Okay, I'm really just starting this thread b/c of last week's episode, "Nanosec". At the end of the episode, after Bumblebee's into-orbit-and-back rescue of practically everyone in Detroit, the Autobots roll out and then ask Bumblebee if he's coming. His response "If it's all the same to you, I think I'll walk" -- according to two of my kids anyway -- was a direct lift from the end of "The Key to Vector Sigma."

Other stuff you've noticed?

is this a count the references thing?

if it is I'd like to play captain obvious and start with

All the transformer character names except for bulkhead and black arachnia are G1 character names. Of them, all appeared in the G1 cartoon except for sentinel prime.

I need screen caps to show this (and I've mentioned it before), but the staging of the scenes with Prowl's near-death and Prime's actual death in the premiere totally mirror shots from Prime's death in TF:TM. Like, same camera angles and blocking and everything.


need screen caps, maybe later today

Damn you beat me.

Let's see, Megatron saying something like, "Once I get the allspark I'll fashion it into the Ultimate weapon and the Decepticons will rule forever" *not exact wording but close*

The whole entire Dinobot ep was one big nod.

"ME GRIMLOCK LIKE!!"

"Stupid nature! Come back and fight like dinobot!"

Not a G1 nod, but it made me lol

You weren't the only one. I was thinking, "Prowl is so boned"

You are loosing your nerd credentials if your kids are pointing things like that out to ya!

I caught it as well... I just found it interesting that my kids came to the same conclusion.

That's awesome!

Why is that awesome?

It's Spike, Daniel and Carly

Ooooh.

that was Silverbolt.

Arcee was voiced by Susan Blu and looked like her G1 model stylised.

OMFG ELITA-ONE!

daniel was at sari's birthday party!!!

WHich means his father, Spike Willkicky Witwicky, is an employée of Sumdac.

2000's era, he went as far as Cybertron, Nebulos and such. And now 50 years later, turns out to be working for Sumdac while still dressing exaggeratedly? Puurfect.

KremZEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEK!

On that note, have you seen the actual Key to Vector Sigma?

Take a good look:




Seen anything like that recently?

yes! Kremzeek!



not to mention the box soundwave comes out of and what he winds up as :

many people are posting the homages,this is an easter egg tread,correct me if i´m wrong.

No, I've never seen the key to Vector Sigma before in my life, ever.

That´s sad,the answer is:Sari's key,of course. it's basicly the same key,except grey.

Would you say it is "key"-shaped?

I get the point of this thread but I've heard that line in so many shows it's crazy. It's super cliche. Just imagine Smurf number 67 flying around on a bird the whole ep trying to show off. Things get rocky and then at the end of the ep, he says that line and every one laughs.

All the G1 references makes me love Animated.

This

You must live in a pretty freaky house.

One of the genetic freaks made by Meltdown was a clear homage to Fangry. Didn't recognize the shark thingy.

Actually valandar,none of the freaks were fangry homages. (fangry never became a bat anyway,he was a winged wolf.)
The two freaks were actually heavily based on Submarauder and Bomburst. two pretty freaky pretenders.

Bomb-Burst, Fangry, same diff... they were both ghey animal thingies with teeth

and the fact that they were referenced in a "failed experiment" context is the roffle

So by that definition both Megatron and Shockwave are the same difference because they're both guns?

Fangry was a winged wolf Headmaster

BombBurst was a Man-Bat Pretender

(goes back to sleep on his work desk)

The main difference between Shockwave/Megatron and Fangry/Bomb-Burst is that Megatron and Shockwave aren't completely irrelevant lame-tards.

SIR! I'll have you know that Bomb-burst is one of my favorite...uhhh...whatever the hell he is. It's because of all the characterization IDW gave him.

You have SO not watched anything that came after G1.
They´re pretty damn important in headmasters and masterforce.
Damn,i care about transformers storyline details way too much.

Headmasters and Masterforce don't count.

raciiiiiiiist. (just kidding)
Well what about the g1 comics then?

"me grimlock leader.." sounds kinda like "me grimlock..king!"

megatron's dislike of humans? obvious nod to the G1 counterpart. well megatron always hates fleshlings....

Since when did Megatron ever liked fleshlings? I doubt that's even counts as G1 references.

My mistake >_<

Hot damn! Megatron Rising Part 2 had one of the biggest nods yet.

The way the ship crashes into the mountain is as big a nod as you can get towards G1.

I think the way Megatron dispatched with Starscream was G1 movie-esque:

1) Megatron is reformatted

2) Megatron finds Starscream and takes him offline

3) Megatron asks if anyone else wants to do as Starscream did

and megs also gave his version of primes catchphrase

"transform and rise up" referring to them being flying vehicles vs. the bots being wheeled vehicles hence primes "transform and roll out"