Editing Transformers (section)

==Animated==
G1 inspired series with notoriously unusual but smooth animation.  This time, Optimus Prime and his crew are lowly space construction workers who stumble across a superweapon from the Great War and have to defend it against Megatron ('''GIVING HIM A GODDAMN ENGLISH ACCENT FUCK YES'''), who seeks to use it to restart the war and this time ensure Decepticon victory. This version's Optimus is much younger and less experienced than usual; funnily enough, he was voiced by the actor who voiced Megatron in Beast Wars. Generally noted for having the best human sidekick (who turns out to really be part-transformer anyways). The other Autobots also tend to have some interesting characterizations from "Complete dumb muscle who surprisingly knows everything about building [[Webway|Space Bridges]]" Bulkhead to "[[Weeaboo]] Robo-Ninja" Prowl to "MY EGO IS AS BIG AS MY CHIN AND MY ASSHOLEITUDE IS EVEN BIGGER!" Sentinel Prime.  The Decepticons sometimes do better vis ze German schizophrenic Blitzwing, the [[Lorgar|borderline-religiously loyal]] Lugnut, badass robo-Clint Eastwood Lockdown, and a GLORIOUSLY hammy Starscream played by ''Spongebob Squarepants'' of all people.

The series was weird in that alongside the Decepticons were also some gimmicky human villains, from a Shakespearean Robin Hood knockoff, to a cute little girl who's a mad scientist, to another mad scientist who rips off Transformer heads to replicate an old G1 gimmick.  These villains were a bit ridiculous, but it helped break up the monotony of the constant 'con fighting, especially when Megatron was reduced to a state worse than [[Abaddon]] as a head. The creators came up with the idea to emphasize just how dangerous the 'cons are, compared to their Autobot opponents; when ''one'' 'con shows up, it's an emergency that takes the whole team to try and pull out a win. Hell, ''Starscream'' could beat up the entire Autobot team in his first few appearances before they figured out how to handle him. Using human bad guys kept the Decepticon threat "fresh" for longer; even when the Autobots got to the point where they could(kinda) face a Decepticon one-on-one, they remained a serious threat all the way up to the end. The series also borrowed the first film's idea of an Allspark that could bring Earth technology to allow them to introduce new transformers. Some were unexpected results of Megatron's original schemes to build himself a new body, while others came about by accident.  

And hey, it gave us Weird Al Yankovic as everyone's favorite Junkion! "I AM WRECK-GAR! AND I APPROVE THIS MESSAGE! [accordion solo]"