The Worst Names In Transformers

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[@TJOmega]

Since 20 some people have said it, yes, I know Kup comes from Pickup Truck. It still sounds awful.

[@Rabbitlord108]

Agreed. It still falls under the category of a bad pun.

[@otaking3582]

*"WHY ARE YOU BUYING TRANSFORMERS AT THE SOUP STORE?!"* "Because his name is Bisque." "Oh oka- Wait, what?"

[@samurexatlas7373]

Lobtr Bisque

[@JonCrs10]

Therm Scissorpunch

[@Solfury]

I remember being at a TFCon and meeting one of the developers behind Transformers Legends, the now delisted mobile game. He asked me for my favourite obscure Transformers character. I pitched Bisk

[@SuiwenSuiwen-to4se]

you mean "Bisk"

[@anonymous-rq2lh]

my favorite part of bisk is that he’s 1. a lobster who’s also a gamer and 2. he has a blue redeco named “thermidor”

[@duyphan4617]

Fun Fact: Per Bob Budiansky, Misfire failed in enrollment for Decepticon Military College for exactly 4,627 times.

[@codythecat01]

HAHAHA!!!

[@Protoraptor69]

Jesus. You could say he MISSED HIS MARK!

[@BryonYoungblood]

Funny too how his Targetmaster partner is called Aimless. XD

[@duyphan4617]

@@BryonYoungblood yeah. Horrifically, while Misfire had enough balls to try after failure, Aimless simply "F*** IT" 😂

[@eduardoalamo1240]

To be fair, Holepunch was a Nebulan bureaucrat before becoming a Targetmaster, so being named liked that is part of the joke. IDW comics explained that Misfire's named was originally Flyhigh, but a serious misfiring accident that killed twenty other Decepticons that led to him being renamed Misfire.

[@Pepper2B]

based

[@mattr75]

Swindler is a bad name for an Autobot, and is just one letter away from a noteworthy Decepticon. Until the release of Gigawatt, was the only DeLorean Transformer.

[@adamshafeeq8685]

Car Robots did this too with Wild Ride (Brawn), who is also one letter away from a Decepticon that no one cares about

[@autobotyscorner6404]

​@@adamshafeeq8685 Hey, a lot of people care about Wildrider! 😂

[@adamshafeeq8685]

@@autobotyscorner6404 name at least 1 person who cares about him. Go on, I'll wait

[@autobotyscorner6404]

@@adamshafeeq8685 I do. And he's Menasor's leg, so to a lot of combiner enthusiasts he's essential.

[@adamshafeeq8685]

@@autobotyscorner6404 hmm, good point actually

[@OhNyoCringeII]

I’m surprised Big Daddy didn’t make it on the list

[@samurexatlas7373]

That might have to go in the dirty portion.

[@BaranKRool]

Well, that's obviously because it's an AWESOME name.

[@rayvenkman2087]

@@BaranKRoolBioshock comes to mind.

[@mcstabba]

Don't throw shade at Big Daddy! He is the hero of the franschise.

[@misterbadguy7325]

@@rayvenkman2087 It's more "Big Daddy" in the beatnik sense. It's old-school slang for a cool guy, and Big Daddy turns into an old-school hot rod.

[@Trebleshot]

Battle Unicorn always sounded like a Maverick from Mega Man X to me.

[@adamshafeeq8685]

That's just Japanese Transformers for you and just Super Robots in general. Robots with nonsense and gibberish names

[@crispincain1665]

Agreed. Even the color scheme fits.

[@HollywoodWick3d]

"I'm Skipjack. I like to bounce..."😂😂😂

[@boulder5540]

Decepticharge is so funny because Drag Strip was right there lmao. It's kinda wild how the Alternators' Decepticon lineup had 2 Ravages but only 1 Stunticon.

[@EternityKingdomsHeadHoncho]

Shouldn’t he be Deceptidrive because Alternators Windcharger was meant to be G1 Overdrive (and was made into Overdrive via Binaltech)?

