Characters no one dislikes?

Post by **Best First** » Wed Sep 07, 2005 9:31 am

Are theer characters everyoen agrees are great, that no one has an issue with? Some people dislike Prime, some Grimlock, some Megs, is there anyone we can all get along over?

I reckon Soundwave is a good contender? Or am i wrong?

Any others?

Brendocon · Post by **Brendocon** » Wed Sep 07, 2005 9:33 am

Soundwave's cool.

How anybody can dislike Thundercracker is beyond me.

Oh, yeah. Death's Head. Bitch!

Post by **Best First** » Wed Sep 07, 2005 9:51 am

i dislike Thudnercracker because he never lives up to the inetersting potential in his tech spec.

However i have no issues with Skywarp.

divebomb · Post by **divebomb** » Wed Sep 07, 2005 9:58 am

wheelie?

(Crawls back behind his rock)

Brendocon · Post by **Brendocon** » Wed Sep 07, 2005 10:19 am

Best First wrote:i dislike Thudnercracker because he never lives up to the inetersting potential in his tech spec.

Surely that's the fault of the writers, though.

He is responsible for the most interesting character moment in the entire cartoon. But then happily discarded.

However i have no issues with Skywarp.

I can't think of a single thing he did in the comic. I know he was in Dinobot Hunt, but apart from that I cannot recall. He spent most of the run in a box, iirc.

He was rubbish in the cartoon, too. "Oh, can I teleport Megatron? Please? Please? Pretty please?" Kinda kills the element of surprise if you've got no sense of initiative.

Legion · Post by **Legion** » Wed Sep 07, 2005 10:36 am

bluestreak? trailbreaker?

love those guys!

Post by **Best First** » Wed Sep 07, 2005 10:55 am

i love them too.

Anyone have an issue with Pipes? eh?

don't make me come over there.

Brawn?

Tailgate?

Brendocon · Post by **Brendocon** » Wed Sep 07, 2005 11:15 am

I don't like Trailbreaker. I nothing him. Generic cypher character who only got used in the cartoon whenever the plot called for a forcefield... of course when they actually logically needed one but it would have killed the peril, he was nowhere to be found.

Brawn I hate on principle.

Obfleur · Post by **Obfleur** » Wed Sep 07, 2005 11:26 am

Brawn is annoying.
I want to stab him.

What about Bumblebee?

Brendocon · Post by **Brendocon** » Wed Sep 07, 2005 11:32 am

Bumblebee? Ugh. Too goody-goody "hey, kids - identify with this character" forced underdog rubbish.

Plus I'm of the opinion that no car, under any circumstances, should ever be yellow. Ever. I'm ******* serious.

Legion · Post by **Legion** » Wed Sep 07, 2005 3:05 pm

Brendocon wrote:I don't like Trailbreaker. I nothing him. Generic cypher character who only got used in the cartoon whenever the plot called for a forcefield... of course when they actually logically needed one but it would have killed the peril, he was nowhere to be found.

I always thought of him as something of a tragic character, a big hulking, old, fuel guzzler who's not particularly found of the fact that he's using up the 'bots precious fuel reserves. plus whenever he did appear in the comic he normally ended up getting toasted (Man of Iron and T:2006 spring to mind), (apart from Dinobot Hunt)!

poor old Trailbreaker.

Bluestreak also somewhat tragic, what with the whole "sole survivor of eradictaed home city" back story.

But of course, there's Guzzle. No one can have a bad word against him.

Brendocon wrote:Plus I'm of the opinion that no car, under any circumstances, should ever be yellow. Ever. I'm ******* serious.

I hear you. An old friend of mine loves yellow cars tho, infact she's just bought a new one because her old yellow car died... it's bright fecking yellow too... *shudder*

Stormwolf · Post by **Stormwolf** » Wed Sep 07, 2005 4:18 pm

Bludgeon, I think.

Legion · Post by **Legion** » Wed Sep 07, 2005 4:24 pm

Stormwolf wrote:Bludgeon, I think.

i dislike him.

1. a pretender
2. came out of no-where, no back story, no real intructuion, nothing.
3. crap

Hound · Post by **Hound** » Wed Sep 07, 2005 7:06 pm

Ratchet must be a contender? He was involved in lots of the big stories and people struggle to find a bad word to say about him....

