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Transformers is an animated TV series, comic book series and movie series based on transforming robots. The series has been parodied in The Simpsons multiple times.

References to Transformers in The Simpsons[edit]

Episodes[edit]

Picture	Season	Episode number	Episode name	Reference
	10	226	"Thirty Minutes Over Tokyo"	Battling Seizure Robots may be a reference to Transformers
	12	259	"Worst Episode Ever"	When Bart and Milhouse fight, Bart picks up a robot toy which unfolds into an axe. Milhouse counters by doing the same, but his robot toy unfolds into a watering can.
	16	350	"Future-Drama"	The Simpson family are Transformers in the couch gag.
17	376	"Regarding Margie"
	18	398	"Stop, or My Dog Will Shoot!"	When Santa's Little Helper begins training to become a police dog, Bart envisions him becoming a dog version of RoboCop. In Bart's vision, SLH shoots movie villains and a giant math book that are menacing him and then transforms into a motorcycle.
	19	417	"Apocalypse Cow"	Trans-Clown-O-Morphs is an obvious parody of Transformers.
	20	424	"Treehouse of Horror XIX"	The "Morf Transers, Trans Morfers, Snort Farmers, Untitled Robot Parody" segment is a parody of Transformers. The toy that blinks its lights at Bart in the 99-cent Store resembles the original Optimus Prime cab-over Semi of the The Transformers cartoon from 1984. Homer and Ned's cars transform into robots resembling Optimus Prime and Megatron. Bestimus Muchos is a reference to Optimus (Best) Prime (foremost), whose name is intended to convey "best of the best".
	21	457	"The Greatest Story Ever D'ohed"	Ned goes to see the movie The Reformers while in Israel, a parody of Transformers. It features two giant robots reading the Torah.
	22	469	"Lisa Simpson, This Isn't Your Life"	Maggie tries to use a Transformers robot and a Slinky to replace the missing Baby Musthave doll from The Happy Little Elves series.
	23	490	"Replaceable You"	While designing a robot pet, Bart and Martin consult several magazines. One of them, Robot Fancy, has an article titled "A Weekend in Phoenix with Optimus Prime".
	503	"Them, Robot"	Robot LA6 transforms into a projector. Later on, Robot A63 states that he is not a Transformer and can not transform into an outboard motor.
	504	"Beware My Cheating Bart"	A film is seen called Transformers of the Caribbean, a reference to both Transformers and Pirates of the Caribbean. The robot in the poster resembles Jack Sparrow.
	24	522	"Gorgeous Grampa"	During the song "High to Be Loathed", Mr. Burns mentions Megatron, and makes his shadow, among lots of other villains.
	29	631	"3 Scenes Plus a Tag from a Marriage"	One of the films playing at Capital City Googolplex Theatres is Transformers: Fatigue, referring to the numerous sequels.
	32	691	"Three Dreams Denied"	A poster for Trans-Clown-O-Morphs is seen.
	34	740	"My Life as a Vlog"	The thumbnail for "The Secrets of the Simpsons couch" video has the couch becoming a Transformer.
	36	780	"The Man Who Flew Too Much"	When the Pin Pals are stranded on a mountain, Barney says that he thinks they will be just fine. Moe responds by asking, "And who made you Optimist Prime?", referencing Optimus Prime.

Comics[edit]

Picture	Comic issue	Story name	Reference
Simpsons Comics
	Simpsons Comics #118	The "X" Men	Comic Book Guy says "Like Optimus Prime after his death in Transformers The Movie, I shall return!" to his girlfriend as the helicopter takes off.
	Simpsons Comics #121	The Town That Time Forgot	When Homer is late to work, he tells his co-workers a story about being stuck in traffic and his car transforming into a giant robot ("Transformacar") and then walking to the power plant.
	Simpsons Comics #178	The Thingama-Bob from Outer Space	One of the items that Homer, Lenny, Carl, and Barney get for alien hunting is motor oil, in case they encounter a "Transformer"-type alien.
	Simpsons Comics #228	Transperformer	The comic title and plot are a reference to Transformers. Nucleus Prime is a parody of Optimus Prime.
Comic Book Guy: The Comic Book
	Comic Book Guy: The Comic Book #1	The Death of Comic Book Guy! (Part One)	Comic Book Guy's world record attempt at recreating the most fictional deaths in one minute includes Optimus Prime handing Hot Rod the Matrix of Leadership in The Transformers: The Movie.
Simpsons Comics One-Shot Wonders
	Chief Wiggum's Felonious Funnies #1	Future Cop!	In Chief Wiggum's dream of being a cop in the future, his rifle/partner "Officer Shooty" can transform into a flying robot, who is also a reference to the Transformer Shockwave.

