Since 20 some people have said it, yes, I know Kup comes from Pickup Truck. It still sounds awful.
@Rabbitlord1083 ай бұрын
Agreed. It still falls under the category of a bad pun.
@otaking35824 ай бұрын
*"WHY ARE YOU BUYING TRANSFORMERS AT THE SOUP STORE?!"* "Because his name is Bisque." "Oh oka- Wait, what?"
@samurexatlas73734 ай бұрын
Lobtr Bisque
@JonCrs104 ай бұрын
Therm Scissorpunch
@Solfury4 ай бұрын
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
@anonymous-rq2lh4 ай бұрын
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”
@duyphan46174 ай бұрын
Fun Fact: Per Bob Budiansky, Misfire failed in enrollment for Decepticon Military College for exactly 4,627 times.
@codythecat014 ай бұрын
HAHAHA!!!
@Protoraptor694 ай бұрын
Jesus. You could say he MISSED HIS MARK!
@BryonYoungblood4 ай бұрын
Funny too how his Targetmaster partner is called Aimless. XD
@duyphan46173 ай бұрын
@@BryonYoungblood yeah. Horrifically, while Misfire had enough balls to try after failure, Aimless simply "F*** IT" 😂
@mattr754 ай бұрын
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.
@adamshafeeq86854 ай бұрын
Car Robots did this too with Wild Ride (Brawn), who is also one letter away from a Decepticon that no one cares about
@autobotyscorner64044 ай бұрын
@@adamshafeeq8685 Hey, a lot of people care about Wildrider! 😂
@adamshafeeq86854 ай бұрын
@@autobotyscorner6404 name at least 1 person who cares about him. Go on, I'll wait
@autobotyscorner64044 ай бұрын
@@adamshafeeq8685 I do. And he's Menasor's leg, so to a lot of combiner enthusiasts he's essential.
@adamshafeeq86854 ай бұрын
@@autobotyscorner6404 hmm, good point actually
@eduardoalamo12404 ай бұрын
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.
@Pepper2B2 ай бұрын
based
@OhNyoCringeII4 ай бұрын
I’m surprised Big Daddy didn’t make it on the list
@samurexatlas73734 ай бұрын
That might have to go in the dirty portion.
@BaranKRool4 ай бұрын
Well, that's obviously because it's an AWESOME name.
@rayvenkman20874 ай бұрын
@@BaranKRoolBioshock comes to mind.
@mcstabba4 ай бұрын
Don't throw shade at Big Daddy! He is the hero of the franschise.
@misterbadguy73253 ай бұрын
@@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.
@boulder55404 ай бұрын
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.
@EternityKingdomsHeadHoncho4 ай бұрын
Shouldn’t he be Deceptidrive because Alternators Windcharger was meant to be G1 Overdrive (and was made into Overdrive via Binaltech)?
@OptimusPhillip4 ай бұрын
@@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.
@leftygurl4 ай бұрын
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.
@HollywoodWick3d4 ай бұрын
"I'm Skipjack. I like to bounce..."😂😂😂
@Trebleshot4 ай бұрын
Battle Unicorn always sounded like a Maverick from Mega Man X to me.
@adamshafeeq86854 ай бұрын
That's just Japanese Transformers for you and just Super Robots in general. Robots with nonsense and gibberish names
@crispincain16654 ай бұрын
Agreed. Even the color scheme fits.
@RoboP4 ай бұрын
I feel Omega Spreem will make it in to Round 2. HE'S A TYPO THAT BECAME A SEPARATE CHARACTER COMPLETELY ON ACCIDENT!
@xxgoldmansionxx4 ай бұрын
that reminds me I gotta finish designing my own Transformers cast lemme spitball some Bomble Blee Opus Prime Migatran Scarstream
@izziewolf28344 ай бұрын
@@xxgoldmansionxxI got some more for ya: SundWav Prowel Hownd SeyedSweyepe Sunnsteeker
@DamagerZeOptimus4 ай бұрын
@@xxgoldmansionxx Scarstream goes kinda hard NGL
@R0-83-RT4 ай бұрын
@@xxgoldmansionxxScarstream unironically sounds kind of cool.
