TRANSFORMERS FAN PURITY TEST (V4.0 - March 1998) Introduction Are a.t.t.ers "Transformers fans"? Sure! But just how much of a fan _are_ you? TransFans can range from the casual fan, who cherishes a few childhood toys, to the geek who knows every tech spec and episode by heart, to the deranged psychopath who lives to dig through Hasbro/Kenner garbage cans. This is the unofficial alt.toys.transformers test to determine how much Transformers rule YOUR life. This test was inspired by the alt.tv.animaniacs "Animaniacs Fan Purity Test" and the various "You Know You're Obsessed with Tfs When..." posts on a.t.t. NOTE: This is NOT a serious trivia quiz, so PLEASE don't e-mail me asking why I don't have more questions on "real" TF trivia. To score sections 1 through 8, simply type a "Y" in the third column for each "yes" answer and the spreadsheet will calculate your total score. (Spreadsheet version only.) Or count the total number of yes answers and add any bonus points. There have been some MAJOR changes in the test's format. For example, each section has been divided into three parts - General Questions, Classic Transformers (G1 through Machine Wars), and Beast Wars. The test is getting extremely large and difficult to maintain (and to take!). The subsections will mean less re-numbering when changes are made, plus people taking the test can skip over subsections which they don't need to take. And now - "Transform and roll out!" Section 1: Viewing Habits Part A: General Questions 1.1a Have you ever watched Transformers? 1.2a Do you watch it regularly? 1.3a Have you ever taped Transformers for future viewing? 1.4a Did you keep the tape after watching it? 1.5a Do you have more than 10 episodes on tape? 1.6a Do you own more than 20 hours of taped Transformers shows? 1.7a Do you record reruns of Transformers shows you've already recorded? 1.8a Have you ever had a friend who lives somewhere else (or gets cable/satellite stations that you don't) tape episodes not seen in your area for you? 1.9a Have you ever had a total stranger who lives somewhere else (or gets cable/satellite stations that you don't) tape episodes not seen in your area for you? 1.10a Do you keep track of which episodes you have and haven't seen? 1.11a Do you keep track of which episodes you have and haven't taped? 1.12a Have you ever skipped something you were supposed to do in order to watch Transformers? 1.13a Did skipping this something have repercussions that haunted you for more than a month? 1.14a ...was it worth it anyway? 1.15a Have you ever used Transformers as an excuse not to do something? 1.16a Have you ever watched more than 5 episodes within a 24 hour period? 1.17a ...other than at Botcon? 1.18a Have you ever watched Transformers for more than 10 hours straight? 1.19a ...other than at Botcon? 1.20a Did you pause the tape ONLY for breaks? 1.21a Did you buy a television just to watch Transformers? 1.22a ...or a VCR? 1.23a ...or a satellite dish? 1.24a ...or cable? 1.25a Do you watch Transformers with your friends? 1.26a ...with your significant other? 1.27a ...with your kids? 1.28a ...with your parents? 1.29a ...with people you met while watching Transformers? 1.30a Did you ever wear out your Transformer audio tape, CD, or video tape through excessive use? 1.31a Did you ever break your tape player, CD player, or VCR while repeatedly listening to/viewing Transformers material? 1.32a ...so badly that it couldn't be fixed? 1.33a Do you take notes while watching Transformers? 1.34a ...do you post them? 1.35a Have you ever reviewed Transformers (episodes or movie)? 1.36a ...for a newspaper or newsletter? 1.37a ...for a magazine? 1.38a ...for Usenet? 1.39a Do you recite the entire soundtrack of each show as you watch? 1.40a ...with sound effects? 1.41a Do you write down your own episode summaries? 1.42a Do you actively search for hidden inner meaning in Transformers episodes? 1.43a Do you watch particular scenes from Transformers more than 10 times in a row? 1.44a Would you like to fill up an 8 hour tape with just one scene, so that you don't have to keep rewinding? 1.45a Do you intently watch for mention of Transformers in movies, other TV shows, etc.? 1.46a ...and tape the relevant sections to add to your collection? 