Universal Greeting TFP

The universal greeting (Ba weep granna weep ninny bong) is used as a means to express good will toward alien beings when a language barrier is present. However, it doesn't always work that way.

War for Cybertron (DS)
Kup greeted a newly trained young Autobot with the universal greeting.

War for Cybertron
Ironhide used the universal greeting on a space slug, which ignored him and carried on. The whole ordeal puzzled Warpath.

Cybertron Adventures
While searching out the Geosynchronous Energon Bridge's main controls deep underground, Air Raid came across a lone Core Mite. The two stared at each other for a bit before Ironhide suggested using the universal greeting on it. The Mite ran off before a confused Air Raid could try it.

Transformers: Exiles
Thundertron and Wreck-Gar used the universal greeting several times. Wreck-Gar noted that Thundertron did not intend to act peacefully, even though he used the universal greeting when he first encountered the Junkions.

Spellings

 * Ba weep granna weep ninny bong


 * Bah-weep-graaaahnah wheep ni ni bong.