@rayvenkman20874 ай бұрын
@@DamagerZeOptimusIt’s better than Scatscream.
@bluebraixen4 ай бұрын
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.
@larrychilders65994 ай бұрын
Good old Nexus Maximus
@vaggos20033 ай бұрын
What was his original name?
@larrychilders65993 ай бұрын
@@vaggos2003 my comment
@GokhanAras-pj1mm3 ай бұрын
@@vaggos2003 What @larrychilders6599 said
@treebotreviews4 ай бұрын
Anyone: mentions prowl 2. Me: *aneurysm*
@diegodankquixote-wry32424 ай бұрын
Me: *peak fiction*
@matthewelliott72944 ай бұрын
Me:🎶Let’s do the time warp again!!!🎶
@alwaysabiggafish33054 ай бұрын
Crazy how Mewtwo became one of the most iconic but Prowl 2 is hated 😂
@rayvenkman20873 ай бұрын
@@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.
@TheBowserPrime4 ай бұрын
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.
@otaking35824 ай бұрын
Disappointed that New Soundwave and Billy weren't on the list.
@russellharrell27474 ай бұрын
Billy is an awesome name for an alien transforming robot
@atrendlecalledreese4434 ай бұрын
@@russellharrell2747 Like Randy.
@rayvenkman20874 ай бұрын
Spaceship Bruce
@mcstabba4 ай бұрын
And Philip!
@Rabbitlord1083 ай бұрын
Now I want an actual toy for Megascream.
@predarican4 ай бұрын
He's a picKUP truck
@diegodankquixote-wry32424 ай бұрын
The best part of waking up is foldiers in your KUP!
@ShadowWingTronix4 ай бұрын
Which admittedly is still bad but it makes more sense.
@NovaSaber4 ай бұрын
That's as facepalm-worthy as Movor being "because he moves".
@Rabbitlord1084 ай бұрын
Badumtiss
@Indominus-Prime5 күн бұрын
Doubt anyone will see a reply on a four month old comment but I think he also might have been named after the character Colonel Potter from MASH. Both are older mentor like soldiers and I mean come on besides the pickup truck pun its the only other thing I could think of, and I didn't even think of the pun till I watched this video
@samurexatlas73734 ай бұрын
I would like an Ironic Transformer Names list. It would be fun to learn a bunch of them.
@otaking35824 ай бұрын
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.
@samurexatlas73734 ай бұрын
@@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.
@otaking35824 ай бұрын
@@samurexatlas7373 No he hasn't, and that's not what a blue streak is.
@samurexatlas73734 ай бұрын
@@otaking3582 Don't gaslight me, I remember this. It was a surprise I was in the same boat.
@misterbadguy73254 ай бұрын
- 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)
@SpaceCase12144 ай бұрын
A better boxing-themed name for Punch/Counterpunch would've been Switchhitter.
@diegodankquixote-wry32424 ай бұрын
Switchhitter/hell-johnson
@R0-83-RT4 ай бұрын
When I was younger I thought the Autobot name was Punch Counter, a literal reverse of Counter Punch.
@CoraCreates4 ай бұрын
Oh that sounds awesome…
@user-vp8sm4lw1p4 ай бұрын
If Lio Convoy is called "Leo Prime" in America, does this mean Big Convoy's American name is "Big Prime?"
@Critter974 ай бұрын
Not to mention shouldn’t his name be Leo Primal? Because he’s a maximal
@user-vp8sm4lw1p4 ай бұрын
@@Critter97 Fair point.
@kevintaylor52644 ай бұрын
I was just having this conversation with a friend last week. 😆
@Roboshi20074 ай бұрын
Fun fact: slapper is also a lesser used bit of british slang, similar to slag.
