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Renaming the cartoons

Postby #1 Signal Lancer fan » Wed Feb 21, 2024 11:59 am

Motto: "For too long, I've let life pass me by! Now I want to take part in the grand drama; my legacy will be written large among the stars!"
I don't know if anyone else feels this way, but some of the Transformers cartoons feel poorly titled (Here's looking at you Armada and RID 2015). Not that the titles sound bad, but they just don't really fit the show. So I went ahead and came up with renames for every Transformers series based on the events of the show.

The Transformers: seasons 1-2 - Transformers: Generation One. Of course, this is all but official at this point, but the big difference comes with the next two seasons.

The Transformers: seasons 3-4 - Transformers: Generation Two. I understand why it wasn't named such at the time and that G2 refers to a different concept, but Generation Two just feels like the perfect name. It's the next generation of Autobots and Decepticons, with Rodimus Prime and Galvatron replacing Optimus Prime and Megatron. You also have the literal next generation of human characters with Daniel replacing Spike.

Beast Wars - Honestly this is the only one where I just couldn't think of another name. It perfectly describes the show and gives you an idea of what to expect.

Beast Machines - Transformers: Beast Hunters. I know this term wasn't created until many years after the show, but it just fits this show very well and doesn't really fit Prime Season three. The Maximals spend the entirety of this show literally being hunted by the Vehicons for being beasts.

Robots in Disguise (2001) - Transformers: Matrix Battles. So much of the show and its conflict centers around the Matrix, whereas the fact that the Transformers are in disguise felt like a pretty small part of the show.

Armada - Transformers: Awakening. Armada has never really fit the show, but Awakening fits it on a few levels. It references the awakening of the Minicons, the reawakening of the Transformers' war on Earth, the return to the Autobot-Decepticon conflict, and the eventual awakening of Unicron.

Energon - Transformers: Resurrection. Energon is a pretty good title, but this is much more fitting. It refers to the resurrection of Megatron, Unicron, the war as a whole, and many other key figures like Omega Supreme, the combiners, Wing Dagger/Saber, etc.

Cybertron - Transformers: Omega. While Galaxy Force works, Omega feels more fitting. It refers to the end of the Unicron Trilogy, the omega lock itself, and the religious undertones of the word can describe Megatron's god complex and the literal god Primus.

Animated - Transformers: Heroes. Animated is pretty good, but it makes it feel like a 1-1 animated version of the movies. Heroes, which was an early working title for the series, gives an idea of the superhero-like tone of the show and emphasizes that this isn't a war, its heroes stopping villains.

Prime - Transformers: Relics. The show never really had all that much to do with what it means to be a Prime, but relics from the past are a big through line for the show, including Dark Energon, Unicron, the Omega keys, weapons from Solus Prime’s forge, and the Predacons themselves.

Robots in Disguise (2015) - Transformers: Corruption. This references both the corruption of Cybertron and the corruption of the high council that causes the mess. The only concern is that it may not fit the show tonally.

Cyberverse - Transformers: Beequest. The show follows Bumblebee and his adventures throughout the war, so this feels like a fun, tonally-accurate title for the show.

War for Cybertron Trilogy - Transformers: Exodus. Little of the trilogy is actually on Cybertron, and instead chronicles the journey away from Cybertron.

Earthspark - Transformers: Legacy. Earthspark is a great title, but Legacy better captures the post-war legacy and the legacy the newly-born Transformers have to step into.
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Re: Renaming the cartoons

Postby PerfectVision » Wed Feb 21, 2024 3:25 pm

PRIME should refer to all the uses of PORTAL in it.

EARTHSPARKS as EARTHBORNS or EARTHMUTANTS and not much else.

BEAST VERSUS MACHINE?

They are HUNTERS in RID2015,the MUTANTS from LILO AND STITCH.
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Re: Renaming the cartoons

Postby #1 Signal Lancer fan » Wed Feb 21, 2024 3:43 pm

Motto: "For too long, I've let life pass me by! Now I want to take part in the grand drama; my legacy will be written large among the stars!"
PerfectVision wrote:PRIME should refer to all the uses of PORTAL in it.


Transformers: Bridge Between Worlds?

PerfectVision wrote:They are HUNTERS in RID2015,the MUTANTS from LILO AND STITCH.


True, Beast Hunters may work as a pretty good title here.
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