[@OptimusPhillip]

​@@EternityKingdomsHeadHoncho By the time Decepticharge was named, Hasbro had already decided that Binaltech Overdrive would be released as Windcharger in Alternators. In fact, Decepticharge uses an alternate head sculpt for that mold based on Windcharger's cartoon head.

[@leftygurl]

i honestly kinda like decepticharge, it’s a bit of a strange name for a character and not like, a line of decepticons with pullback motors or something, but it rolls off the tongue in an interesting way, i like it.

[@RoboP]

I feel Omega Spreem will make it in to Round 2. HE'S A TYPO THAT BECAME A SEPARATE CHARACTER COMPLETELY ON ACCIDENT!

[@xxgoldmansionxx]

that reminds me I gotta finish designing my own Transformers cast lemme spitball some Bomble Blee Opus Prime Migatran Scarstream

[@izziewolf2834]

@@xxgoldmansionxxI got some more for ya: SundWav Prowel Hownd SeyedSweyepe Sunnsteeker

[@DamagerZeOptimus]

​@@xxgoldmansionxx Scarstream goes kinda hard NGL

[@R0-83-RT]

​@@xxgoldmansionxxScarstream unironically sounds kind of cool.

[@rayvenkman2087]

@@DamagerZeOptimusIt’s better than Scatscream.

[@treebotreviews]

Anyone: mentions prowl 2. Me: *aneurysm*

[@diegodankquixote-wry3242]

Me: *peak fiction*

[@matthewelliott7294]

Me:🎶Let’s do the time warp again!!!🎶

[@alwaysabiggafish3305]

Crazy how Mewtwo became one of the most iconic but Prowl 2 is hated 😂

[@rayvenkman2087]

@@alwaysabiggafish3305 Mewtwo’s existence doesn’t cause strokes when trying to make sense of compared to Prowl II. They could have just said that Prowl got better after Scavenger smoked him but nooooo, we had to make it as difficult to follow as possible and all because someone decided to slap a II on the end of Prowl in Beast Wars with the Transmetal figure.

[@TheBowserPrime]

15:40 Funny you mention Bisk because there's another lobster-based Decepticon in the show named Thermidor... as in Lobster Thermidor. I think the people who came up with the names were hungry when they got to naming those two.

[@otaking3582]

Disappointed that New Soundwave and Billy weren't on the list.

[@russellharrell2747]

Billy is an awesome name for an alien transforming robot

[@atrendlecalledreese443]

@@russellharrell2747 Like Randy.

[@rayvenkman2087]

Spaceship Bruce

[@mcstabba]

And Philip!

[@Rabbitlord108]

Now I want an actual toy for Megascream.

[@bluebraixen]

The poster child for "dirty" names is Nexus Prime, who got that name after it was discovered that his original name was shared with an NSFW product.

[@larrychilders6599]

Good old Nexus Maximus

[@vaggos2003]

What was his original name?

[@larrychilders6599]

@@vaggos2003 my comment

[@GokhanAras-pj1mm]

@@vaggos2003 What @larrychilders6599 said

[@predarican]

He's a picKUP truck

[@diegodankquixote-wry3242]

The best part of waking up is foldiers in your KUP!

[@ShadowWingTronix]

Which admittedly is still bad but it makes more sense.

[@NovaSaber]

That's as facepalm-worthy as Movor being "because he moves".

[@Rabbitlord108]

Badumtiss

[@biospark4758]

The virgin “I am called Optimus Prime because *long winded description*” vs the chad “I am called Movor because I move.”

[@SpaceCase1214]

A better boxing-themed name for Punch/Counterpunch would've been Switchhitter.

[@diegodankquixote-wry3242]

Switchhitter/hell-johnson

[@R0-83-RT]

When I was younger I thought the Autobot name was Punch Counter, a literal reverse of Counter Punch.

[@CoraCreates]

Oh that sounds awesome…

[@samurexatlas7373]

I would like an Ironic Transformer Names list. It would be fun to learn a bunch of them.

[@otaking3582]

The one that immediately comes to mind for me is Bluestreak, since the majority of his incarnations aren't blue. The first time it was somewhat understandable, since his Diaclone incarnation was blue and probably there was a breakdown in communication, but every other instance is inexcusable.

