Decepticon Dinoforce member Kakuryu would become an Autobot in the United EX comics, being turned into a Power Core Combiner. Later, in the GS Special Comics, he would give his Energon Matrix to Grimlock, allowing he and the Dinobots to become Volcanicus. #Transformers

In a burger king promotion, a broiler transforms into an approximation of the King #Transformers

"Night Viper" from the Beast Machines toyline transforms into a Cobra, which are not Vipers. #Transformers

Of the original 5 Dinobots, there is a pretender to the name amongst them, that being Swoop, who turns into a Pterosaur, not a Dinosaur #Transformers

Implied to be the same character as his Generation 1 counterpart, RID01 Axer would be the first Transformer character to travel from one distinct Continuity family to another. #Transformers

In the IDW2005 continuity, the death of Scrapper, combined with Megatron experimenting further with combination, led to the kidnapped Autobot Prowl becoming the new head for the gestalt Devastator, Hook taking Scrappers spot #Transformers

Wheezing Arrow, originally a character from IDW Artists Hayato Sakamotos fanworks, was made into an official character through a cameo in IDW2005. #Transformers

This concept art was later referenced in the Energon Universe comics, as a Quintesson beast named the "Mechanokoar" which Megatron battles with. #Transformers

Released in the 8th wave of the initial Universe toyline, Frostbite is a redeco of Beast Wars Transmetal Jawbreaker. He has exactly 2 fictional appearances. #Transformers

Geomotus was a character who debuted in the 2019 reboot IDW continuity, and is one of the few and first explicitly nuerodivergent Transformers characters Geomotus would keep around a set of small shapes to keep himself calm in unfamiliar situations #Transformers

Strafe is a character seen in IDW2005, originally a normal Camien, she was mutated into a Dinobot by contaminated energon. Her name and double-headed alt mode are references to the Age of Extinction character of the same name. #Transformers

Pepsi Convoy was a redeco of the original Optimus Prime toy with an altered trailer to carry pepsi bottles, the toy was slightly altered and released in the US as "Pepsi Optimus Prime" #Transformers

"Rails" is a character originating from an early script of TFTM86, a Train who Transforms into a large snake. Currently, his only canon role is in the Transformers Roleplaying game, and currently, he has no official design. #Transformers

"Capture the Cube" was an online promo browser game advertising both MTN Dew and the 07 Transformers film You played as "Dewbot," infiltrating Sector Seven to steal the allspark, transforming into a vending machine to hide #Transformers

Megadeath is a Decepticon originating from the UK Marvel Comics. He looks like this. #Transformers

A weirdly common misconception in early online Transformers Fandom was that the Zone Decepticon Metrotitan was a zombified version of Metroplex, this is not the case, Metrotitan in the original Zone story pages is his own soul #Transformers

An experiment was attempted by Hasbro during Beast Wars, peppering same character redecoes halfway through waves. Unlike modern attempts, these were running changes, not addressed as any different from the base mold. Prowl and Dinobot 2 were the only attempts. #Transformers

A canceled 2004 Official Transformers Collectors Club exclusive was "Dominus Trannis," a decepticon redeco of Rid01 Rail-Racer, reprogrammed for evil #Transformers

Starting in 2012, Hasbro released many GI Joe vehicle molds in Transformers themed colorschemes for the next few years, often including extra Transformer themed accessories for the included Joe figures. #Transformers

Big Convoys name in the "Beast Wars: Uprising" continuity stores was "Slammoth" #Transformers

Released as a Basic Class in the Beast Wars toyline, "Optimus Minor" transforms into a vague monkey. In the world of the Legends Comics, he is Optimus Primals son. #Transformers

The "Six Clan" is a shadowy organization of Ninjas that watch over the darker corners of the cosmos. Per their name, the group is largely comprised of six changers, Sixshot among them. #Transformers

TFOne Darkwing was given his name when Generations Designer Mark Maher was asked by his boss "If this was a decepticon flyer, who would it be?" #Transformers

The Korean Company "Sonokong" released many Takara figures for the Korean market, occasionally including oddballs, such as Beast Wars 2 Megastorm, sold in Autobot packaging, named "Armored Core," on shelves during the Car Robots era. #Transformers

Due to Funpublications losing the license to hold official Botcons, many figures were planned to be apart of 2017s Botcon exclusive lineup, but ultimately canceled #Transformers