1.47a Do you have any Transformers commercials on tape? 1.48a Do you have any foreign Transformers commercials on tape? Part B: Classic Transformers 1.1b Do you have any US Transformers episodes on tape? 1.2b Do you have EVERY US Transformers episode on tape? 1.3b Do you have any Japanese Transformers episodes on tape? 1.4b Do you have all the Japanese-dubbed US Transformers episodes on tape? 1.5b ...all the "HeadMasters" episodes on tape? 1.6b ...all the "MasterForce" episodes on tape? 1.7b ...all the "Victory" episodes on tape? 1.8b ..."Transformers: Zone" and "Scramble City" on tape? 1.9b Do you have episodes in a language OTHER than English or Japanese on tape? 1.10b If you answered yes to any of the above, can I get copies? 1.11b Have you ever copied your Transformers tapes for a friend? 1.12b Have you ever copied your Transformers tapes for a complete stranger? 1.13b Do you have audio tapes of Transformers episodes? 1.14b Do you have audio tapes of EVERY episode (in any language)? 1.15b Do you have audio tapes consisting solely of all the music from the series? 1.16b Have you seen every episode broadcast in your area? 1.17b Have you seen EVERY episode (in any language)? 1.18b Have you seen EVERY episode in more than one language? 1.19b Have you taped every commercial or promotion for Transformers? 1.20b Do you keep multiple versions (original, Sci-Fi channel, G2) of Transformers episodes? 1.21b Did you edit out the G2 beginning, end, and commercial changes from episodes that you only have G2 versions of and insert the "correct" ones from original broadcasts that you DO have on tape? 1.22b Did you see the movie in a theatre? 1.23b ...when it was first released? 1.24b Did you beg/whine/plead to persuade your parent(s) to take you? 1.25b Did you proudly attend the showing without bribing a friend/relative/neighbour's child to go with you to avoid embarrassment? 1.26b Did you start watching Transformers when it was broadcast as Transformers: Generation 2? 1.27b ...when it was broadcast on the Sci-Fi channel? 1.28b ...when it premiered in Japan? 1.29b ...when it premiered on US television? 1.30b Do you want more episodes? 1.31b ...more than 100? 1.32b ...more than 1000? 1.33b ...would you watch them all? 1.34b ...would you pay for them to be made? 1.35b ...would you put together a production team and make them yourself? 1.36b Do you sing along with the cartoon's theme song? 1.37b Do you sing along with the movie soundtrack? 1.39b Did you go to see _The Professional_ in the theatre just because it had Transformers episodes playing in the background in several scenes? 1.40b Did you rent _The Professional_ just because it had Transformers episodes playing in the background in several scenes? 1.41b Did you buy a copy of _The Professional_ just because it had Transformers episodes playing in the background in several scenes? 1.42b Did you repeatedly watch _The Professional_ in order to figure out which episodes they were? 1.43b ...well, did you figure it out? 1.44b Have you ever noticed a continuity error in the series/movie? 1.45b ...did it annoy you? 1.46b ...did you lose sleep over it? 1.47b ...did you make up a very elaborate justification of why it isn't really a continuity error and fool yourself into believing it just so that you could get on with your life and not end up as crazy as the cartoon Galvatron? 1.48b Do you keep lists of continuity errors? 1.49b ...and send them to Hasbro/Sunbow demanding corrections? 1.50b ...and have them reply? 1.51b ...and admit that you were right and they messed up? 1.52b Do you notice whenever a character is off-model? 1.53b ...and make up justifications for it? (cf. 1.47b) 1.54b When they discontinued G1 did you throw a fit? 1.55b Were you upset when they brought back Optimus Prime but not Megatron? 1.56b Do you watch the movie daily? 1.57b ...twice a day? 1.58b ...in excess of 4 times a day? 1.59b Can you come up with an alternate ending where the Decepticons win for every show? 1.60b Do you believe that the show should have had 2 endings, so that the Decepticon fans wouldn't feel left out? 1.61b Do you make a list of all of the mistakes that the Decepticons make in the show in order to learn from them? 1.62b Do you know the name of the crazy professor who appeared in the first series? 1.63b Do you believe that _Transformers: the Movie_ is the best movie ever made? 1.64b Do you have any G1 Transformers commercials on tape (show, toys, movie, Happy Meal)? 1.65b Do you have any G2 Transformers commercials on tape (show, toys)? Part C: Beast Wars 1.1c Have you been watching Beast Wars since it premiered this season? 1.2c Have you been watching Beast Wars since it premiered in its first full season? 1.3c Have you been watching Beast Wars since its advance premiere? 