[@samurexatlas7373]

@@otaking3582 He's been over that, talking up a bluestreak. It's another term for a chatterbox. It DOES make sense, just not in the speedy and blue department.

[@otaking3582]

@@samurexatlas7373 No he hasn't, and that's not what a blue streak is.

[@samurexatlas7373]

@@otaking3582 Don't gaslight me, I remember this. It was a surprise I was in the same boat.

[@misterbadguy7325]

- Bludgeon (uses a sword) - G1 Rollbar (doesn't have a rollbar) - BW Iguanus (isn't an iguana) - G1 Cyclonus (has never made a cyclone) - BM Obsidian (is gray or green) - Armada Smokescreen (can't make smokescreens) - G1 Silverbolt (is white) - Shrapnel (doesn't make explosions or bombs)

[@adamshafeeq8685]

Reminder that Galaxy Force (Japanese Cybertron) named Scattershot "Backpack"...

[@mindwipe8788]

The G2 Autobot Windbreaker, he’s either named after a coat or flatulence

[@russellharrell2747]

Not as bad as the GI Joe Skidmark.

[@adamshafeeq8685]

Windcharger doesn't sound any better. Like what the hell is a "Windcharger"? He doesn't even have abilities related to wind.

[@mcstabba]

He is probably my favourite unfortunatly named transformer.

[@violagreene4643]

Slapper also has the same problem as Slag...

[@BainesMkII]

At first I agreed that Rodimus isn't that bad. But the more I thought about it, the worse it felt. It's just half of "Hot Rod" made to sound like "Optimus Prime". Sure, it is better than bad names like "Oil Pan", but honestly it combines the faults of both bad combinations/puns (like "Gatoraider") and laziness (like "Prowl 2" or "Geckobot").

[@R0-83-RT]

Funny enough in Transformers Animated they sort of recontexulize Rodimus by making him an Archer. He shoots rods.

[@coreybell2223]

It’s been said Kup is named from the kup in “pickup truck”

[@russellharrell2747]

Yeah…but that still sucks.

[@SuperMutant2099]

So they were just lazy and couldn't come up with something better?

[@dfsfdsfsdfsdfsadsdfsfdsdsf3587]

Quite a few of the names suggested were actually equipment parts.

[@Patolagos]

Yeah to be fair, the criticism showcased here kind of falls off with this

[@MrEnKaye]

Always wanted a repaint of Movor named Shakor

[@weirdkitty07]

Lest we forget the embarrassing and not mistranslated name for the Master Force spin off Autobot team in the Japanese continuity, and you know where we're going, "Breast Masters", of which the Gundam inspired Star Saber Optimus Prime clone is the leader.

[@Nemesis_Prime666]

I think the names lube and holepunch work well together lmao

[@user-vp8sm4lw1p]

If Lio Convoy is called "Leo Prime" in America, does this mean Big Convoy's American name is "Big Prime?"

[@Critter97]

Not to mention shouldn’t his name be Leo Primal? Because he’s a maximal

[@user-vp8sm4lw1p]

@@Critter97 Fair point.

[@kevintaylor5264]

I was just having this conversation with a friend last week. 😆

[@Roboshi2007]

Fun fact: slapper is also a lesser used bit of british slang, similar to slag.

[@dinobore]

Though Slag also means the waste product of the smelting process, in a way fitting for the character.

[@SalvagedThrone]

You forgot about Reach Around

[@dwainpannell8366]

I see what you did there

[@rayvenkman2087]

Reach Around and Strap-On are a Decepticon duo.

[@SalvagedThrone]

@@rayvenkman2087 HandJob was my personal favorite though

[@rayvenkman2087]

@@SalvagedThrone Hell yeah. HandJob and BoJob are a classic.