@dinobore4 ай бұрын
Though Slag also means the waste product of the smelting process, in a way fitting for the character.
@adamshafeeq86854 ай бұрын
Reminder that Galaxy Force (Japanese Cybertron) named Scattershot "Backpack"...
@biospark47584 ай бұрын
The virgin “I am called Optimus Prime because *long winded description*” vs the chad “I am called Movor because I move.”
@BainesMkII4 ай бұрын
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-RT4 ай бұрын
Funny enough in Transformers Animated they sort of recontexulize Rodimus by making him an Archer. He shoots rods.
@coreybell22234 ай бұрын
It’s been said Kup is named from the kup in “pickup truck”
@russellharrell27474 ай бұрын
Yeah…but that still sucks.
@SuperMutant20994 ай бұрын
So they were just lazy and couldn't come up with something better?
@dfsfdsfsdfsdfsadsdfsfdsdsf35874 ай бұрын
Quite a few of the names suggested were actually equipment parts.
@Patolagos4 ай бұрын
Yeah to be fair, the criticism showcased here kind of falls off with this
@mindwipe87884 ай бұрын
The G2 Autobot Windbreaker, he’s either named after a coat or flatulence
@russellharrell27474 ай бұрын
Not as bad as the GI Joe Skidmark.
@adamshafeeq86854 ай бұрын
Windcharger doesn't sound any better. Like what the hell is a "Windcharger"? He doesn't even have abilities related to wind.
@mcstabba4 ай бұрын
He is probably my favourite unfortunatly named transformer.
@violagreene46434 ай бұрын
Slapper also has the same problem as Slag...
@404cp4 ай бұрын
Optimus also thought Kup was a stupid name so he renamed him Shitpiece after he came back from the dead.
@weirdkitty074 ай бұрын
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.
@averyavery86164 ай бұрын
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
@alwaysabiggafish33054 ай бұрын
Would have been a great....insecticon
@Nemesis_Prime6664 ай бұрын
I think the names lube and holepunch work well together lmao
@MrEnKaye4 ай бұрын
Always wanted a repaint of Movor named Shakor
@SalvagedThrone4 ай бұрын
You forgot about Reach Around
@dwainpannell83664 ай бұрын
I see what you did there
@rayvenkman20874 ай бұрын
Reach Around and Strap-On are a Decepticon duo.
@SalvagedThrone4 ай бұрын
@@rayvenkman2087 HandJob was my personal favorite though
@rayvenkman20874 ай бұрын
@@SalvagedThrone Hell yeah. HandJob and BoJob are a classic.
@ryanchua65204 ай бұрын
@@SalvagedThronecan't forget about Buttplug
@bowserbreaker25154 ай бұрын
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?!"
@sophieprime46694 ай бұрын
Chef's kiss.
@franzise36054 ай бұрын
Action Master Mainframe's partner is named Push-Button. Enough said.
@russellharrell27474 ай бұрын
If Starscream had kept the name Ulchtar I wonder if it would have been considered badass or dumbass.
@rayvenkman20874 ай бұрын
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.
@VerdantRange4 ай бұрын
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-vp8sm4lw1p4 ай бұрын
I'm at a loss for words lol.
@jonfoster56854 ай бұрын
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.
@VerdantRange4 ай бұрын
@@jonfoster5685 Oh, I didn't forget. It's just that I considered the ones on my list to be MUCH worse.
@Stuffies20224 ай бұрын
Kevin Spay-C
@haydenreviewscustomcombos4 ай бұрын
Blowout sounds like something is crashing.
@TomMSTie11384 ай бұрын
Or a leaky diaper.
@samurexatlas73734 ай бұрын
Certain vehicle parts can blowout, I do believe.
@TomMSTie11384 ай бұрын
@@samurexatlas7373 Tires can blowout.
@superplushtiman7ti0754 ай бұрын
@TomMSTie1138 why would you name yourself that?
@RogerPyoko4 ай бұрын
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.
