I love the cartoon

Brendocon · Post by **Brendocon** » Mon Oct 10, 2005 3:09 pm

Or, more specifically (for those of you who've just had heart attacks), I love the cartoon's laughable track record with episode titles.

Subtlety? What's that then?

From the commendably literal to the spoiler-drenched, the cartoon has given us some solid comedy gold in the chapter names.

Amongst the best offerings are:

Desertion of the Dinobots
A Plague of Insecticons
The Immobilizer
A Decepticon Raider in King Arthur's Court
The Search for Alpha Trion
The Girl Who Loved Powerglide
Hoist Goes Hollywood
Revenge of Bruticus
Starscream's Ghost
The Quintesson Journal
Grimlock's New Brain
and, of course, The Return of Optimus Prime

And that's even before we get onto the gems that the Japanese series' gave us: The Death of Ultra Magnus being one of the finer examples.

But no, that's not what this thread is about. In honour of how fantastically crap some of those episode titles are, I thought it would be fun for us to go through and rename our favourite comic stories in cartoon style!

(Yes, this is how bored I am)

"Target 2006" would become "Operation: Galvatron Tries to Change the Future!"
"Space Pirates" as "Attack of the Quintessons!"
"The Next Best Thing to Being There" becomes "Shockwave Has the Matrix!"
"I, Robot Master" would be "Donny Finkelburg Controls The Transformers!"
and "Robot Buster" is reborn as "Robot Buster!" because it's essentially Autobot Spike already...

Or not. Your call... I'm off to watch the Headmasters episode "The Emperor of Destruction Vanishes on an Iceberg"...

Legion · Post by **Legion** » Mon Oct 10, 2005 3:21 pm

Brendocon wrote:Or, more specifically (for those of you who've just had heart attacks), I love the cartoon's laughable track record with episode titles.

*would respond but is currently on his way to A&E with heart failure*

No, but you're right, it is quite laughable isn't it?
SOS Dinobots is another one in my books, but the best one has to be "Megatron's Master Plan"... purely because of the irony of it.

Post by **Kaylee** » Mon Oct 10, 2005 3:23 pm

Lesse...

The Key To Vector Sigma should surely read:

'Two New Teams!'

And The Movie would become:

'New Toyline and Two Big Fights'

Post by **spiderfrommars** » Mon Oct 10, 2005 3:30 pm

Dark Star - Starscream Possesses The Underbase!
Edge of Extinction - Unicron attacks Cybertron!
Dry Run - Megatron Pulls Off Cyclonus' head!

etc.

I loved the way Legacy of Unicron's title wasn't revealed till the last page.

Thats the way to do it!

Impactor returns 2.0 · Post by **Impactor returns 2.0** » Mon Oct 10, 2005 3:35 pm

"Target 2006" would become "Operation: Galvatron does Change the Future!"

"fire on the High" - "Galvatrons Volcano Power!"

Predabot · Post by **Predabot** » Mon Oct 10, 2005 3:36 pm

I love the soundtrack to the cartoon and the movie in perticular.

In fact, I think I'm one of the few who fricken loved the remix that was used in Armada. It kicked total a$$. Electric guitarr! I

Legion · Post by **Legion** » Mon Oct 10, 2005 3:37 pm

Impactor returns 2.0 wrote:"fire on the High" - "Galvatrons Volcano Power!"

Post by **spiderfrommars** » Mon Oct 10, 2005 3:42 pm

'Galvatron's Eruption'?

Legion · Post by **Legion** » Mon Oct 10, 2005 3:44 pm

Would that make the annual conclusion ("Vicious Circle"?) into : "Magnus drowns in Galvatron's hot eruption"?

Impactor returns 2.0 · Post by **Impactor returns 2.0** » Mon Oct 10, 2005 3:54 pm

it writes itself..

Post by **Best First** » Mon Oct 10, 2005 4:10 pm

Time Wars = Galvatron's Time Battle
Salvage = Megatron's two brains!
Carwash of Dom = Carwash fo Doom
Club Con = Decepticon Holiday Island
Dinobot Hunt = Hunt the Dinobots
Crisis of Commad = Optimus Crazy

Metal Vendetta · Post by **Metal Vendetta** » Mon Oct 10, 2005 5:24 pm

Rock and Roll Out becomes Hoist's Rock 'n' Roll Adventure

...that's all

Brendocon · Post by **Brendocon** » Mon Oct 10, 2005 5:24 pm

Aspects of Evil - Rodimus Remembers!
City of Fear - Ultra Magnus vs the Zombie Hoardes of Death!
Fallen Angel - Galvatron Returns to the Past!

Stormwolf · Post by **Stormwolf** » Mon Oct 10, 2005 6:14 pm

Prime Time - A fake Optimus Prime attacks the Autobots!
Shooting Star - Megatron's master crimewave!
The Icarus theory - The man who controlled Swoop!
In the National Interest - Centurion, the Autobots latest buddy (figure not for sale)!
Prey - Optimus Prime's faked death.
Wanted Galvatron Dead or Alive - The bountyhunter who followed Galvatron back through time.