[@ryanchua6520]

​@@SalvagedThronecan't forget about Buttplug

[@averyavery8616]

Fun fact, Skipjack is named after those bugs that when they're on their back, they click their spine and flip up onto their legs, or at least I assume that's what he's named after

[@alwaysabiggafish3305]

Would have been a great....insecticon

[@VerdantRange]

Oh boy, imagine if part 2 included GoBots in the list of terrible names. Then we'd get names like: Hans Cuff Rest-Q Dive-Dive Geeper Creeper Cop-Tur Fitor Tank Spay-C Loco BuggyMan Bad Boy Dumper Pumper Royal-T Crain Brain Baron Von Joy Herr Fiend Psycho Block Head Spoons Good Knight Wrong Way Pincher Van Guard Creepy Grungy Tic Tac Pocket Rube Breez Bugsie Bladez Klaws Mr. Moto Bent Wing Raizor and Traitor.

[@user-vp8sm4lw1p]

I'm at a loss for words lol.

[@jonfoster5685]

You forgot Scooter who transformed into a, scooter. They didn't even try. Pretty sure Leader-1 was a designation before it was a name.

[@VerdantRange]

@@jonfoster5685 Oh, I didn't forget. It's just that I considered the ones on my list to be MUCH worse.

[@Stuffies2022]

Kevin Spay-C

[@franzise3605]

Action Master Mainframe's partner is named Push-Button. Enough said.

[@bowserbreaker2515]

This is one of your best videos. At TFcon once, John Moschitta said at his first convention he was announced as "Voice of Blurr and Punch/Counterpunch!" He just stopped and said, "Who the heck is Punch/Counterpunch?!"

[@sophieprime4669]

Chef's kiss.

[@tinyshinyfeathers]

Ah, poor Sky Garry. What kind of name even is that?

[@nucleonegro9762]

Alright, I'm listening

[@MrEnKaye]

Your name is funny as shit 😂😂😂

[@russellharrell2747]

If Starscream had kept the name Ulchtar I wonder if it would have been considered badass or dumbass.

[@rayvenkman2087]

It’d probably be treated like it’s his real name similar to how some of the Third Tier Personas from Persona 5 Royal does for some of the main Personas like Skull’s Third Tier being called William; the real name of his Persona Captain Kidd.

[@waverod9275]

Providence, RI, sometime in 2000: "We're bringing over Car Robots. We need some name ideas." "Well, we own Gobots now." "You want to use Gobot names?" "No, not the names, just the naming style."

[@Tarn_It21]

Sideburn is another weird name.. Named after a strip of a facial hair😂

[@RogerPyoko]

You could fill an entire list with the awful names of Beast Wars. We only forgive them because of a cartoon, but they're the absolute worst. The tarantula named Tarantulas. Blackarachnia. Insecticon and Dinobot. Just terrible.

[@samurexatlas7373]

Those last 2 are also group names, of which the named ones came after and are not aesthetically fitting.

[@dwainpannell8366]

Disagree I like them

[@SwiftpawWolffox]

I forgive BW era names like Insecticon, Iguanus (he wasn't an iguana iirc) and so on because they were just Hasbro keeping or reclaiming the rights to those names. Dinobot at least made some IC sense he'd name himself after the group of strong warriors BOTH sides of the old war feared

[@richardestabrooks873]

The first one that came to mind was Micromaster Big Daddy. Since Cybertronians don't have father's, where did that name.come from? Also, Omega Spreme, the action master.

[@rayvenkman2087]

Maybe he’s like the Bioshock Big Daddy where he’s a protector?

[@rafflesia5165]

I always assumed Kup was in reference to him being a pickup truck

[@NerdRahtio]

Glad you admitted Dino bot could have been on the list. Amazing character, but the name is very generic and given that he was fighting another dinosaur bot in Megs it made no sense.

[@stevencisneros9306]

One day you should do a video on Transformers with the most *controversial* names EVER!!!!

[@GaionSputro]

Erector

[@stevencisneros9306]

@@GaionSputro yeah I guess that is both worst and pretty controversial as well lol

[@EternityKingdomsHeadHoncho]

Fuel Line from the 2017 rerelease of the Kre-O Micro Changers Series 3 blind bags. Come to think of it, there were a lot of those that had awkward trademark expiration-induced renames.

[@sirrogeri9751]

Jetfire was literally named JETWASH in there.

[@haydenreviewscustomcombos]

Blowout sounds like something is crashing.