1.4c Do you have any Beast Wars commercials on tape (show, toys, Happy Meal)? 1.5c Do you know which characters have appeared in the series? 1.6c Do you know which characters appear in each episode? 1.7c Can you identify which voice actors portray which characters? 1.8c Do you know the locations of the Maximal and Predacon symbols on every character? 1.9c Do you have any Beast Wars episodes on tape? 1.10c Do you have the Beast Wars premiere on tape? 1.11c Do you have EVERY Beast Wars episode on tape? 1.12c Do you have episodes in a language other than English on tape? 1.13c If you answered yes to the above, can I get copies? 1.14c Have you ever copied your Beast Wars tapes for a friend? 1.15c Have you ever copied your Beast Wars tapes for a complete stranger? 1.16c Do you have audio tapes of Beast Wars episodes? 1.17c Have you seen every episode broadcast in your area? 1.18c Have you seen EVERY episode? 1.19c Do you want more episodes? 1.20c ...more than 100? 1.21c ...more than 1000? 1.22c ...would you watch them all? 1.23c ...would you pay for them to be made? 1.24c ...would you put together a production team and make them yourself? 1.25c Have you ever noticed a continuity error in the series? 1.26c ...did it annoy you? 1.27c ...did you lose sleep over it? 1.28c ...did you make up a very elaborate justification of why it isn't really a continuity error and fool yourself into believing it just so that you could get on with your life and not end up as loopy as Waspinator on a sugar buzz? 1.29c Do you keep lists of continuity errors? 1.30c ...and send them to Kenner/Mainframe demanding corrections? 1.31c ...and have them reply? 1.32c ...and apologize? 1.33c ...and admit that you were right and they messed up? 1.34c Do you notice whenever a character is off-model? 1.35c ...and make up justifications for it? (cf. 1.47b) 1.36c Can you come up with an alternate ending where the Predacons win for every show? 1.37c Do you believe that the show should have 2 endings, so that the Predacon fans won't feel left out? 1.39c Do you make a list of all of the mistakes that the Predacons make in the show in order to learn from them? 1.40c Do you think that the Bee would make a better Predacon leader than Beast Wars Megatron? 1.41c Do you think that Tarantulas would make a better Predacon leader than Beast Wars Megatron? 1.42c Do you think that Inferno would make a better Predacon leader than Beast Wars Megatron? 1.41c Do you think that Waspinator would make a better Predacon leader than Beast Wars Megatron? 1.42c Do you think that YOU would make a better Predacon leader than Beast Wars Megatron? 1.43c Do you assert that the Bee IS the Predacon leader? 1.44c Have you convinced others of this? Section 2: Reading Habits Part A: General Questions 2.1a Have you ever read a Transformers comic? 2.2a Have you ever purchased a Transformers comic? 2.3a Do you still have it? 2.4a Do you have multiple copies of Transformers comics (one to read and one as a collector's item)? 2.5a Do you have more than 10 Transformers comics? 2.6a ...more than 50? 2.7a Do you have EVERY Transformers comic? 2.8a Have you ever had a friend who lives elsewhere buy comics not sold in your area for you? 2.9a Have you purchased every non-Transformers comic in which a TF character appears or is mentioned? 2.10a Have you ever reviewed Transformers comics? 2.11a ...for your own personal experience? 2.12a ...for a newspaper or newsletter? 2.13a ...for a magazine? 2.14a ...for Usenet? 2.15a Have you ever read a non-Marvel TF comic? 2.16a ...in a language other than English? 2.17a Do you want more TF comics? 2.18a ...more than 100? 2.19a ...more than 1000? 2.20a ...would you read them all? 2.21a ...would you pay for them to be made? 2.22a ...would you start your own publishing company and make them yourself? 2.23a Do you save magazine clippings that mention the Transformers? Part B: Classic Transformers 2.1b Do you have EVERY G1 Transformers comic? 2.2b ...including special series like Headmasters and G.I.Joe? 2.3b Do you have EVERY G2 Transformers comic? 2.4b ...EVERY UK Transformers comic? 2.5b Do you have any Japanese TF manga? 2.6b Do you have any TF comics in a language other than English or Japanese? 2.7b Have you ever written a letter to the letters column of a TF comic? 2.8b ...and actually sent it? 2.9b ...and had it published in the comic? 2.10b Does "Please, please don't mention issue #3" mean anything to you? 2.11b Have you been buying TF comics since the first issue of G2 was printed? 