~ Nomenclature = Optimus Prime.
~ Transformers spark: Optimus Prime (aka Orion Pax) –
G1; The leader of the Autobot forces whose sentient being transforms into
a cab-over semi truck with a vertical “flat face” front end
on Earth for disguise purposes.
def’n: Optimus – The name has Latin origins meaning “one
of the best, aristocratic and noble”.
def’n: Prime – Main importance; best; first-class; top; superior;
et cetera.
def’n: Grime – A surface ingrained with dirt. To blacken or
make dirty.

1b BIG
RIGSBY

~ Nomenclature = Big rig.
~ Transformers spark: Optimus Prime (aka Optronix) –
Carries the Matrix of Leadership and is easily one of the strongest
Autobots who wields an ion blaster laser cannon rifle and an energon-axe
melee weapon.
def’n: Big – To be of considerable size; significance; importance.
def’n: Big rig – informal. Another term for tractor-trailer.
def’n: Tractor-trailer – A transport vehicle consisting
of a semi-tractor and an attached trailer.

GPK STATS:

~ For the TF edition, the non-4×4 off-road vehicle in robot mode
is up to his fenders in mud. The grime is also caked onto his flat-nosed,
COE (cab over engine) frontside whose windshield wipers are busy working
overtime removing the layer of dirt. Both the GPK and TF
characters have muck dripping from their hands and are both wearing
diapers; one being adult diapers.

2a TAYLOR SPIN

~ Nomenclature = Tailspin.
~ Transformers spark: Starscream (aka
Megascream)– The treacherous Decepticon sidekick to Megatron; always
ambitious and almost always second-in-command and constantly failing.
def’n: Tailspin – An aircraft’s
diving descent combined with rotation. To nosedive, plummet, fall, plunge,
etc.
def’n: Spin – A rapid turning or whirling motion. informal.
A brief trip in a vehicle for pleasure.

~ Nomenclature – S; the
name Steven to go with the word ‘scream+ing’.
~ Transformers spark: Starscream (aka
‘Seeker’) – Transforms into one of six G1 jet troopers
along with characters Skywarp, Thundercracker, Thrust, Dirge and Ramjet;
all repaints with minor wing and head variations.
def’n: Scream – To give a long,
loud, piercing cry expressing extreme emotion or pain. To shriek, screech,
etc.

~ Nomenclature – J; the
specific name Jeff to go with the word ‘jazz+y’.
~ Transformers spark: Jazz – A big admirer of Earth music
of every type but specifically named after ‘jazz’, he enjoys learning
about cultures and tends to have is finger ‘on the pulse’ of recent trends
and lingo.
def’n: Jazz – A type of music originating in New Orleans around
the beginning of the 20th century characterized by improvisation, syncopation
and a regular or forceful rhythm; brass and woodwind instruments are associated.
def’n: Jazzy – Resembling the style of jazz. Bright, colorful
and showy. Funky, hip, spirited, flashy, etc.

~ Nomenclature – Rhyme; the name Scat with the word ‘flat’.
~ Transformers spark: Jazz (aka Meister) –
The second-in-command, right-hand “man” or Autobot (automobile
+ robot) of Optimus Prime; he transforms into a Porsche-like car.
def’n: Flat – (of music) Below true or normal pitch. To fall
flat.
def’n: Scat – (Etymology) is either Middle English for wealth,
tax, treasure or English for dung or excrement.

~ Nomenclature =
Devastate.
~ Transformers spark: Devastator – Is a combination of the
six combiner Decepticons; an immensley strong and powerful Transformer
that can cause a lot of destruction. His psyche is an imbalanced component
of all six.
def’n: Devastate – To destroy or ruin. To wreck, lay waste,
ravage, demolish, raze or flatten.

~ Nomenclature = Constructicon.
~ Transformers spark: Constructicons – Include six Decepticons;
Scrapper, Hook, Bonecrusher, Long Haul, Mixmaster and Scavenger called
Decepticon combiners. Architects, engineers and builders.
def’n: Construct – To build or erect. To assemble elements.

~ For the TF image the massive mecha-like character can be seen
assembled with the sentient being’s six transforming elements: Scrapper
(front-end loader; right leg), Bonecrusher (bulldozer; left arm), Scavenger
(power shovel; right arm), Mixmaster (cement mixer; left leg), Hook (crane;
upper body) and Long Haul (dump truck; lower body). The construction vehicles
are humorously still working/building.

~ Nomenclature = Grimlock (similar-sounding to gridlock, aka deadlock).
~ Transformers spark: Grimlock – The leader of the
Dinobots (aka Dinotrons) who’s an extremely power-hungry Autobot
with great strength that tranforms into a metal dinosaur, with a stereotypical
small brain size.
def’n: Grim – Forboding, stony, formidable, stern, dark, etcetera.