@samurexatlas73734 ай бұрын
Those last 2 are also group names, of which the named ones came after and are not aesthetically fitting.
@dwainpannell83664 ай бұрын
Disagree I like them
@SwiftpawWolffox4 ай бұрын
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
@nucleonegro97624 ай бұрын
Alright, I'm listening
@MrEnKaye4 ай бұрын
Your name is funny as shit 😂😂😂
@waverod92754 ай бұрын
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."
@richardestabrooks8734 ай бұрын
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.
@rayvenkman20874 ай бұрын
Maybe he’s like the Bioshock Big Daddy where he’s a protector?
@NerdRahtio4 ай бұрын
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.
@EternityKingdomsHeadHoncho4 ай бұрын
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.
@sirrogeri97514 ай бұрын
Jetfire was literally named JETWASH in there.
@Tarn_It214 ай бұрын
Sideburn is another weird name.. Named after a strip of a facial hair😂
@MildlyAggressiveOni4 ай бұрын
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)
@galaxycamerata4 ай бұрын
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.
@tinyshinyfeathers4 ай бұрын
Ah, poor Sky Garry. What kind of name even is that?
@stevencisneros93064 ай бұрын
One day you should do a video on Transformers with the most *controversial* names EVER!!!!
@GaionSputro4 ай бұрын
Erector
@stevencisneros93064 ай бұрын
@@GaionSputro yeah I guess that is both worst and pretty controversial as well lol
@rafflesia51654 ай бұрын
I always assumed Kup was in reference to him being a pickup truck
@weirdkitty074 ай бұрын
Gotta love that He Man and Transformers share a name. Stinkor. The beast wars skunk bot.
@Mike-mf3ed4 ай бұрын
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?
@GaionSputro4 ай бұрын
Copyright is not bad thing. But Transformers name is like originally from Japan but translated to english.
@izziewolf28344 ай бұрын
Terrorcon Novakane. Can't want for Decepticon "Percocet" and Autobot "Molly".
@superalfredchicken4 ай бұрын
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
@xenith82864 ай бұрын
It gets weirder when you remember that Airazor is a falcon
@adamshafeeq86854 ай бұрын
@@xenith8286 Tigerfalcon still doesn't sound any better
@xenith82864 ай бұрын
@@adamshafeeq8685 not saying it would, but it just adds to the strangeness
@apex20004 ай бұрын
Ironic names needs be sequel video for this.
@Solfury4 ай бұрын
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.
@minimalbstolerance81134 ай бұрын
The dirty part of my mind can't help but imagine Slapper fighting Slag in a less than reputable area of a British city...
@alwaysabiggafish33054 ай бұрын
@minimalbstolerance8113 yeah, that is basically what happens on a Friday night
@TheDataByteChannel4 ай бұрын
I am shocked you didn’t mention Flamefeather.😂
@xxgoldmansionxx4 ай бұрын
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
@matthewelliott72944 ай бұрын
😂
@raevir4 ай бұрын
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.
@tehuselessguig31384 ай бұрын
a slug is also a type of bullet that's fired from a shotgun
@nabro17504 ай бұрын
Thanks for the giggles. Slag, my inner nine year old...umm...There's a comma! THERE'S A COMMA!!
@jacobprejean71834 ай бұрын
Another one is big daddy. (Yes, there was actually a toy named this)
@DataCab1e4 ай бұрын
He's a picKUP truck.
@Skaarjy4 ай бұрын
Don't let him get near Gobots then! LOL
@weirdkitty074 ай бұрын
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.
@rayvenkman20874 ай бұрын
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.
@juzoinui46274 ай бұрын
I swear these names were like bad “Puns”
@GaionSputro4 ай бұрын
Holepunch
@Rabbitlord1083 ай бұрын
Kup is certainly a bad pun.
@Miragereviews4 ай бұрын
(Before watching) Midnight Express better be here
@otaking35824 ай бұрын
Midnight Express is an awesome name, though
@Miragereviews4 ай бұрын
@@otaking3582 you really think?
