TRANSSPOTTING
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TRANSFORMERS SIGHTINGS IN NON-TF MOVIES, TV
SHOWS, BOOKS, ETC
& FAMOUS TF FANS & RACE HORSES
[And
other goodies with names of TF's]
MOVIES:
SPARTACUS [1960]
Famous Roman called Optimus Severus Glavourus
mentioned, LOL! [Snape got a mention in
this one too, hehe]
SOUL MAN [1986]
A little boy is
playing with a some Dinobot toys and Soundwave.
He bashes Soundwave with Grimlock and says, "Me Grimlock destroy
you..."
Poor Soundie … I hope in his next movie Soundwave will get more screen
time and ask for a role more fitting his talents. He really should speak to his agent.
Incidentally,
Soundwave was not harmed in the making of this motion picture … He better
not have been ;]
TOP GUN [1986]
Maverick [Tom
Cruise] and Goose [Anthony Edwards] are sitting at the airport. Goose picks up a Starscream Jet –
Those Jets were
the REAL reason I went to see Top Gun! ;] Me and Equus were probably 2 of few girls in
the world that went to see Top Gun for the JETS! I heard that Starscream, Skywarp and
Thundercracker were first asked, but they had to turn it down as they were
working on Transformers at the time and the roles went to Dogfight, Afterburn
and Bomber, respectively. ;]
FLIGHT OF THE
NAVIGATOR [1986]
An eight year old
boy, David Freeman [Joey Cramer] wakes up in the future and is taken to a
research facility. On his bed are some
new boxed toys, including Skywarp and some other Transformers.
THE PRINCESS
BRIDE [1987]
The little boy
[Fred Savage] is sick and he has a red Lamborghini behind his bed. I'm sure
it's Sideswipe!
SPACEBALLS [1987]
In the scene where
Yoghurt [Mel Brooks]is showing Lonestarr [Bill Pullman] and the others the
merchandising, or should we say moichandising ... ;] "Spaceballs the
Colouring Book" is "Return To Cybertron" with Optimus Prime on
the cover. "Spaceballs the Lunchbox"
is a TF lunchbox with the Metroplex battle scene from the '86 toys.
In the scene where
Spaceball One is transforming into MegaMaid, Barf [John Candy] says
"Ohmygosh ... It's not just a spaceship ... It's a
Transformer..." [I cried with
laughter in this scene...]
The entire
MegaMaid scene is a spoof on Unicron - with a vacuum cleaner
BIG [1988]
Tom Hanks talks
about Transformers and Hasbro at a meeting.
There is an
electronic transforming toy building in the movie.
VICE VERSA [1988]
The son and father
swap places. There is a scene where
Judge Reinhold as the son is sitting in his father's office reading the Wall
Street Journal. Behind it he's reading a
Transformers comic [US Issue 24 Page 9] and laughing.
REVENGE OF THE
NERDS III – THE NEXT GENERATION [1992]
There is a TF
comic on a desk in a scene in the beginning.
THE
PROFESSIONAL [LEON] [1994]
One of the more
famous TF sightings. A little girl
Matilda, [Natalie Portman] in three scenes is watching Transformers on TV. In the first scene, her sister wants to watch
the aerobics, and Natalie switches it over to Transformers. Her sister chases her and bashes her up. In the background you can hear Starscream
begging for mercy. [MTMTE III] … Heh,
Queen Padmé Amidala is a closet TransFan!
;]
HACKERS [1995]
Has someone
running into a group of people he didn't like and muttering "You and your Decepticons..."
THE BLACK CIRILE
BOYS [1997]
There is s part
where the boys were sitting on a couch and one said "I love
Transformers" and one was talking about being a robot and turning back
into a car.
BOOGIE NIGHTS [1997]
Has the Stan Bush
number The Touch. Though Stan
sings it waaaaaay better! :D
THE SIEGE [1998]
Anthony Hubbard
[Denzel Washington] is talking to his partner in his partner's son's room and
there is a Jumpstarter on the wall.
TWO HANDS [2000]
Has Beast Wars
Armordillo in beast mode atop a TV.