2.12b ...since the first issue of G1 was printed? 2.13b ...since you started reading a.t.t. and discovered a burning need to know what the Car Wash of Doom was and who The Mechanic was? 2.14b Have you ever read the 1995 _Woman's Day_ Christmas TF comic? 2.15b Do you own an original copy of it? 2.16b Have you ever read a Transformers book other than the comic? 2.17b Do you own one of them? 2.18b ...all of them? 2.19b Can you name a writer who worked on the Transformers comic series? 2.20b Can you name ALL the writers who worked on the Transformers comic series? 2.21b Can you recognize the writer(s) that worked on any given issue just by reading? 2.22b Can you name an artist who worked on the Transformers comic series? 2.23b Can you name ALL the artists who worked on the Transformers comic series? 2.24b Can you recognize the artist(s) that did any given issue just by looking? 2.25b ...at one page? 2.26b ...at one panel? 2.27b ...at one character? 2.28b Have you ever noticed a continuity error in the comic? 2.29b ...did it annoy you? 2.30b ...did you lose sleep over it? 2.31b ...did you make up a very elaborate justification of why it isn't really a continuity error and fool yourself into believing it just so that you could get on with your life and not end up as crazy as the cartoon Galvatron? 2.32b Do you keep lists of continuity errors? 2.33b ...and send them to Marvel demanding corrections? 2.34b ...and have them reply? 2.35b ...and apologize? 2.36b ...and admit that you were right and they messed up? 2.37b Do you notice whenever a character is off-model? 2.38b ...and make up justifications for it? (cf. 2.31b) 2.39b Have you ever read any of the TF Universe series? 2.40b Do you own any of the TF Universe series? 2.41b ...all of the TF Universe series? 2.42b ...the TF Universe compiled book? 2.43b Do you have any of the Blackthorne "Transformers in 3-D" Series? 2.44b ...all 3 issues in the series? 2.45b Do you own an official copy of the _Transformers: The Movie_ script? Part C: Beast Wars 2.1c Do you have any Beast Wars comics? 2.2c Do you own the Beast Wars introductory comic (from the bat Optimus Primal/alligator Megatron two-pack)? 2.3c Do you own the Botcon 97 Beast Wars comic? 2.4c Do you own any non-comic Beast Wars printed material (ex. TV Magazine, etc.)? 2.5c Can you name a writer who worked on a Beast Wars comic? 2.6c Can you name an artist who worked on a Beast Wars comic? 2.7c Do you notice whenever a character is off-model? 2.8c ...and make up justifications for it? 2.9c Have you ever read the "Beast Wars" introductory comic? 2.10c ...and decided _you_ could write a better explanation for Beast Wars? 2.11c ...and _written_ a better explanation for Beast Wars? 2.12c ...and posted it to a.t.t.? 2.13c ...and sent it to Kenner to show them how it _should_ have been done? Section 3: Transformers Knowledge Part A: General Questions 3.1a Have you ever participated in a Transformers trivia contest? 3.2a Have you ever won a Transformers trivia contest? 3.3a Have you ever won a non-Transformers trivia contest because of something you learned from watching/reading Transformers? 3.4a Can you name all the toy characters? 3.5a ...in order of first release? 3.6a Can you name ALL the characters that ever appeared in either series, the movie, comics, or toys, including non-Transformers? 3.7a Can you recite (from memory) complete descriptions of the appearance of more than five Transformers? 3.8a ...more than ten? 3.9a ...more than fifty? 3.10a ...more than a hundred? 3.11a ...ALL of the Transformers? 3.12a Can you recite (from memory) the tech specs and character descriptions for more than five Transformers? 3.13a ...more than ten? 3.14a ...more than fifty? 3.15a ...more than a hundred? 3.16a ...ALL of the Transformers? 3.17a Is there an episode that you know the title of? 3.18a Do you know all the episode titles? 3.19a Do you refer to episodes by title, rather than description? 3.20a Do you have the chronology of the Transformers memorized? 3.21a Can you alphabetize the names of all of the Transformers, in under 5 minutes? Part B: Classic Transformers 3.1b Can you sing the entire theme song (any version)? 3.2b ...backwards? 3.3b ...in a language other than English? 3.4b ...in a language it's never been aired in? 3.5b ...in Cybertronese? 3.6b Can you sing at least two of the movie songs OTHER than the Transformers theme? 3.7b ...in a language other than English? 3.8b ...in a language they've never been aired/recorded in? 3.9b ...in Cybertronese? 