In the film "The Last Knight," Bumblebee has the ability to dismember and then reassemble himself at will, it is never explained when and how he got this ability. #Transformers

The Primus Vanguard is a team of multiversal recolors, mostly of Optimus Prime, led by Primus to protect the world from evil, each member representing both a color and a concept #Transformers

From the 2003 Dinobots toyline, Dinobot Slapper shares an unfortunate name scheme with fellow Dinobot Slag, both "Slapper" and "Slag" being UK derived insults directed toward promiscuous women. #Transformers

The Generation 2 line featured a handful of Auto roller molds that did not see release, including a military colored dump truck Optimus Prime These molds would later see life again during Beast Wars II #Transformers

Described in "The Last Knight" as a Headmaster, there is a cut scene that would've seen Cogman piloting Nitro Zeuses decapitated body for his own. This scene is referenced by Nitro Zeuses figure having a Titan Master compatible removable head. #Transformers

The Food chain Checkers featured a Beast Wars promotion using a rather interesting depiction of what is apparently Rhinox #Transformers

Earthspark Cosmos' deluxe class figure features an easter egg, depicting the theme park ride the autobot was fashioned into during the events of the show. #Transformers

The Kreon Microchangers line was replaced late into Kreos life with the "Kreon Warriors" blind bagged figures, non transforming figures based on different eras #Transformers

Transit is a Decepticon character initially intended to appear in the film Rise of the Beasts. A whole scene of his appearance was nearly completed before he was scrapped. The scene depicting him was removed due to test audiences finding it too dark. #Transformers

Instead of Leozack or Jallguar, the Platinum Edition giftset of LIokaiser featured Skylynx redecoed into "Dezarus"/Deathsaurus, being given Leozacks colorscheme featuring lots of black to keep up the combiners colorscheme #Transformers

Alex Malto in Earthspark includes many characters in his collection of Transformer themed memorabilia, including a very prominent figure of Doubledealer. #Transformers

Power of the Primes Snarl is voiced by My Chemical Romance Bassist Mikey way #Transformers

Kingdom Vertebreak and Dracodon, along with Earthspark Jawbreaker, turn into Dracorexes and a Stygimoloch. However, their alt modes might just be juvenile Pachycephalosaurus, as the validlity of the prior 2 dinosaurs as distinct genuses is debated. #Transformers

Transformers: Go-Bots was a child centric franchise Hasbro started in 2003 with a toyline and accompanying show The franchises name was of course taken from Hasbro using the Go-Bots branding they acquired after buying Tonka #Transformers

Rather famously/infamously, the IDW2005 incarnation of Shockwave is largely responsible for a lot of the major happenings of that continuity, due in no small part to being sent back in time, pretending to be Onyx Prime to influence history. #Transformers

The Studio Series MTMTE collection Perceptor multipack mistakenly displays Ratbat with an autobot insignia on the packaging #Transformers

G1 Broadsides toy bio describes him as having both a fear of heights and a fear of the ocean. #Transformers

Rather famously, Powermaster Optimus Prime was treated as a brand new, seperate character named Ginrai during the Super-God Masterforce portion of the JG1 continuity, due to Optimus having died in the Headmasters, and Takara not wanting to revive him yet again #Transformers

Based on an unused Decepticon deco for Quickswitch, "Killswitch" appears in the story "Of Masters and Mayhem," later being inducted into the Six Clan, getting his name changed to "Hexadeathimal." #Transformers

Cyberworld Megatron is a retool of TLK Knight Armor Hound #Transformers

Since Minimus Ambus does not appear in any Japanese-Original fiction, Takara elected to redeco his figure into Alpha Trion when released with Legends Ultra Magnus. #Transformers

Originally pitched for the Universe 2003 toyline, Universe Menasor was ultimately canceled, also having been changed from Motormaster into Menasor for trademark reasons, and was going to be a Machine Wars Optimus Redeco #Transformers

The "Legacy World," described by the Takaratomy online toy bios, is a mysterious reality that pulls random denizens of other worlds in. The "amalgam effect" is a nebulous property of this world, responsible for the redesigns some characters get. #Transformers

Following this, the "Optimus" of this story was later revealed to be a Maximal named Domitius Major, while the "Bumblebee" was a Maximal named Centurion, who continued to appear in stories during later IDW05. #Transformers

Bumblebee is traditionally yellow. #Transformers