" Oh shit, what are we gonna do now?" Explanation Spike's response to discovering Unicron was completely uninjured by the explosive he and Bumblebee sent into him.Another one from Magnus: "Open! Damnit, Open!" Uttered when he tried to unleash the power of the Matrix of Leadership to defeat Galvatron.Particularly badass incarnations of Ultra Magnus reverse it (He can deal with that now).In the same movie, when Springer tells him that Kup and Hot Rod's shuttle was shot down, Ultra Magnus says that he "can't deal with that now." Hence, he's constantly quoted as saying he can't deal with anything at the present time.Fans tend to reference Stan Bush's " The Touch " whenever a character does something cool.The original G1 animated movie spawned quite the amount of memes, to the point that has an entire page dedicated to how many times it has been referenced.Due to both War For Cybertron: Kingdom and Transformers: Rise of the Beasts including both Optimus Prime and Optimus Primal, we now have TRUKK AND MUNKY!.Reject Trukk, return to Monke Explanation A variation of the return to monke meme that quickly took off in the fandom, especially amongst Beast Wars nostalgics that call for similar radical departures from the formula, given the retroactive recognition of that series as one of the best shows nowadays.It has since come to be used in reference to anybody who makes a knee-jerk complaint about a new incarnation not being a slavish copy of Generation 1. TRUKK NOT MUNKY!! : Explanation This phrase arose on Usenet during the '90s to mock people who complained about how Beast Wars had Optimus Prime/al transform into an ape instead of a truck.REEDUN Explanation The mirror counterpart to GEEWUN, referring to section of the fandom who bitch and moan endlessly anytime a series homages or references a previous one in any way.Eventually crosspolinated into the Pokémon fandom as GENWUN (after their own first generation - of games specifically) as a similar reaction at nostalgia pandering. GEEWUN Explanation Used to mock the section of the fandom who thinks that anything after Generation 1 sucks.
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