THE WATCHER [2000]
Someone is talking
on the phone and an Energon pool is mentioned.
THE MATRIX
RELOADED [2003]
Behind the Scenes
of the making of the Matrix Reloaded game, one of the producers is
wearing an Autobot symbol shirt.
TED 2 [2015]
There is a scene
in the Hasbro CEO’s office where there is a statue of Optimus Prime. Later in the movie, that same CEO is giving a
talk at Comic Con where he announces a whole new line of Decepticon
Transformers. Later in the Comic Con scene, there is also a statue of the new
Bumblebee and another scene where there’s a person dressed up as that Bumblebee
and he gets involved in a fight scene.
ROBO-DOG
[2015]
There’s
a scene in the beginning of the movie where we see a Rodimus bust and below
that an Optimus Bust on Tyler’s shelf. There’s a Transformers and Gi-Joe toy
set on top of the shelf. The camera pans to the bedside shelf where we see
another Transformers and Gi-Joe toy set and Trypticon [blecch] on the bedside
table.
One a
scene on the floor, when the robot dog cones, there’s a G1 Optimus and Kup on
their sides and a G1 Hot Rod the right way up. Later on, there’s a G1 Metroplex
on the shelf above. Robo-Dog picks up Optimus and Kup and puts them in a
toybox. [Cute!] Later on, there’s a newer Bumblebee in Tyler’s room. There’s
also what looks like a ‘Heroes of Cybertron’ Ratchet and Optimus [blurry] on
the top shelf of Tyler’s room. [He loves his TFs, like me!] And possibly a
Skids in a later scene [also blurry]
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TELEVISION:
DR WHO - THE
INVASION [1967]
Mentions a
‘Cyber-Megatron Bomb’ [and almost 20 years before
Transformers too… :]
In one episode,
Alf is reading a Transformers comic.
In one episode,
Gonzo is playing with a Transformer, though he can't figure out how to
transform it, throws it behind him. It
hits Miss Piggy and she beats him up.
ROBIN WILLIAMS LIVE [1986]
A live comedy
stint & Robin’s talking about coming home drunk.
"... and they have these toys, these
Transformers ... It's a truck .. it's a robot ... it's a ... what the f**k is
it!!??"
A COUNTRY
PRACTICE [1987]
Australian
drama. In this episode, a little boy is
admitted to hospital with high blood sugar.
He says "Look, I've got a Transformer!" And he pulls out the
original Optimus Prime...
During the course
of the episode, the doctors and nurses can't figure out why the boy isn't
getting better and it turned out he had all these jelly beans stashed in Oppy's
trailer!
Roseanne is
cleaning DJ's room and holding a Metroplex in robot mode.
In another
episode, DJ is playing with Trypticon
Has a G2 Megatron
green tank in robot mode lying of a coffee table.
Game Show
[??] [Early 90’s]
A cool ‘fancy
dress’ game show on Channel 10 in Australia where contestants used to have to
dress up. One guy came as a Transformer.
"What is Optimus Prime?" Was a question on a UK game show - and no one
answered. Duh.
FRESH PRINCE OF
BELL AIR [1996]
Has someone
playing with Beats Wars Razorbeast and croc Megatron.
SOUTHPARK [1997]
Mentions
Transformers
AMIMORPHS -
"MY NAME IS JAKE" [1998]
Jake Berenson
[Shawn Ashmore] is playing the Beast Wars computer game - and he's damn good at
it too!
FAMILY GUY [1999]
Has several
episodes sending up Transformers, including one with someone saying: “Optimus
Prime?! He’s Jewish!” How they figure
that? … Heheh… I doubt they had religions on Cybertron tho, unless they
worshipped Primus or the All Spark ;]
OLIVER'S
ADVENTURES [2003]
There was a
representation of the three Generation One Seeker Jets and the launch tower
from the underwater Decepticon base.
Five Autobots
drive in and transform into the Simpsons as the opening couch scene. Optimus turns into Homer, Jetfire into Marge,
Hound into Lisa, Bumblebee into Maggie, and Jazz into Bart. Matrix
Help Me! ;]
http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/attachment.php?attachmentid=7754
ROBOT CHICKEN
[2005]
Has several eps
sending up Transformers. One in
particular episode I heard of has, Shockwave looking for Soundwave and found
him on eBay and asked Megatron: “Permission to buy him now?”
