How many of these Transformers can you name?

Josh
Friday
11:09 am

There are 18 robots in this panorama from the seminal Transformers episode, “Cosmic Rust.” I found this photo when wandering aimlessly doing blog research online, and couldn’t resist seeing if I could name them all.

To paraphrase Captain Pike in the Star Trek reboot, “Your blog host was captain of a post for 4 minutes, and named 16 out of 18 Transformers. I dare you to do better.”

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Reader Comments

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#1 
Written By Amber on May 22nd, 2009 @ 12:17 pm

I would ask if I’m now banned, but if I haven’t been yet, I figure I’m good to go. I’ve done far worse than miserably fail the Transformers test.

#2 
Written By Amber on May 22nd, 2009 @ 12:19 pm

Not everyone is a renaissance geek. You have specialties. Like “Gray’s Anatomy…”

#3 
Written By Josh on May 22nd, 2009 @ 12:30 pm

I could also bench press you, I imagine—or break you, if I so chose…. But since I can only be amused that someone who can name 16 of 18 transformers at breakneck speed thinks me worthy of mocking, I will let it go.

#4 
Written By Amber on May 22nd, 2009 @ 12:50 pm

I *might* be able to name 16 of 18 smurfs. But I doubt it. How about 18 out of 18 “Grey’s” characters?

#5 
Written By Amber on May 22nd, 2009 @ 12:54 pm

I mixed up Air Raid and Skydive, but otherwise I am on target with all of ‘em – what a memory I have, kick ass! :)

#6 
Written By Brian on May 22nd, 2009 @ 1:11 pm

Careful, Amber. I’m deceptively brawny.

#7 
Written By Josh on May 22nd, 2009 @ 1:17 pm

That’s OK: I fight dirty.

#8 
Written By Amber on May 22nd, 2009 @ 1:26 pm

I could prolly only name half. Who the heck remembers Air Raid anyway? Now Jetstream. There’s a robot you can set your watch to.
Since Prime is shaking his fist, I imagine he’s telling those pesky robots to get off his lawn.

#9 
Written By Bill on May 22nd, 2009 @ 1:28 pm

Really? I see it more like a scene from “Intervention.”

#10 
Written By Josh on May 22nd, 2009 @ 1:30 pm

A douchebag intervention.
Prime’s been a real ass lately.

#11 
Written By Bill on May 22nd, 2009 @ 1:35 pm

After josh is done wiping the floor with you, he cleans up the mess with Brawny paper towels.

#12 
Written By Bill on May 22nd, 2009 @ 1:48 pm

…YOU’ll clean up the floor with Brawny paper towels…

#13 
Written By Josh on May 22nd, 2009 @ 1:55 pm

Men are so delusional.

#14 
Written By Amber on May 22nd, 2009 @ 2:04 pm

It all starts with that inability to measure things properly….

#15 
Written By Amber on May 22nd, 2009 @ 2:05 pm

From the head of Liz Lemon:
If your man can’t measure right, that’s a deal breaker ladies!

#16 
Written By Bill on May 22nd, 2009 @ 3:06 pm

I recognize Optimus Prime… do I win?

#17 
Written By Nick Burns on May 23rd, 2009 @ 4:08 pm

Let’s see…autobot…autobot…autobot…autobot…

(buries face in hands in utter shame)

#18 
Written By William Pace on May 26th, 2009 @ 10:44 am

I got the Aerialbots mixed up, except for the leader, but got the rest of them. Not bad I think. The me of 1985 would have mocked the me of today mercilessly. And with good reason.

#19 
Written By Seth Armstrong on March 15th, 2010 @ 2:17 pm

Silberbolt and Sunstreamer? Those must be knockoffs. Now excuse me while I go tune in my favorite show on my new Magnetbox TV.

#20 
Written By Seth Armstrong on March 15th, 2010 @ 2:20 pm

Oh, no! Typos! Fixing…

#21 
Written By Josh on March 15th, 2010 @ 3:08 pm

Wait, Seth, i thought you had a sorny

#22 
Written By Autumn on March 15th, 2010 @ 9:09 pm

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