I was thinking that since the Autobots in Animated are meant to act more like superheros instead of soldiers, what if their names were changed to reflect on this? What would be an appropriate superhero name for each Autobot?

 

Well, my personal system goes a bit like DC's Silver Age naming system, except the word "Bot" is used in the place of the suffixes man, woman, and boy. This also unifies the names with their group name, Autobot:

 

Optimus Prime: Superbot or maybe Captain Robot

 

Bumblebee: Electrobot

 

Bulkhead: Stongbot

 

Prowl: Nightbot

 

Ratchet: Dr. Robot

 

Grimlock: Dinobot(well duh)

 

Wreck-Gar: Junkerbot

 

Yeah, it's kind of silly and lame but it's mostly for my own personal ammusement. Just imagine Prime trying to turn his crew into an earth-based superhero group and when Ultra Magnus shows up, he's all "What the slag is wrong with you?!" to Optimus :jslaugh

I think Transformers' names are already superhero names, and they always have been.

I think Transformers' names are already superhero names, and they always have been.

I was gonna say

Far be it from me to second (third?) what both Hobbes and LMH have said...but...yeah.

All together now:

 

SHUT UP, HORNET..

Then they'd be mega man villains.

Yeah, um, didn't Marvel name the core cast of TF characters with superhero/villains names in mind?

Yeah, I'm pretty sure "Autoboot Camp" cemented that idea for good.

Yeah, I'm pretty sure "Autoboot Camp" cemented that idea for good.

Although it raises the question "what were their names before they signed up for the service?"

Yeah, I'm pretty sure "Autoboot Camp" cemented that idea for good.

Although it raises the question "what were their names before they signed up for the service?"

 

Protoform #98886642244, Protoform #98886642371, etc?