Hehe. I hope Megatron said ‘granted.’ ;]
DAVID
LETTERMAN [2010]
Optimus Prime as a
“guest” on Letterman. ‘Top 10 things
that sound cool when spoken by a giant robot.’ ;]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=capoqysbgI0
Man, I hope they
paid Peter enough for this ;]
DOCTOR WHO [2011]
-- Episode “The Crimson Horror” (11th Doctor, Matt Smith)
At the end of the
ep, Clara, (Jenna-Louise Coleman) Is playing with a G1 Galvatron and saying “I
am Cross!” Uh oh, Lookout!! Galvers was cross with Starscream & look
what happened! Poor Screamers!
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BOOKS:
A WRINKLE IN TIME [Madeleine
L'Engle, 1962] Written And this is
waaaaay before Tf’s even came out!!! There’s a paragraph which reads:
"Cal," Meg said, holding out her
hand.
Calvin came to her
and took her hand, then drew her roughly toward him and kissed her. He didn't say anything, and he turned away
before he had a chance to see the surprised happiness that brightened Meg's
eyes. At last she turned to her father.
"I'm ... I'm sorry, Father."
He took both her
hands in his, bent down to her with his short sighted eyes and said "Sorry
for what, Megatron?"
OMG!!! I was reading this in class and laughed out
loud. Two of the other books we got to
read in that class were The Towering Inferno & Drag
Strip Danger… LOL!!!
???
[I don't know the title or date of this novel.] - Enlighten me. Seawave gives puppy eyes. ;]
A friend
photocopied a paragraph form me, which reads:
…The thud of the
newspaper hitting the floor made Nige jump, a reminder that his nerves were
still raw and delicate. On the
television, The Transformers were saving the planet from world
domination, but as far as Nige was concerned, they might have well been dancing
a jig. His mind turned inward,
concentrating not on the robotic heroes, but on the bewildering array of
messages that whirred and spun in his head...
GOOD OMENS [Terry
Pratchett & Neil Gaiman, 1991]
A kid is saying when he got for his birthday.
Sentence reads … “And I gotter transformer anna mylittlepony anna
decepticonattacker anna thundertank anna …” LOL!!!
BLOOD LITE [Kevin J.
Anderson, 2008] Story by Sherrilyn
Kenton called Where Angels Fear To Tread … “There were times when he could swear he
heard his life ticking away with every swipe of the second hand on the Transformers clock he’d inherited from
his older brother. Optimus Prime stared at him from his perch next to Zeke’s
drab grey monitor…” The story also
features Archangel Gabriel, my fave Arch.
Woo hoo!
THE FIVE GREATEST
WARRIORS [Matthew Reilly, 2009] - Book 3
of the Jack West Saga [1 The Seven Ancient Wonders, 2 The
Six Sacred Stones] I highly
recommend these - they’re Awesome & not just for the hats off to
Transformers!
Paragraph
reads: … Which meant they hardly noticed
the other two member’s of Pooh’s team entering the British Museum behind him - a pair of red-haired Scottish
twins, wearing Transformers T-shirts
[one bearing the Autobot Symbol, the other the Decepticon Symbol]
[And Later on] …
Among the throng of people who gathered in the wide courtyard out in front of
the British Museum were two red-haired men wearing gardeners overalls over Transformers T-shirts.
BLOODTHRISTY, [Flynn Meany,
2011] hilarious Vampire wannabe romance.
Our not so intrepid hero, Finbar, has a Megan Fox Transformers poster in his room.
Features nods off to a bunch of other cool fantasy & Sci-fi goodies
too. A snort of a read for any
sci-fantasy geek ;]
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MUSIC,
SONGS & CD’S:
AMITYVILLE - {THE HOUSE ON THE HILL} [Lovebug Starski, 1986] - alerted in
Soundwave’s from the UK Comics - has a voice which sounds like Soundwave
singing Amityville in the
background. Finally! [Wanted to hear this song for 24
years!!!] … You can hear it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHotPZDGxx8
“GET DOWN” -
BULLET FROM A GUN, [Derek
B, 1988]
- Has a line that goes "And like Omega Supreme, he can Transform."