Books[edit]

Picture	Book	Reference
	C. Montgomery Burns' Handbook of World Domination	Smithers lists Starscream as one of the Great Toadies in History because "without him, Megatron would be so much less mega".

Video games[edit]

Picture	Game	Reference
	The Simpsons: Tapped Out	In the Level 55 update, Herb Powell mentions making The Homer into a hybrid, to which Homer thinks he means make it into a Transformer. Homer asks "Who doesn't like a good transformer?" then says "I know I do. I love transformers."

Common Cast[edit]

Name	Role in Transformers	Role on The Simpsons
Angela Bassett	Voiced Shatter in Bumblebee	Voiced Michelle Obama in "Stealing First Base".
Greg Berg	Voiced Igor in Transformers: Dark of the Moon.	Voiced Rory in "Bart vs. Thanksgiving".
John Cena	Played Agent Jack Burns in Bumblebee	Voiced himself in "Bart's Birthday".
Andy Daly	Played Donnie in Transformers: Dark of the Moon.	Voiced Judge Dowd in "Fears of a Clown".
Robin Atkin Downes	Voiced Prime #3 in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.	Voiced several British men in "The 7 Beer Itch".
John Goodman	Voiced Hound in Transformers: Age of Extinction and Transformers: The Last Knight.	Voiced Meathook in "Take My Wife, Sleaze".
Grey Griffin	Voiced Arcee, Chromia, and Elita-One in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, and Arcee again in Bumblebee.	Voice of Martin Prince and Sherri and Terri Mackleberry from Season 31 - Present.
Jess Harnell	Voiced both Barricade and Ironhide in the first film, Ironhide in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen and Transformers: Dark of the Moon, and Barricade in Transformers: The Last Knight.	Voiced Charlton Heston in the Season 13 episode "The Parent Rap".
Eric Idle	Voiced Wreck-Gar in The Transformers: The Movie.	Voiced Declan Desmond in the season 14 episode "'Scuse Me While I Miss the Sky", the season 16 episode "Fat Man and Little Boy", the season 18 episode "Springfield Up", and the season 23 episode "The Spy Who Learned Me".
Frances McDormand	Played Charlotte Mearing in Transformers: Dark of the Moon.	Voiced Melanie Upfoot in "Girls Just Want to Have Sums".
Kevin Pollak	Voiced Fracture in Transformers: Robots in Disguise.	Ross, the bagel man and Professor Thernstrom in "3 Scenes Plus a Tag from a Marriage".
Danny Pudi	Voice of Bumblebee in Transformers: EarthSpark.	Voiced Johnson Bryans in the season 37 episode "Bart 'N' Frink".
Kevin Michael Richardson	Voiced Prime #2 and Rampage in Revenge of the Fallen.	Has voiced many different characters in many episodes.
George Takei	Voiced Yoketron in Transformers: Animated and Alpha Trion in Transformers: Prime.	Voiced Akira Kurosawa in the season 2 episode "One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish", a waiter in the season 13 episode "A Hunka Hunka Burns in Love", Wink in the season 10 episode "Thirty Minutes Over Tokyo", a sushi chef in the season 24 episode "What Animated Women Want", and himself in the season 27 episode "The Burns Cage".
Fred Willard	Voiced Swindle in two episodes of Transformers Animated.	Voiced Wally Kogen in "Sunday, Cruddy Sunday".
Frank Welker	Voice of Megatron in the original TV series.	Voice of Santa's Little Helper.
Michael York	Voiced Prime #1 in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.	Voiced Mason Fairbanks in the season 17 episode "Homer's Paternity Coot", Lionel Budgie in the season 27 episode "Lisa the Veterinarian" and the season 28 episodes "Pork and Burns" and "Dogtown", Nigel in the season 28 episode "Moho House", and Clayton in the season 31 episode "The Way of the Dog".

Crew[edit]

Picture	Name	Role in Transformers	Role on The Simpsons
	Steve Jablonsky	Composed the music for the film series.	Thanked by Hans Zimmer for the album The Simpsons Movie: The Music.

External links[edit]

Transformers at Wikipedia

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Contents

References to Transformers in The Simpsons[edit]

Episodes[edit]

Comics[edit]

Books[edit]

Video games[edit]

Common Cast[edit]

Crew[edit]

External links[edit]