Legion · Post by **Legion** » Mon Oct 10, 2005 6:52 pm

Stormwolf wrote:Prime Time - A fake Optimus Prime attacks the Autobots!

or jetfire gives prime head

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Mon Oct 10, 2005 9:32 pm

Showdown! = Skids' Daydream!
The Enemy Within = Starscream and Brawn have a Fight!
Raiders of the Last Ark = Auntie goes Crazy! (Or Teletraan One, for Cartoon purists)
The Last Autobot = Galvatron falls in the water!
People Power! = The Return of Optimus Prime!
End of the Road = The Return of Optimus Prime!
Second Generation = Buster has a dream!
What's in a name? = Swoop and Divebomb have a fight!
Decepticon Graffiti = Road Trip!
King of the Hill = War of the Dinobots!
Altered Image = Megatron and Galvatron make friends!
A Savage Circle = Megatron and Galvatron make friends!

jboyler · Post by **jboyler** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 7:03 am

SOS Dinobots - Hey Kids, Look!
Grimlock's New Brain - Brand New Robot Toys!
The Key To Vector Sigma - Go to the Store Right Now!
The Rebirth - Cry Until Your Parents Buy Them ALL!
The Movie - And then Buy them All over Again!

-J

KingMob · Post by **KingMob** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 7:04 am

Genius thread.

"Galvatron's Volcano Power" is inspired.

Best First wrote:Crisis of Command = Optimus Crazy

Flashback = Prowl's Terrible Time Adventure!
Rage! = Thunderwing is Angered
Two Megatrons = Attack of the Clone Megatron!
Demons = Monsters From Beneath Cybertron
All the Familiar Faces = Megatron's Pretender Plan
Dark Star = Cosmic Starscream Crisis!

Legion · Post by **Legion** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 8:03 am

KingMob wrote:Dark Star = Cosmic Starscream Crisis!

Metal Vendetta · Post by **Metal Vendetta** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 10:03 am

Rebis wrote:King of the Hill = War of the Dinobots!

Yes! This!

Though I find myself questioning whether it's not actually a better title that the original now...

Brendocon · Post by **Brendocon** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 10:20 am

Prisoner of War = Spider-Man to the Rescue!
Repeat Performance = Discover the Dinobots!
Command Performances = Omega Supreme! Destroy the Decepticons!
Under Fire = Optimus vs the Autobots!
Distant Thunder = What Happened to Prime in Limbo!
Afterdeath = Sim ******!
Gone But Not Forgotten = Megatron Crazy!
Man in the Machine = Deus Ex Maximus!

Post by **spiderfrommars** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 11:02 am

Of course, Dreamwave were keen to jump on the cartoon title bandwagon:

http://www.transfans.net/comics_guide_d ... 613&page=1

Manchester Devil · Post by **Manchester Devil** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 11:14 am

Rebis wrote: Decepticon Graffiti = Road Trip!

Don't you mean "Beavis and Butthead do America"?

Impactor returns 2.0 · Post by **Impactor returns 2.0** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 1:09 pm

Operation Volcano - "Transformers we cant show you!"

Laserwave · Post by **Laserwave** » Wed Oct 12, 2005 1:04 am

End of the Road = Hasbro loses interest!

Manchester Devil · Post by **Manchester Devil** » Wed Oct 12, 2005 2:07 am

I'm sure the Headmasters dub narrator will enjoy these. In fact, I wonder if someone would do a Beavis and Butthead do America poster, featuring the Battle Chargers for a laugh.

Metal Vendetta · Post by **Metal Vendetta** » Wed Oct 12, 2005 9:17 am

KingMob wrote:Two Megatrons = Attack of the Clone Megatron!

Nah, I think Two Megatrons! is quite cartoonified enough.

divebomb · Post by **divebomb** » Wed Oct 12, 2005 1:36 pm

ep 1 of 5 faces of darkness - bugger we forgot about a new series and gonna have to splice movie footage and quickly sketch some crappy looking stuff, oh bugger the backgrounds!

Stormwolf · Post by **Stormwolf** » Wed Oct 12, 2005 1:52 pm

Carnage in C minor - Attack of the animation errors!

All this and civil war 2 - Decepticons attack Decepticons!
Rhythems of Darkness - The Decepticons won, OH NO!!!

BB Shockwave · Post by **BB Shockwave** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 6:14 pm

Legion wrote:
Brendocon wrote:Or, more specifically (for those of you who've just had heart attacks), I love the cartoon's laughable track record with episode titles.
*would respond but is currently on his way to A&E with heart failure*

No, but you're right, it is quite laughable isn't it?
SOS Dinobots is another one in my books, but the best one has to be "Megatron's Master Plan"... purely because of the irony of it.

-... and because we know that people ARE stupid enough to believe everything the media tells them.

That was Meg's only good plan in the cartoon.

About episode names, Armada takes the cup with the silly one-words: "Trust" "Desert" "Ship" Arrrgh! Ok, that's not a title...

Brendocon wrote: City of Fear - Ultra Magnus vs the Zombie Hoardes of Death!

Classic, Brend!

-Where Wolf? - Carnivac gets lost!
-Guess whom the Mechannibals are having for dinner? - THe Robotic Killer Tomatoes Who Eat People Attack!!!
-Perchance to Dream - Galvatron did it!
-Flames of Boltax - Starscream and Ratbat go to the cinema

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