Awful uses of existing TF's names

[Polursine]

AoE Hound was clearly Bulkhead.
And whats with Steeljaw all of a sudden becoming an evil name?
And Swoop is Strafe? Yeaaah I dunno...
I will get cranky at AoE Hotshot aka not-Tracks as well

[Handsprime]

Air Raid in the movie universe probably should count.
He is:
A member of Cybertron's Science Division
A component of Superion
A member of another Aerialbot team
An ancient Star Seeker (who according to TakaraTomy is not the same as the rest)
And a retool of Breakaway, who isn't any of the above.

[Handsprime]

Also Mudflap. Before TF2 he was a decepticon crane. Even after TF2 however, he still managed to be a shelfwarmer

[prjkt]

Wonder if 'Clampdown' counts as reuse of a name?

After all, the original toy was a Diaclone so not really a TF. However now we have out at the same time a Masterpiece figure who is an humanoid Autobot Police Officerand a RID(15) Decepticon Criminal Crab-slash-hatchback squealer by the same name. The characters are on the opposite sides of the fence in pretty much every single respect (allegiance, side-of-the-law, toy quality etc) except their name.

On that RiD15- note, Slipstream - from female Decepticon Seeker to make Autobot Minicon

[Polursine]

On that RiD15- note, Slipstream - from female Decepticon Seeker to make Autobot Minicon

All the goddamn minicons really

[BigTransformerTrev]

All the goddamn minicons really

True - though Beastbox could have been good if he had just been a Decepticon