[@TomMSTie1138]

Or a leaky diaper.

[@samurexatlas7373]

Certain vehicle parts can blowout, I do believe.

[@TomMSTie1138]

@@samurexatlas7373 Tires can blowout.

[@superplushtiman7ti075]

​@TomMSTie1138 why would you name yourself that?

[@apex2000]

Ironic names needs be sequel video for this.

[@MildlyAggressiveOni]

So this is definitely subjective, but I personally think the majority of Beast Wars name’s were kind of bad. The majority of them were just kind of “what animal does it turn into?” but with some minor flair, like Rhinox and Cheetor (or in the case of Tigerhawk, no flair at all and it’s just the two animals)

[@galaxycamerata]

A funny name for me in terms of just "holy shit you CHOSE that name?" in terms of more recent things is the Terrorcon sweep Freezer. I get the theme naming with the Sweeps in Rise of the Beasts is 'things that cause numbness through exposure' but you only get that context with his cohort, Novakane, who has a better name than him. He doesn't even turn into something that emits ice. He's just a gun.

[@404cp]

Optimus also thought Kup was a stupid name so he renamed him Shitpiece after he came back from the dead.

[@weirdkitty07]

Gotta love that He Man and Transformers share a name. Stinkor. The beast wars skunk bot.

[@izziewolf2834]

Terrorcon Novakane. Can't want for Decepticon "Percocet" and Autobot "Molly".

[@TheDataByteChannel]

I am shocked you didn’t mention Flamefeather.😂

[@Solfury]

Slapper gets better when you live in the UK and the word relates to a particular kind of woman you'd not bring home to meet the family.

[@minimalbstolerance8113]

The dirty part of my mind can't help but imagine Slapper fighting Slag in a less than reputable area of a British city...

[@alwaysabiggafish3305]

​@minimalbstolerance8113 yeah, that is basically what happens on a Friday night

[@Mike-mf3ed]

I’ve heard that people have a hard time naming their characters because of copyright from other franchises which results in stupid names. So far, I haven’t seen any of that in my entire life… so is this not a thing or does it exist but everyone ignores it?

[@GaionSputro]

Copyright is not bad thing. But Transformers name is like originally from Japan but translated to english.

[@nabro1750]

Thanks for the giggles. Slag, my inner nine year old...umm...There's a comma! THERE'S A COMMA!!

[@xxgoldmansionxx]

Aimless and Misfire should try target practice by shooting at Broadside so I can make fun of them by saying their aim is so terrible they couldn’t hit the BROADSIDE OF AN AIRCRAFT CARRIER OF ALL THINGS

[@matthewelliott7294]

😂

[@weirdkitty07]

In the Japanese Headmasters there is a red and orange version of Gingrai called Fire Guts Gingrai. Powermaster Optimus Prime basically. That name is hilarious. They're trying to make it sound like he is 'gutsy and godlike' but it sounds more to us like he has bad robo stomach cramps from eating bad energon.

[@superalfredchicken]

I always thought Tigerhawk was a lame name for that character. Like it would be fine for a plane or something but for a character that's half tiger and half hawk it's pretty lazy

[@xenith8286]

It gets weirder when you remember that Airazor is a falcon

[@adamshafeeq8685]

​@@xenith8286 Tigerfalcon still doesn't sound any better

[@xenith8286]

@@adamshafeeq8685 not saying it would, but it just adds to the strangeness

[@Skaarjy]

Don't let him get near Gobots then! LOL

[@DataCab1e]

He's a picKUP truck.

[@raevir]

Slug is a dumb name. I can't help but think of the slow and squishy invertebrate, even if they meant the verb to punch someone.

[@tehuselessguig3138]

a slug is also a type of bullet that's fired from a shotgun

[@Emms344]

(Before watching) Midnight Express better be here

[@otaking3582]

Midnight Express is an awesome name, though

[@Emms344]

@@otaking3582 you really think?

[@otaking3582]

@@Emms344 Yeah, it suggests speed, darkness, and trains, all of which are awesome.