~ Nomenclature = Extinction.
~ Transformers spark: Dinobots – A small subfaction
of the Autobots that transform into dinosaurs that include Grimlock (tyrannosaurus),
Slag (triceratops), Sludge (apatosaurus), Snarl (stegosaurus) and Swoop
(pteranodon).
def’n: Extinction – The state of a species that has become
or is becoming extinct (having no living members).
def’n: Dinosaur – A fossil reptile of the Mesozoic era,
often reaching an enormously large size.

~ For the TF card the character can be seen in full, transformation
‘disguise’ mode roaming the planet Earth. The Dinobot is also facing potential
and impending extinction due to geologic events (see meteor in the not-so
distant background distance).

~ Nomenclature – Rhyme; the name Dave with the word ‘soundwave’.
~ Transformers spark: Soundwave (aka Soundblaster) –
One of Megatron’s most reliable and finely in-tune Decepticon troops well
within the upper command ranking who transforms into a cassette tape player.
def’n: Soundwave – A wave of compression and rarefraction,
by which sound is propagated in an elastic medium such as air.

~ Nomenclature = Cassette tape.
~ Transformers spark: Soundwave – The stoic CCO (chief communication
officer) and spy-master commands a legion of ‘cassette troops’ to carry
out tasks that transform into cassette tapes that fit in his chest cavity.
def’n: Cassette tape – A cassette of audiotape or videotape.
def’n: Audiotape – Magnetic tape on which sound can be
recorded; to record sound on tape.

~ Nomenclature = Cliffjumper.
~ Transformers spark: Cliffjumper – A Minibot who makes up
for his small size by rushing into dangerious situations. His weapon is
a glass-gas gun. His original name was Blow-Out per tech specs.
def’n: Cliff – A steep rock face, especially one at the edge
of the sea.
def’n: Jump – To push off of a surface into the air by using
the ‘muscles’ (or mechanics) of one’s legs and feet.

~ Nomenclature – Semi-Rhyme; the name Nate with the word ‘repaint’.
~ Transformers spark: Cliffjumper – Toy-wise, the Autobot
Minibot (aka Minicar) is usually associated with the Bumblebee
toys and the character’s red repaints.
def’n: Repaint – To cover with a new coat. In collectibles,
the same mold with two different colors.

~ For the TF card the Cliffjumper character’s leap of faith is
cutting it close, just missing by a hair, or a Cybertron wire. For the
1984 Generation 1 Minibots, a yellow Cliffjumper could be found re-titled
Bumblejumper by collectors. A blue edition of Cliffjumper’s mold also
exists.

~ Nomenclature = Megatron.
~ Transformers spark: Megatron – The merciless leader of
the Decepticons and the archenemy of the Autobot leader Optimus Prime.
A one-time low class & gladiator fighter from Cybertron.
def’n: Mega – Very large; huge. To be extremely big in extent.
def’n: -Tron – A suffix (usually in physics) indicating an
instrument.

~ Nomenclature = Nuke cannon; nuclear artillery.
~ Transformers spark: Megatron (aka Megatronus) –
Transforms into one of three weapons: a Walther P38 handgun, a particle
beam cannon or a telescopic laser cannon.
def’n: Nuke – A nuclear weapon.
def’n: Cannon – A large cylinder or hollow drum mounted
for warfare (laser cannon).

~ Nomenclature – Rhyme; The name Doug with the word ‘bug+ged’.
~ Transformers spark: Bumblebee (aka Goldbug or Goldfire)
– A scout ‘minicar’ Autobot whose original vehicle mode is based
on the Volkswagen Beetle; named after a genus of bee taht inspired his
paint scheme.
def’n: Bug – A small insect.
def’n: Volkswagen Beetle – Nicknamed the ‘Bug’ in parts of
the English-speaking world; 1997-2010.

~ Nomenclature = Bumblebee.
~ Transformers spark: Bumblebee (aka Bee or Beeper) –
One of the smallest, and consequently one of the weakest, Autobots whose
slightly sensitive and self-counscious about his small stature.
def’n: Bumblebee – A large hairy bee with a loud hum,
living in small colonies in holes underground.
def’n: Bumble – To move or act in an clumsy or bungling
manner.

~ For the TF card is also seen cruisin’ for a bee bruisin’ that
also pictures a cartoon-like bee nest, but dripping honey. Coincidently,
bumblebees do not live in nests but within holes underground in very small
colonies, but the image is based off of bees in general. Regardless, disturbing
or taking an active nest would result in the depicted humor.