Transformers references in other media

[GoktimusPrime]

It reminds me of the scene in MTMTE Pt2/3 where Optimus Prime is seriously wounded after rolling down a hill when Wheeljack's bomb went off inside the ruby crystal mine. We all remember that scene - when all the Autobots had to carefully upright Prime and he struggled to transform to robot mode. Yet later in MTMTE Pt 3 we see Optimus Prime fall to the earth from the stratosphere, after chasing the Decepticon ship with Sideswipe's rocket pack -- and Prime is perfectly fine.

[griffin]

It says something about how often BotCon was at Pasadena, when the Auditorium building next to the Convention centre that hosted four BotCons, becomes immediately recognisable in just the opening seconds of a recent episode of NCIS.

Last week's episode (in Australia) was episode 19 of season 14 (The Wall), and it started out (before the credits) with a tour-group of war veterans at a "Washington DC" museum, but the front of the building caught my eye as being very familiar.

Since I've never been to DC, I knew it had to be Pasadena (in Los Angeles)... and looking through my thousands of BotCon photos, sure enough, it was what I thought it was.

From the episode (screenshots from tenplay website)...

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My photos from 2011 and 2014...

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It was really hard to look through those photos too (from BotCon 2004, 2009, 2011, 2014), with so many great memories, and the sad thought that I may never end up going back there, even if BotCon is revived by a new business. It was a great location, with LA being the easiest/cheapest city to fly to from Australia, and has so many tourist options, including themeparks and Hollywood studios.

It was the same feeling I had after FunPub took over BotCon in 2005, realising that I'd probably never go back to Fort Wayne in Indiana, which was my favourite BotCon city until Pasadena started to get used.

Maybe one day I'll return to America. I miss all those familiar faces, friends and places I met over the 17 years of trips to America since BotCon 1999.