TRANSFORMERS - BUSTERS IN DISGUISE [Warren
G. 1997]
“THE 12 DAYS OF
CHRISTMAS” - DR. DEMENTO'S CHRISTMAS
ALBUM, [1989] - Has kids
screaming "I want a Transformer!"
WE CARE A LOT [Faith
No More, 1999] - Has a line which goes "We care a lot about Transformers, 'cos
there's More Than Meets the Eye!" Damn
straight!
MAKE THE VOICES STOP [Frank Caliendo, 2002] - On this
CD he does Sean Connery, and in the middle of the skit Connery says, “This
isn’t my hand. It’s a Transformer!”
Dr. Evil then
says “It’s a Decepticon, ‘cause those Transformers are evil!”
BUSTIN'
DECEPTICHOPS [Plan
Be, 2004] - An entire song about the Bot/Con battle in TFTM
NOT MANY [Scribe, 2004] - Has a line which goes "This is for my Decepticons..." They were also wearing Decepticon symbol T-shirts and had Decepticon insignia tattoos on their arms.
A New Zealand band
exists called "The Decepticonz."
On a website there
was a woman who sung a new funky, version of the TF song
There exists an
Australian Comedy group which has topics and one of the topics was Transformers
and they sung a cool song about Being a Transformer.
[Please enlighten
me on the name of the group]
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COMPUTER
GAMES:
In an old version,
before the game started, this thing came up which said, "Cracked by The Evil Sock and Optimus Prime" and had
a graphic of Optimus. Don't ask me why
he's in league with an evil sock ... [Maybe it's one of Lister's... ;]
There is a computer
game with an orange sign which reads Deseptikons.
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EVENTS:
At the WWF
SmackDown, San Jose 4/4/2000, someone held up a Decepticon symbol
banner.
CATALOGUES [Non Toy]:
In a K-Mart
catalogue back in the 80’s, they were advertising some storage shelves and
things for a kids room, and they had Ramjet in jet mode displayed.
PLACES:
There is a Bar in
Ontario, Canada Called NASA, with a bunch of space stuff, and Transformers too.
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TV
ADS & NEWS:
Australian ads
from mid 80's:
Aerogard - in which
various arms are shown in a box of flies with the Aerogard repelling them. One
is a kid's and he's playing with Ultra Magnus.
Commercials for Uncle
Pete's toys, showed a variety of stuff, including Transformers.
Juvenile Diabetes - a young boy and
his mum talking about the disease and he’s playing with Headstrong.
Epedia.com - Gundam wings.... Scott McNeil n' David Kay.
On the News, sometimes
Transformers are shown at toy fares, including one where Hasbro Australia had
this HUGE Polystyrene statue of Optimus Prime.
Man, I SO wanted him!! He
rocked, Dudes!
New ad for the Discovery Channel has
Optimus singing, heehe! You can see it
here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0jZzBEKIMc
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RADIO:
On a radio station
in Maine ... People were voting for bands and some guy said, "I vote for
Optimus Prime."
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COMPANIES:
Electronics
company called Optimus. [I have an
Optimus discman and earphones :] They
make other stuff
like speakers, etc.
Company called
Optimus and another one called Optimus One Design [Australia]
Electronics store
called Megatronics [Australia]
Trucking company
named Prime, Inc [Australia] – How
fitting!!!!!!! :D
Construction
company called Prime [Australia]
Industrial real
estate company called Metroplex ... I wonder if they deal in big white cities
...
;] [Australia]
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OTHER:
There were people
in the phone book with the surname Megatron!