@otaking35824 ай бұрын
@@Miragereviews Yeah, it suggests speed, darkness, and trains, all of which are awesome.
@Miragereviews4 ай бұрын
@@otaking3582 I personally don't agree BUT everyone can have their own opinion
@weirdkitty074 ай бұрын
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.
@NovaSaber4 ай бұрын
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.
@thebeestingconspiracy4 ай бұрын
I am shocked and appalled that anyone would even suggest that there might be dirty connotations to the names of any toys.
@SwedishSeacon4 ай бұрын
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
@Cry-byte4 ай бұрын
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.
@MrDoctorVK4 ай бұрын
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.
@sophieprime46694 ай бұрын
Blastification is a proven effect
@michaelmann78164 ай бұрын
"K-9 sounds like a robot name." It is. From Doctor Who.
@piecheese12143 ай бұрын
I think we can all agree that Spastic takes the crown for this.
@katsomeday14 ай бұрын
Low hanging fruit, but Overcharge is a terrible name to something you're selling.
@gilgamesh.....4 ай бұрын
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.
@rayvenkman20874 ай бұрын
I’d think he was ribbing me.
@roycemcweeiii58534 ай бұрын
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.
@bdpickett4 ай бұрын
7:23 I still don't understand why they couldn't just let the Combaticons use their original names in RID.
@alexthibodeau9792 ай бұрын
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!"
@flowrebaz61894 ай бұрын
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
@albertnedelman66484 ай бұрын
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
@electrogecko32554 ай бұрын
I STRONGLY DISAGREE ON THE GECKO HATE! THERE WILL BE BLOOD TJ MY GECKO ARMY IS COMEING 🦎🦎🦎🔥🔥🔥😡
@singagency14814 ай бұрын
Spike and Sparkplug? Who came up with those names for human companions?
@user-my7lm1qn6q2 ай бұрын
We're gonna call Gator Raider "Gatorface".
@weirdkitty074 ай бұрын
Missfire is obviously a fan film name. Good on them for using it.
@user-hq8vb8ok5n4 ай бұрын
Ironhide has a mini me .
@minimalbstolerance81134 ай бұрын
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?"
@theanimaljones4 ай бұрын
Miss fire usually is a bad thing for a car to do. Most often throws codes, reduces your power and efficiency.
@DeathInTheSnow4 ай бұрын
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.
@atrendlecalledreese4434 ай бұрын
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.
@mettatone.x.3564 ай бұрын
Instead of Punch and Counterpunch, If we're going with attack names I would go with Haymaker and Backstab instead.
@Heroduothecomedian4 ай бұрын
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-RT4 ай бұрын
Or Baught Plugg
@TheLastBabyMan3 ай бұрын
A special callout to the iconic trio. Scissor Boy, Powerhug, ...and Drill Nuts.
@seatspud20 күн бұрын
You'll know they've reached the true nadir of naming when you get a Transformer called "Tralfaz" (yuck).
@DV-ql4jw4 ай бұрын
You forgot "big daddy" from one of the bayverse mainlines
@sophieprime46694 ай бұрын
A micromaster too But that name is fucken peak come on
@theamazingbrave4 ай бұрын
Family member: "What's his name?" (Referring to the Big Lots Transformer I just got) Me: "...Brushguard." Family Member: "Oh..."
@weirdkitty074 ай бұрын
Galvatron if you break it down is silly, galvanized as in shiny plated, and tron as in robot.
@MaxwellWurme4 ай бұрын
Rodimus is the worst transformers name. TJ “ooh you ain’t seen nothing yet.”
@lynngreen79784 ай бұрын
I'd think Ro-tor and Movie were Go-Bots, except they are clearly Combaticon repaints
@weirdkitty074 ай бұрын
Optimus as on optimist, and prime as in one or first. Orion as in a constellation name, and pax as in paxil, a medication.
@jesterdays4 ай бұрын
Doesn't 'Optimus' come from latin, meaning 'best'?