facts from the transformers comics that sound fake but are completely canon
god started the 4 million year decepticon/autobot war by knocking over a guys drink while trying to get a curly straw
megatron is a communist who wrote poetry and after the war becomes an autobot
cybertronians are a homonormative race, not that they really care or are actively aware of the significance of it
there an instance mpreg, which was written in for no reason other than the author likes mpreg
optimus made megatron the captain of an autobot ship on a journey to find a mythological group of explorers that optimus doesnt even really believe existed
shockwave went back in time and made god, so technically shockwave started the war too
for a while starscream actually was the ruler of cybertron, and he wasnt the worst leader they ever had
there are tons of other aliens besides cybertronians but you dont see them as often because they hate cybertronians and also megatron killed millions of them
cybertronians have the robot equivalent of most drugs (steroids, cigars, weed, vapes, hallucinogens, some sort of addictive substance, dont question it)
transformers is in the same continuity as g.i. joe for no reason other than…..hope for a hasbro extended cinematic universe? idk
in an older series megatron gets sent to the my little pony universe and he hates it
tumblr exists in transformers
transformers had slavery and they had to have a civil rights movement to get rid of it, and this wasnt even a major plot point
there is also racism in transfomers of function vs. form (ex. if youre a jet you have to be in the military, sport cars have to be racers) which was a major plot point in many issues and also caused the war
transformers who dont transform into cars, trucks, or other automobiles will often ride scooters or trains for transportation
theres a toaster transformer who everybody is obsessed with but has no active role in any of the stories other than being a toaster
at one point it was implied that two transformers tried to fuck in the trailer of another sleeping transformer. yes, it was weird. no, there was no good reason for it.
Japanese child actress Mana Ashida (little Mako) was embarrassed that she couldn’t pronounce Guillermo Del Toro’s name so he gave her special permission to call him “Totoro-san” instead.
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