Quote Originally Posted by blackie
generic human 01?
If it were a generic character, he'd be nameless. This character has a name but only appears in one TF medium (and very briefly), so he's considered to be obscure. He has to be nameless to be classified as generic though.

An example of a true generic character would be say, this Decepticon here from Transformers The Movie:

Who the hell is this guy?? Nobody knows (or probably cares) He's just seen running around panicking when Unicron is attacking Cybertron.

Quote Originally Posted by blackie
that or John
Not John, but like John it is a name commonly used in Anglophone communities. <--there's another hint.

Quote Originally Posted by turtle boy
it looks like spike
He does share Spike's impeccable fashion sense, but alas it is not Spike nor any of the Witwickies.