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Bumblebee's got to be the only brightly colored yellow character to be a master of stealth! (I guess with that drawback, he'd have to be...)
Man, I couldn't stand that little ... Volkswagon! (would that make him the only character partially designed by *Hitler*?)
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<<Singing>> The Transformers... more than meets the eye! Autobots wage their battle to destroy the evil forces of... The Decepticons! The Transformers... Robots in Disguise! The Transformers... more than meets the eye! The Transformers!!!!!!!!
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh.
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I wanted to finish the original Decepticon jets, so here's...
11. Skywarp
Function: Warrior
Skywarp is crude, mean-spirited, sneaky, and rather unintelligent... all the qualities which make an ideal Decepticon grunt. Actually, Megatron rather likes Skywarp's sadistic sense of humor. Skywarp is a loyal soldier, because he's not intelligent enough to have the ambitions of several of the other Decepticons. Still, Skywarp has a rudimentary cunning that serves him well. Overall, he is a solid addition to Megatron's forces.
Skywarp has one unique ability which serves him very well. He has the ability to teleport himself over small distances. He uses this mainly in combat operations, to surprise and confuse his opponents. Unfortunately for the Autobots, it works very well, as it is very difficult to predict where on the battlefield Skywarp will pop up next. Megatron also uses Skywarp every once in a while for special missions, usually involving retrieval, where his teleportation is a tremendous asset. Megatron tries to avoid relying on Skywarp in this manner, because of Skywarp's limited intelligence. He is just more suited to combat than anything else. Skywarp's speed, strength, and firepower are all quite excellent. Mix that with the unpredictability of his teleportation and his natural sneakiness, and he becomes a very dangerous opponent.
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I wonder if the creators of "Robotech" got a piece of "Transformers" or got riled over how they got ripped off -- especially with the jets.
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There was actually a legal battle over Jetfire. I don't knwo how it worked out, but I know that was part of the reason why his name was "Sky-Fire" on the cartoon.
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From: Birmingham, AL | Registered: Jul 2003
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How many of y'all actually tried to come up with your own Transformers? I used to do it all the time -- it was fun trying to figure out how to make a robot out of a helicopter or whatever and have it make sense. I did a bunch of them back in the day. I think I did a motorcycle, a helicopter, an angliosaurus (? - the one with the shell-back) and a few others I don't remember.
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The only thing that we ever did like that was when we sat discussing how the Transformers' nemes would change if they were gay. Slag became Fag, Grapple became Apple, and Grimlock became Grimcock. (Of course, this was in my freshman and sophomore year of college, when I roomed with another Transformers nut. The good old days...)
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