Shanti418 · Post by **Shanti418** » Wed Sep 07, 2005 7:30 pm

Rachet's a definite choice.

Blaster?

Nightbeat?

Jazz?

Hound · Post by **Hound** » Wed Sep 07, 2005 10:01 pm

Blaster suffered from inconsistant writing. I *hate* the Furman version.

Jazz suffers from not being as good as he is supposed to be. Seriously, all his profiles go on about how he is supposed to be spontaneous, creative and a damn fine solder, but I cant think of any story he is involved in that backs this up. He has no personality.

Nightbeat is class.

Laserwave · Post by **Laserwave** » Wed Sep 07, 2005 10:19 pm

I know I`m biased, but Shockwave? Most seem to think he`s pretty badass.

Predaking?

Warcry · Post by **Warcry** » Thu Sep 08, 2005 3:59 am

Laserwave wrote:Predaking?

I don't think it's scientifically possible for anyone to hate a fictional robot more than I hate Predaking.

Most of the characters who recieved a good amount of characterization have at least a few haters, I guess. The ones who've never done anything probably don't attract much attention either way, so it's fair to say that the likes of Phaser, Blaze Master, Splashdown or Downshift probably aren't disliked by many people.

But as far as (semi-)important characters go, I don't think Nightbeat, Spinister, Soundwave or Ratchet draw too much flak.

KingMob · Post by **KingMob** » Thu Sep 08, 2005 6:49 am

Yeah, surely everyone likes Ratchet, and Soundwave can't have very many detractors either.

Hound? (the character...) One of the few cartoon characters I liked. Better than bloody Bumblebee.
Brawn I despise.

Outback? Made an impression, at least.

Legion wrote:I always thought of him as something of a tragic character, a big hulking, old, fuel guzzler who's not particularly found of the fact that he's using up the 'bots precious fuel reserves. plus whenever he did appear in the comic he normally ended up getting toasted (Man of Iron and T:2006 spring to mind), (apart from Dinobot Hunt)!

poor old Trailbreaker.

Yeah, totally. I often think of him as one of those characters that tries to be more cheerful and with it than he really is.

Post by **Best First** » Thu Sep 08, 2005 8:38 am

I think Spinister is a dick.

Good call on Outback, altho his last ever appearence was a bit lacklustre.

Fangry?

kidding

Shockwave is cool by me. Nightbeat is bloody ace.

Inferno?

Obfleur · Post by **Obfleur** » Thu Sep 08, 2005 12:30 pm

Inferno is cool, awesome, etc.
Inferno for the win.

Impactor returns 2.0 · Post by **Impactor returns 2.0** » Thu Sep 08, 2005 2:14 pm

Pipes is just pipes, im apathetic for the small guy.

hows about cyclonus and scourge?

Scraplet · Post by **Scraplet** » Thu Sep 08, 2005 3:41 pm

Impactor returns 2.0 wrote: hows about cyclonus and scourge?

During their badass hayday? - definatly.

During their pair-of-bickering-old-women stage? Not so hot. Only good as target practice for Death's Head!

Hound · Post by **Hound** » Thu Sep 08, 2005 3:54 pm

Whilst on the subject of Soundwave, Ravage was pretty cool?

And how about Scorpornok?

Impactor returns 2.0 · Post by **Impactor returns 2.0** » Thu Sep 08, 2005 3:57 pm

I think scorpy is sort of Ok'ish i could never quite work out how hard he was and if he was generally evil or power hungry, or both. EoE was his greates hour

Post by **Best First** » Thu Sep 08, 2005 4:06 pm

Scorponok is ****ing ace.

Scraplet · Post by **Scraplet** » Thu Sep 08, 2005 4:07 pm

Hound wrote:.....Ravage was pretty cool?

Yeah, everyone like Ravage, don't they?? Definatly talking comic-Ravage anyway....

Post by **Best First** » Thu Sep 08, 2005 4:09 pm

Ravage is the don. That said his final scene in G1 was a bit pathetic for such an established character.

Impactor returns 2.0 · Post by **Impactor returns 2.0** » Thu Sep 08, 2005 6:24 pm

does anyone dislike megatron? - i think hes great in a hammy episode 3 emperor kind of way

Laserwave · Post by **Laserwave** » Thu Sep 08, 2005 9:29 pm

Impactor?

Thunderwing?

Both pretty cool in my book.