Ironhide is Armordillo

[GoktimusPrime]

those two are meant to be the g1 characters carried over. And prowl transmetal i heard is meant to be prowl II which is a clone or something? it is in the comics

Kind of.

Prowl II was created as a shell for Wheeljack to transplant Prowl's dying Spark into. The procedure was unsuccessful, so they transferred the original data-tracks of Prowl into the shell along with the mind of Chip Chase. The combined entity is known as Prowl II. Prowl II first appeared in the G1 cartoon (image) - and has also appeared in the IDW Beast Wars and Timelines comics (as you said). His origin was explained in The Story of Binaltech.

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[Verno]

Kind of.

Prowl II was created as a shell for Wheeljack to transplant Prowl's dying Spark into. The procedure was unsuccessful, so they transferred the original data-tracks of Prowl into the shell along with the mind of Chip Chase. The combined entity is known as Prowl II. Prowl II first appeared in the G1 cartoon (image) - and has also appeared in the IDW Beast Wars and Timelines comics (as you said). His origin was explained in The Story of Binaltech.

Reference

What a load of bollocks. Convoluted much?!

[GoktimusPrime]

I think it's a neat way of explaining what was really a series of mistakes. Also, Ichikawa Hirofumi is a fan-writer. AFAIK he's had no professional training in writing. I prefer his stories over most fanfics. Ah well, to each their own.