to get on to check because of other comitments, i apologise and will make sure it wont happen again, i think he was right though, but yeah my apologies again

[GoktimusPrime]

Q: By what name is the Last Autobot known as within Decepticon religious beliefs?

[Seraphim Prime]

The First Warrior?

[GoktimusPrime]

Partially correct. It is something-Warrior, but not "First." :)

[Sky Shadow]

The First Warrior?

The Ultimate Warror, I think. :)

[GoktimusPrime]

Correct (http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Last_Autobot). :)

[GoktimusPrime]

Q: What is the name of the third moon of E'Brutoc?

A. Tykos
B. Ganymede
C. Dysnomia
D. Kalis
E. Endor

[Sky Shadow]

A new piece of trivia: http://www.otca.com.au/boards/showthread.php?t=7263

[GoktimusPrime]

Q: Which American voice actor of Lebanese descent, quit Transformers because of the racial stereotypes in the third season of the G1 cartoon?

Bonus Q: Name all the characters that he played.

[5FDP]

I wonder who it could be...

http://thundafunda.com/393/thumbs/3350-scooby-doo-shaggy-winking.gif

[GoktimusPrime]

Well there's a visual clue. Any takers? :)

[GoktimusPrime]

I can't believe nobody figured it out - other than 5FDP who didn't take a punt. :(

The answer was Casey Kasem who voiced Cliffjumper, Bluestreak, Dr. Edgar Arkeville and Teletraan 1.

Ah well... hey 5FDP, you wanna ask the next Q?

[5FDP]

http://www.fanpop.com/images/polls/5106_6_100.jpg "This is way too much pressure"


I'm gonna pass mate.

[GoktimusPrime]

Q: Which Transformer is also known as "Velocitor"?

[GoktimusPrime]

Anyone??

Okay, the answer is one of these...
A) Cheetor
B) Blurr (Animated)
C) Blurr (G1)
D) Drift

[GoktimusPrime]

...erm... okay, let's break this down to 50:50. The answer is either:

A) Cheetor
C) Blurr (G1)

[1orion2many]

:)Blurr:p:D

[GoktimusPrime]

Sorry, that's incorrect. So yeah, the correct answer is Cheetor, who is known as Vélocitron in French.

But you can ask the next question since you at least had a go. :)

[1orion2many]

:)I'll try and think of one by tomorrow;)

[GoktimusPrime]

Q: In the Transformers Animated universe, Primal Major was bonded to which Omega Sentinel?

[5FDP]

Alpha Supreme??

[GoktimusPrime]

Correct! Your turn to ask the next Q. :)

[5FDP]

Fair enough... ummm, what was the name of the Autobot bounty hunter that appeared in the original cartoon series but has never been seen since?

[Sky Shadow]

Fair enough... ummm, what was the name of the Autobot bounty hunter that appeared in the original cartoon series but has never been seen since?

(I'm not sure if you mean Devcon, since he was also on of the characters in in the Wreckers comics. But just in case that is who you mean...) Devcon? :)

[5FDP]

Got it in one! Had no idea he appeared in the Wreckers comics. I just learnt something new :)

[Sky Shadow]

Cool. Okay, I just thought of this one...

Out of the entire 1984 first series of Transformers toys, Wheeljack and Soundwave are unique. Why?

[5FDP]

Hmmm... interesting one. I'm gonna take a shot in the dark - they were the only ones in the cartoon series to not have mouths??

[Sky Shadow]

Hmmm... interesting one. I'm gonna take a shot in the dark - they were the only ones in the cartoon series to not have mouths??

That's a very good guess, but I think there's a leader of the Autobots who might disagree with you. ;)

[5FDP]

That's a very good guess, but I think there's a leader of the Autobots who might disagree with you. ;)

Doh! What I meant to say was "they were the only ones in the cartoon series to not have mouths aside from Optimus Prime" ;) :o

[Sky Shadow]

A clue: it's something to do with the toys themselves.

[GoktimusPrime]

Q: Which real-life homeless person actually has their own page on TFwiki? ;)

[5FDP]

Q: Which real-life homeless person actually has their own page on TFwiki? ;)

I saw this guy at the Parra Fair the other weekend! He was hauling around a granny cart. What was his name again... :rolleyes: :p

[i_amtrunks]

But Liege has a home...

:p

[GoktimusPrime]

even if it's entirely made from Lego. ;) :p

[Bartrim]

That would be Ron:)

[GoktimusPrime]

Bartrim is correct! Your turn. :)

[Bartrim]

Bartrim is correct! Your turn. :)

Really????? I knew the bloke your were talking about because I've watched Michael Bay's commentary on the first movie but I just guessed his name.

Big claps for random name generation:D

Now to think of a question

[GoktimusPrime]

Proof of Bartrim's correctness (http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Ron_%28person%29) :)

[Saintly]

After 6 weeks of silence, a new trivia will prevail. So this will now be locked.