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by RhA » Mon Feb 25, 2013 2:00 am
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Sabrblade wrote:@Sto: Already answered his questions, thanks.
@Sinnertwin: These are for you.
"Toransufōmu, Heddo On!"
"Toransufōmu, Dasshu!"
"Biggu Mōdo! Toransufōmu, Heddo On!"
"Masutā Sōdo!"
"Tāgetto On!"
As for why the U.S. version didn't have any vocal commands like these, well, they just weren't a thing American cartoons used.
Such were staples of Japanese cartoons, and were even added into the Japanese dub of the G1 cartoon (in which phrases like "Toransufōmu!" and "Gattai!" were commonplace).
It's a difference in cultural mindesets and so the English G1 cartoon didn't have them since the people making it didn't have them in mind.
However, Beast Wars would eventually give us "Maximize!", "Terrorize!", "Beast Mode!", "Flight Mode!", and more.
And then 'I am transformed'.
To which I took a hammer to my face.
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by Sabrblade » Mon Feb 25, 2013 3:23 am
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RhA wrote:To which I took a hammer to my face.
Well, that was Beast
Machines, which also gave us "Pulverize!", "Afterburn!", "Overdrive!" (and "Accelerate! in one episode, hopefully by mistake), "Terminate!" and "Obliterate!"
If you've read Exodus, wanna read the War For Cybertron comic? PM me.
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
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by RhA » Mon Feb 25, 2013 8:37 am
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Sabrblade wrote:RhA wrote:To which I took a hammer to my face.
Well, that was Beast
Machines, which also gave us "Pulverize!", "Afterburn!", "Overdrive!" (and "Accelerate! in one episode, hopefully by mistake), "Terminate!" and "Obliterate!"
My personal favorite:
'Big transform'
Yes, it was dorky, but also intimidating. Zarak just said it calm enough to be menacing. Not Headmasters, but Zarak none the less.
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by Sabrblade » Mon Feb 25, 2013 10:50 am
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RhA wrote:My personal favorite:
'Big transform'
Yes, it was dorky, but also intimidating. Zarak just said it calm enough to be menacing. Not Headmasters, but Zarak none the less.
Technically he wasn't just "Zarak" in any of his forms. In his smaller robot form he was "Scorponok", in his first Transtector body he was "MegaZarak", and in his second Transtector body he was "BlackZarak", but never just "Zarak".
If you've read Exodus, wanna read the War For Cybertron comic? PM me.
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
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by RhA » Mon Feb 25, 2013 1:40 pm
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Sabrblade wrote:RhA wrote:My personal favorite:
'Big transform'
Yes, it was dorky, but also intimidating. Zarak just said it calm enough to be menacing. Not Headmasters, but Zarak none the less.
Technically he wasn't just "Zarak" in any of his forms. In his smaller robot form he was "Scorponok", in his first Transtector body he was "MegaZarak", and in his second Transtector body he was "BlackZarak", but never just "Zarak".
I forgot about that.
Silly Japanese turning stuff around.
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by Sabrblade » Mon Feb 25, 2013 2:26 pm
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RhA wrote:Sabrblade wrote:RhA wrote:My personal favorite:
'Big transform'
Yes, it was dorky, but also intimidating. Zarak just said it calm enough to be menacing. Not Headmasters, but Zarak none the less.
Technically he wasn't just "Zarak" in any of his forms. In his smaller robot form he was "Scorponok", in his first Transtector body he was "MegaZarak", and in his second Transtector body he was "BlackZarak", but never just "Zarak".
I forgot about that.
Silly Japanese turning stuff around.
Though, he did build his first Transtector on "Planet Zarak".
If you've read Exodus, wanna read the War For Cybertron comic? PM me.
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
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by Sinnertwin » Thu Feb 28, 2013 7:01 am
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Sabrblade wrote:@Sto: Already answered his questions, thanks.
@Sinnertwin: These are for you.
"Toransufōmu, Heddo On!"
"Toransufōmu, Dasshu!"
"Biggu Mōdo! Toransufōmu, Heddo On!"
"Masutā Sōdo!"
"Tāgetto On!"
I hope you realize that it's 11pm and youve made me put the HM's on
gotta get my biggu modo fix!
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by Sabrblade » Thu Feb 28, 2013 9:18 am
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Sinnertwin wrote:Sabrblade wrote:@Sto: Already answered his questions, thanks.
@Sinnertwin: These are for you.
"Toransufōmu, Heddo On!"
"Toransufōmu, Dasshu!"
"Biggu Mōdo! Toransufōmu, Heddo On!"
"Masutā Sōdo!"
"Tāgetto On!"
I hope you realize that it's 11pm and youve made me put the HM's on
gotta get my biggu modo fix!
Gomen'nasai, Shinātsuin-kun.
If you've read Exodus, wanna read the War For Cybertron comic? PM me.
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
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by Sinnertwin » Thu Feb 28, 2013 4:54 pm
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Sabrblade wrote:Sinnertwin wrote:Sabrblade wrote:@Sto: Already answered his questions, thanks.
@Sinnertwin: These are for you.
"Toransufōmu, Heddo On!"
"Toransufōmu, Dasshu!"
"Biggu Mōdo! Toransufōmu, Heddo On!"
"Masutā Sōdo!"
"Tāgetto On!"
I hope you realize that it's 11pm and youve made me put the HM's on
gotta get my biggu modo fix!
Gomen'nasai, Shinātsuin-kun.
Daijobu, Sabrsan, the sleep in was worth it
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