[@Emms344]

@@otaking3582 I personally don't agree BUT everyone can have their own opinion

[@rayvenkman2087]

Not even a mention of PCC Overrun who’s original name was Spastic? A name so controversial in the UK that they had to change it because it made the news and one of the instances where Hasbro didn’t try to keep the trademark on it before it expires.

[@NovaSaber]

BotBots has some great names, but it's also got a lot that could have been in the "didn't even try" category. Like Tool Bag, the tool bag, Joystick, the joystick, and Burgertron, the hamburger.

[@juzoinui4627]

I swear these names were like bad “Puns”

[@GaionSputro]

Holepunch

[@Rabbitlord108]

Kup is certainly a bad pun.

[@Cry-byte]

RID01/Car Robots really sticks out to me in the name department. Slapper is definitely the silliest, though his original name in japanese was Goosher and i'm not sure which is worse. Gas skunk is probably my least favorite just because it's on the nose and extremely boring, i have no idea why it wasn't changed in the US aside from making the spelling slightly worse. W.A.R.S. on the other hand is a personal favorite because of the pure audacity. Back to the Car Robots side though I would love if absolutely anybody in the world could explain what the name "Greejeeber" is supposed to mean/be in reference to. I could keep going.

[@weirdkitty07]

Ramjet, for not actually having that ability. He's just a highly modified F15. Funny name too. He Man connection, weirdly enough, he rams into things like Ram Man. Seaspray, his name is literally chum sea foam. Powerglide, ironically as a glider he should not be able to power glide. Omega Supreme, literally the One Big, a little on the nose. Fortress Maximus, the biggest G1 city former, means literally big fort. Lazy and on the nose. Megatron, Big Robot, turned into a gun in G1, ironically would be small if he really were a handgun. X Brawn, from og RID, because they couldn't call him simply Brawn. So he's not Brawn. Or he is more extreme Brawn. Not sure which. Sideburn literally is a human hair style choice over the ear, not just that he has flames on his doors. Japanese Victory bad guy Mega Zarak, aka Scorponox, the black Scorpy, is simply bigger Zarak. Giving just a simple girl's name to Minerva the sports car in Headmaster Japan. TAI from Car Robot, Robots in Disguise, see it's also a Japanese in joke about a company.

[@MrDoctorVK]

I feel like Thunderblast might fall in "Worst name" list, it's like someone is either fan of Thundercracker or someone wanted to be thunderous. It's ironic that in Cybertron toyline there were two characters name as Thunderblast, that been famous Decepticon boat woman and Mini-Con from Autobot aligned Air Defense Mini-Con Team.

[@sophieprime4669]

Blastification is a proven effect

[@SwedishSeacon]

I got a bad name: Skidmark. It's the name for a Mini-Con that Cybertron Runabout is associated with. While skidmarks are left by tires on the road, they can also be a nasty trail left in your underwear

[@thebeestingconspiracy]

I am shocked and appalled that anyone would even suggest that there might be dirty connotations to the names of any toys.

[@alexthibodeau979]

Mudflap is funnier when you consider that Bumblebee used it as an insult in Animated "I'm just a big old mudflap workin' on the space bridge!"

[@bdpickett]

7:23 I still don't understand why they couldn't just let the Combaticons use their original names in RID.

[@user-my7lm1qn6q]

We're gonna call Gator Raider "Gatorface".

[@electrogecko3255]

I STRONGLY DISAGREE ON THE GECKO HATE! THERE WILL BE BLOOD TJ MY GECKO ARMY IS COMEING 🦎🦎🦎🔥🔥🔥😡

[@jacobprejean7183]

Another one is big daddy. (Yes, there was actually a toy named this)

[@roycemcweeiii5853]

Couldn't someone just say pretty much all of Beast Wars? Cheetor -a cheetah, Rhinox - a rhino, Inferno - a fire ant etc. Bisque also had a blue 'repaint' named Thermidor.

[@theamazingbrave]

Family member: "What's his name?" (Referring to the Big Lots Transformer I just got) Me: "...Brushguard." Family Member: "Oh..."

[@flowrebaz6189]

Lug works for me because where I’m from in London we don’t say “use your head” we say “use ya lug”. The name is quite descriptive

[@gilgamesh.....]