Colby College puts out a
newspaper, and every May they devote this paper entirely as a spoof. One of the
front‑page articles they fabricated was the creation of new all‑purpose
tractors for use on the campus grounds. An excerpt of the article reads,
"I said to myself, if Voltron could be formed by combining many
coloured mechanical cats or if MASK could transform a regular big‑rig
truck into a missile‑launching platform, I could easily create a vehicle
which could mow the lawn, shovel snow, pick up leaves and still carry my fat‑assed
staff around campus." The photo that accompanied the article was a
picture of G1 Megatron holding a rake with the caption, "The
full‑sized multitasking vehicle is ready for lawn detail."
In the Sabrina
Online comic strips, [www.sabrina‑online.com] they have some TF’s
in several of the comic strips, cause the main character has Laser OP ‘standing
guard’ over her computer ... {Bet she *never* gets any viruses; ]
There have even
been race horses with TF names and most of them have won! [Australia]
Megatron [Telopea, Australia, 1993. There was an article in the
paper. The odds were
100:1 and he WON?!! Man, where was I!? ;]
There was also a
Horse Called Might and Power which
won both the Caufield &
Melbourne cup in
1997 - Now with a name like that… heheh!
Megatron backed
him too! ;]
Onslaught [Won early 2000’s
I believe - heard the race on the radio, wish I’d backed,
hehe]
Optimus Prime [Now I'm sure he won too! Early 2000’s too]
MotorMaster Degreaser Spray wonder if he uses it? ;] When I was 13 and first got into TF’s, I
called our family car ‘Breakdown’ ;] and we used it on him :] My dad wasn’t too impressed that I’d called
the car ‘Breakdown’ Lol! But I didn’t
mean it THAT way!
Amway has an Oven
Cleaner called Blast Off
Trannies Photocopy Shop! Remember Rob’s Trannies? We Miss You, Rob!
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FAMOUS TF FANS:
GRANT HACKETT: [Aussie
Swimmer]'s favorite toyline was Transformers.
LEONARD NIMOY: Took up an interest if TF's after his role in
the movie as Galvatron. [And the ending
lines of Unicron]
PATRICK STEWART: [Captain Picard, Star Trek: TNG, Leondegrance, Excalibur]
apparently said that one of his prized possessions was the uncut version of
TFTM.
STEVE BRADBURY: Australian Speed Skating champion. He wore a Decepticon symbol T-shirt to an
interview.
TOM HANKS: On Leno, they were talking about toys, Hanks
started talking about Transformers. He sang part of the Theme Song and said that
Tf's had the coolest song ever and that it would have been cool if Frank
Sinatra had sung it! He said that
Transformers was his favourite toyline when he was younger and his kids like
them too!
SHIA LABEOUF: Was a fan before
he starred in the live-action TransFormers
Blockbuster movies. [A pity they did
not stick to the original characterisations and colour schemes and focus more
on the ROBOTS!!!]
Not sure if he’s a
fan, a fan but there’s a director called OLIVER MEGATON [Almost
Megatron, not quite but it was too good to throw away!]
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TF’S ARE SO BACK, MAN!!
And It’s About Slagging
Time!
& they’re here to
STAY.
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I’d appreciate any
more information on sightings, no matter how small, and any famous fans also
any more info, updated and corrections on what is already listed - Like the
names of particular episodes that featured Tf’s [like in SouthPark, Robot
Chicken, etc], which characters were shown [in not listed], books/novels,
dates, and titbits like what TF issue
Alf was reading, etc. Please alert me [jedimasterqui-gonjinn@hotmail.com] and I’ll credit
you by name or handle.
Thanks for your
help, Fellow TransFans!
lol Seawave :]
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A Special Thanks to Fellow Trans Spotters!
Carly, Black
Storm, Devona, Daystring, Diab, DD, Bruce, Equus, Gambit, Griffin, Grebo,
Goktimus, Jenn, Lee, Kynight, Mariamus Prime, Mr Chompy, Paul, Phantom, Phoenix
[Nix], Primus TF, Prizm, Raggletag, Red Skye, Shin, Screamer, Springer, Star
Ruby, Stealthy, Talon, Thunder Strikes Twice!, TigerMegatron, Wikii, Zaanaii,
Yiz & Zoi
& thanks also to all those cool movies, shows,
songs, books, race horses et all that had TF’s in!
So long and thanks for the TransFun!
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