Michael Bay personality homage[]
I don't know Michael Bay personally, in the various DVD features, he did not display any of Masterson's vocabulary. -- SFH 17:20, 15 March 2008 (UTC)
Hand painting[]
I'm sure the gag of Bulkhead creating a giant painting of his own hand (ie, the object he was looking at) is a reference to something else, but I can't remember what. The gag is that we see someone leaning around a canvas repeatedly, using their thumb to capture proportions as artists stereotypically does. We assume he's painting whatever the subject is, but when he turns the canvas around, it's just a giant picture of a (human) thumb. A cursory Google search failed to refresh my memory, but hopefully someone else will get it. Anyone? Buttbutt 07:42, 16 March 2008 (UTC)
- Er... that's Airplane too.--RosicrucianTalk 08:12, 16 March 2008 (UTC)
- No, not the original, at least (though you did give me an excuse to re-watch it, so thanks for that). The only painting he does is the soldier one, and the gag is that we don't expect him to have a live-action model for such a twisted piece of art.
- After more extensive searching, all I could find is an episode of M*A*S*H from 1978, so unless someone can come up with an earlier reference (Looney Tunes, maybe? The Marx Brothers? This really is driving me nuts), I'll edit that into the article in, say, the next day or so. Just want someone time to find a different originator for the joke. --Buttbutt 02:41, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
- I'm pretty sure I've seen it more than once in various properties. I don't think I could name where, but I'd guess Animaniacs as one possibility. --ItsWalky 03:24, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
- After more extensive searching, all I could find is an episode of M*A*S*H from 1978, so unless someone can come up with an earlier reference (Looney Tunes, maybe? The Marx Brothers? This really is driving me nuts), I'll edit that into the article in, say, the next day or so. Just want someone time to find a different originator for the joke. --Buttbutt 02:41, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
Fanzone's car[]
Isn't he "driving" Bumblebee? --FortMax 01:48, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
- At the end when they confront Headmaster at the power planet, yes. Earlier, when he stops by to point out that Bulkhead's painting is violating graffiti laws, he's in his own, rusted car that Bumblebee scanned and which was previously smashed. --KilMichaelMcC 01:50, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
- Well, as strange and fanwanky as this may sound, maybe Fanzone REPAIRED HIS CAR. That whole Slag thing happened at least five episodes ago. Sheesh. Darktruth 16:17, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
- That's kinda odd if you think about it, the thing got slaged badly, and it still has rust on it. still, maybe it should be moved to miscellaneous trivia if he gets spotted in his old car again.--Grand-majin 16:22, 27 March 2008 (UTC)