Imagine Optimus telling you you're going to be assigned to a team and your teammates are Lube, Backwind, Discharge and Erector. I'd add Needlenose to the list. I always thought that was a stupid name.

[@rayvenkman2087]

I’d think he was ribbing me.

[@piecheese1214]

I think we can all agree that Spastic takes the crown for this.

[@albertnedelman6648]

I know you said US releases only, but Randy is nevertheless a standout. Exotic to the Japanese he may be, but it's not even a description, either he's got a random human name or his name means horny. Although given his terminal GPS, a lack of effort name does fit him well

[@DeathInTheSnow]

I mean, I live outside of the US, as does most of the English-speaking world, and a backstop is almost unknown as a baseball term for us because nobody here really plays baseball. A backstop is just the last line of defence. A great name for a character where objects are common as names. It wouldn't surprise if that's where baseball gets it from too, although I don't know how often it comes up in the sport. It used to be a term in cricket though, which is played in waaaay more countries, including Sri Lanka, Australia, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India and sometimes England.

[@atrendlecalledreese443]

Wingthing. It's like they gave up when they realized they weren't gonna come up with a name as cool(?) as Ratbat. Tarantulas. They could've spelled it differently, like "Tarantulus". Still wouldn't have sounded good, but at least it wouldn't look like it was constantly being pluralized. Retrax. It's because he retracts into a ball. Get it? Dumb name for a terrible toy. And lastly, Drill Nuts. It's a Japan-only release, but still... why couldn't they have just kept the name Drill Bit? Drill nuts aren't even a thing.

[@singagency1481]

Spike and Sparkplug? Who came up with those names for human companions?

[@jasonhinman6173]

A skip jack is an oyster vessel that was used in the early nineteenth century and somewhat today for fishermen in and around the Chesapeake Bay.

[@user-hq8vb8ok5n]

Ironhide has a mini me .

[@TheLastBabyMan]

A special callout to the iconic trio. Scissor Boy, Powerhug, ...and Drill Nuts.

[@weirdkitty07]

Galvatron if you break it down is silly, galvanized as in shiny plated, and tron as in robot.

[@minimalbstolerance8113]

Kup was actually named because he was a futuristic picKUP truck. Naming your Transformer after the second half of their alt-mode is still a stupid way to name a Transformer, though. Can you imagine the fights between Optimus Prime and Megatron being as impactful if their names were "Uck" and "Stol?"

[@theanimaljones]

Miss fire usually is a bad thing for a car to do. Most often throws codes, reduces your power and efficiency.

[@mettatone.x.356]

Instead of Punch and Counterpunch, If we're going with attack names I would go with Haymaker and Backstab instead.

[@Darkman9000]

Oil Pan makes me think of a noncombatant Autobot medic, like someone you'd see work beside Ratchet and trade witty banter with him as they patch up the rest of the team, like Ducky and Palmer in NCIS.

[@dzbowser1143]

10:45 calling ‘im Chargeshot can’t change my mind.

[@weirdkitty07]

Missfire is obviously a fan film name. Good on them for using it.

[@weirdkitty07]

I kinda think Go Shooter in the Headmasters saga is a hilarious name for basically Mach Alert, or red alert the headmaster, and headmaster...tee hee...headmaster. Heh.

[@gtudor1163]

The one that always makes me laugh is Blowpipe.

[@thedragonslayer7294]

The fact Backwind is Green tho 💀

[@amwfan88]

Haha, oh I remember owning both Blowout and Windbreaker as a kid. I actually renamed the latter Windcharger after I saw the G1 show and realized it was basically the same character.

[@weirdkitty07]

Optimus as on optimist, and prime as in one or first. Orion as in a constellation name, and pax as in paxil, a medication.

[@jesterdays]

Doesn't 'Optimus' come from latin, meaning 'best'?

[@GaionSputro]

​@@jesterdays👍🏻

[@Heroduothecomedian]

Anyone besides me automatically thought of the transformers weird name meme video on KZbin and think of the name reach around they used lmao xD

[@R0-83-RT]

Or Baught Plugg