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the four original characters have made scattered appearances in BW fiction here and there, while the three Transmetal versions of the show characters would be made semi-canon in the Beast Wars Sourcebook.
the people of Nebulos run away in fear from a fallen sculpture 'attacking' them. (1987)
during his brief cameo appearance in IDW, Liokaiser was drawn with Hellbat as his left arm, as in Victory, even though Hellbat had appeared separately from the rest of the team (and died) in another comic. (2017)
FOC Air Raid was designed to be Fireflight, but was renamed due to Hasbro not owning the trademark for that name. This was in spite of Air Raid having already appeared in the War For Cybertron game as a completely separate, distinct character. (2012)
G1's 'Webworld', Armada's 'Rebellion' and Prime's 'Patch' are all notable for being Transformers episodes that focus entirely on the Decepticons, with the Autobots playing little to no part in them.
the Dinobots were shown as rebellious, intimidating warriors in the first two seasons of the G1 cartoon, but by their next appearance in The Movie they were happy to work with other Autobots, and by Season 3, were reduced to comedic foils. (1984-1986)
G1 Sludge's alt mode was originally identified as a Brontosaurus, but more recent depictions (such as the 2005 IDW continuity) changed this to a different sauropod species like Apatosaurus, due to Brontosaurus (at the time) not being considered as a proper genus of animal.
G Liner, a combiner from the "Train Wars" manga, is made up of the alternate set of decoes that were released in Diaclone after the original colorations that were later used to make Raiden, while his name comes from Raiden's preliminary name, "Grandliner". (2022)
the Arcee triplets from the introduction to "Theater 5" of TakaraTomy's Revenge of the Fallen website, advising you to turn off your cellphones. (2009)