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| + | ''Springer to transform Autobot City (presumably into the robot mode of the giant Autobot Metroplex)'' |
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| − | [[Image:Rumble_and_frenzy.jpg|thumb|right||Frenzy and Rumble. Or is that Rumble and Frenzy?]] |
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| − | '''RIBFIR''' stands for "[[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] is blue, [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] is red". Likewise, '''FIBRIR''' means "Frenzy is blue, Rumble is red". (The forms FIRRIB and RIRFIB are also known.) |
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| + | I don't think there's any evidence of that parenthetical supposition. Is there? [[User:JW|JW]] 01:21, 10 October 2007 (UTC) |
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| − | The entire debate exists because "RIBFIR" in the American [[Generation 1 (cartoon)|G1 cartoon]] (although the character is actually primarily a shade of purple), but "FIBRIR" in the toyline, comics, and the Japanese G1 dub, and even the US cartoon bible. |
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| + | No, but some backwards reasoning suggests it: according to one of the alterations made after I created this page, the Decepticons' first strike probably took out Metroplex's transformation cog, preventing the Autobots from converting the city to robot mode. Personally I don't buy that explanation either, but given they did a TV episode on the subject later (referenced in the article on the cog) I was just retconning the article to reflect it. |
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| + | Although I see the point you're probably making: to transform Autobot City into Metroplex might well have resulted in some injuries and deaths given a solid number of Autobots were inside the city when it would have gone to robot mode. (User 210.185.64.133 ... I am going to create an account, I swear...) |
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Revision as of 03:18, 10 October 2007
Springer to transform Autobot City (presumably into the robot mode of the giant Autobot Metroplex)
I don't think there's any evidence of that parenthetical supposition. Is there? JW 01:21, 10 October 2007 (UTC)
No, but some backwards reasoning suggests it: according to one of the alterations made after I created this page, the Decepticons' first strike probably took out Metroplex's transformation cog, preventing the Autobots from converting the city to robot mode. Personally I don't buy that explanation either, but given they did a TV episode on the subject later (referenced in the article on the cog) I was just retconning the article to reflect it.
Although I see the point you're probably making: to transform Autobot City into Metroplex might well have resulted in some injuries and deaths given a solid number of Autobots were inside the city when it would have gone to robot mode. (User 210.185.64.133 ... I am going to create an account, I swear...)