Transformers Hall of Fame

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The official Transformers Hall of Fame was created by Hasbro to honor the most distinguished people behind the Transformers toy and entertainment franchise, along with some of the more popular Transformers characters. [1] The Hall of Fame contains 32 characters and 22 humans as of April 2022.

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Selection process

Each year, Hasbro selects which individuals will be inducted into the human portion of the Hall of Fame. Hasbro also selects certain characters which it feels are deserving of enshrining in the Transformers portion of the Hall of Fame. [2] For the purposes of the Hall of Fame, characters are not differentiated between the different continuities. Character biographies tend to reflect the characters are they are represented in Hasbro's current unified continuity. [3]

Hasbro solicits additional nominations from various Transformers fan sites for the Fans' Choice Inductee. The top five nominees are eligible for election to the Hall of Fame, and voting takes place in April on the official Transformers website. The winner is announced at the Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony. [4]

Induction ceremony

The Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony occurs each year at BotCon, the official Transformers fan convention. The event is semi-formal, with inductees and presenters in formal attire, with attendees in business casual attire. In 2010, the ceremony was a dinner held at the Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Resorts and Convention Center in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. [5] The 2011 ceremony was held at the Pasadena Convention Center in Pasadena, California.

Each human inductee is awarded a trophy, depicting Optimus Prime holding up the Matrix of Leadership, and is allowed to make an acceptance speech. Each character inducted, and each Fans' Choice finalist, is honored with a music video. (Erector was honored with a mockumentary, rather than a music video.) The Fans' Choice Inductee is revealed with a music video set to "The Touch."

Inductees

Human inductees

InducteeClassContribution
Bob Budiansky 2010Writer of the original Marvel Transformers comics and most of the Generation One character profiles.
Peter Cullen 2010Long-serving voice actor of Optimus Prime in several incarnations of the franchise, most notably The Transformers , Transformers Prime , and the film franchise.
Kōjin Ōno 2010Designer of first Transformers toys.
Hideaki Yoke2010Takara's lead designer of Transformers.
Michael Bay [6] 2011Director of the first five Transformers live-action films.
Steven Spielberg 2011Executive Producer of the live-action films.
Simon Furman 2012Writer of a multitude of Transformers comics.
Chris Latta 2012Voice actor for Starscream, Wheeljack, and Sparkplug Witwicky in The Transformers .
Stan Bush 2014Songwriter and vocalist of several songs from The Transformers: The Movie . [7]
Frank Welker 2015Voice actor for several characters, most notably Megatron and Soundwave in The Transformers, Transformers Prime, and the film franchise.
Vince DiCola 2015Composer of The Transformers: The Movie.
David Kaye 2016Voice actor for several characters, most notably Megatron in Beast Wars , Beast Machines , and the Unicron Trilogy and Optimus Prime in Transformers Animated .
Judd Nelson 2016Voice actor for Hot Rod in The Transformers: The Movie .
"Weird Al" Yankovic 2016Songwriter of Dare to Be Stupid, featured on the soundtrack of The Transformers: The Movie
Voice actor for Wreck-Gar in Transformers Animated.
Susan Blu 2017Voice actor for Arcee in The Transformers and Transformers Animated.
Voice director for Beast Wars, Beast Machines, Transformers Animated and Transformers Prime.
Lorenzo di Bonaventura 2017Producer of the live-action films.
John Barber2018Editor in Chief of IDW Publishing.
Writer of a multitude of Transformers comics published by IDW.
Flint Dille 2019Story editor and scriptwriter for The Transformers.
Takashi Kunihiro2019Takara Transformers toy designer.
Gregg Berger 2020Voice actor for several characters, most notably Grimlock in The Transformers and subsequent media.
John Moschitta Jr. 2021Voice actor for Blurr in The Transformers and Transformers Animated.
Guido Guidi 2021Transformers comic artist for Dreamwave Productions and IDW Publishing.
Henry Orenstein 2022Helped brought the Transformers over from Japan.
Takio Ejima 2023Designed several Transformers Toys

Character inductees

InducteeClassContinuity
Optimus Prime 2010Multiple
Bumblebee 2010Multiple
Megatron 2010Multiple
Starscream 2010Multiple
Dinobot 2010Beast Wars
Soundwave 2011Multiple
Ironhide2011Multiple
Ratchet2011Multiple
Waspinator 2011Multiple
Grimlock 2012Multiple
Jazz 2012Multiple
Shockwave 2012Multiple
Wheeljack2012Multiple
Beast Wars Megatron 2013Beast Wars/Beast Machines
Ultra Magnus 2013Multiple
Arcee 2014Multiple
Rodimus 2014Multiple
Prowl 2015Multiple
Predaking 2015Multiple
Cosmos 2016Multiple
Optimus Primal 2016Beast Wars/Beast Machines
Galvatron 2017Multiple
Barricade2017Movieverse
Trypticon 2017Multiple
Blackarachnia2018Multiple
Battletrap2018Generation One
Skywarp2019Multiple
Omega Supreme2019Multiple
Knock Out2020Prime
Sky Lynx2020Generation One
Inferno2021Beast Wars
Tigatron2021Beast Wars
Lugnut2022Multiple
Motormaster2022Generation One
Sky-Byte2023Multiple
Optimus Prime2023Unicron Trilogy

Fans' choice finalists

2010

InducteeContinuity
Dinobot [8] Beast Wars
Grimlock Multiple
Jazz Multiple
Shockwave Multiple
Soundwave Multiple

2011

InducteeContinuity
Waspinator Multiple
Erector Generation 1
Grimlock Multiple
Jazz Multiple
Shockwave Multiple

2012

InducteeContinuity
WheeljackMultiple
Arcee Multiple
Beast Wars Megatron Beast Wars/Beast Machines
Rodimus Multiple
Sky-Byte Multiple

2013

InducteeContinuity
Prowl Multiple
Arcee Multiple
Beast Wars Megatron Beast Wars/Beast Machines
Rodimus Multiple
Ultra Magnus Multiple

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