3.10b Can you sing ALL of the movie songs? 3.11b Do you sing them in the car? 3.12b ...in the shower? 3.13b ...in public? 3.14b ...to your friends? 3.15b ...to your Transformers? 3.16b Can you name any non-Transformer characters that appeared in the comic, cartoon, or movie? 3.17b ...other than the Witwickys? 3.18b ...or the Quintessons? 3.19b ...or the Sharkticons? 3.20b Can you name all the first-season cartoon's regular characters? 3.21b Can you name ALL the cartoon's regular characters? 3.22b ...in order of first appearance? 3.23b Can you name all the movie characters? 3.24b ...in order of appearance? 3.25b Can you name all the regular comic characters? 3.26b ...in order of first appearance? 3.27b Do you know the first airdates of every episode? 3.28b ...ALL the airdates of every episode? 3.29b Can you name at least one voice actor from the Transformers series? 3.30b ...from the movie? 3.31b Can you name the voice actors for every regular character? 3.32b ...for EVERY character? 3.33b Can you name someone other than a voice actor whose name appears in the credits? 3.34b Can you name EVERY name that appears in the credits? 3.35b Can you name an animation studio that did animation for Transformers? 3.36b Have you memorized an episode? 3.37b ...ALL the episodes? 3.38b ...the movie? 3.39b Can you perform them with a good impersonation of the voices? 3.40b Have you memorized an entire comic issue? 3.41b ...an entire comic story-arc? 3.42b ...ALL the comic issues? 3.43b Do you get all the references in "Dare to be Stupid"? 3.44b Do you get all Wreck Gar's references in the movie? 3.45b ...in the series? 3.46b ...without asking on a.t.t.? 3.47b Do you know Optimus Prime's original name? 3.48b And the name of the episode it was in? 3.49b Do you know how to spell Optimus's girlfriend's name? 3.50b Do you (not so) secretly wish that Hot Rod would just let Daniel fall into the lake and drown? 3.51b Do you secretly wish that everyone would just stop whining about Daniel and leave the poor kid alone? 3.52b Do you know which cartoon episode "City of Steel" is? 3.53b ...which comic issues star The Mechanic and The Car Wash of Doom? 3.54b Is it obvious to you why I lumped the above episode and issues together? 3.55b Do you look up the names of the Transformers in a dictionary or find the roots in their names in order to better understand them? 3.56b ...and get upset if the name doesn't match with the Transformer? Part C: Beast Wars 3.1c Can you name all the first-season cartoon's regular characters? 3.2c Can you name ALL the cartoon's regular characters? 3.3c ...in order of first appearance? 3.4c Can you name all the episodes in which each character appears? 3.5c ...and the vital statistics of the characters? 3.6c Can you name all the characters that appeared in a comic? 3.7c ...in order of first appearance? 3.8c Do you know the first airdates of every episode? 3.9c ...ALL the airdates of every episode? 3.10c Can you name at least one voice actor from the series? 3.11c Can you name the voice actors for every regular character? 3.12c ...for EVERY character? 3.13c ...and the career history for each voice actor? 3.14c Can you name someone other than a voice actor whose name appears in the credits? 3.15c Can you name EVERY name that appears in the credits? 3.16c Can you name the animation studio that does animation for Beast Wars? 3.17c Have you memorized an episode? 3.18c ...ALL the episodes? 3.19c Can you perform them with a good impersonation of the voices? Section 4: Creative Activities Part A: General Questions 4.1a Have you ever written a parody of a non-Transformers song to make it about Transformers? 4.2a ...more than one? 4.3a Have you ever sung one of your parodies in public? 4.4a Have you ever written a piece of Transformers fanfiction? 4.5a ...was it more than 10K? 4.6a ...more than 30K? 4.7a ...more than 100K? 4.8a ...did you make an audio recording of it? 4.9a ...did you animate it? 4.10a ...did you videotape it using TF toys? 4.11a ...did you act it out? 4.12a ...did you post it on Usenet? 4.13a ...was it well received? 4.14a Have you ever written a fanfic that only you would ever "get"? 4.15a Have you ever quoted a fanfic? 4.16a ...was it yours? 4.17a If not, did you quote it to the original author? 4.18a Have you ever had your fanfic quoted? 4.19a Have you ever appeared in someone else's fanfic? 4.20a ...without asking for it? 4.21a Have you ever created Transformers-related ray-traced fan art? 4.22a Do you do Transformers voice impressions? 4.23a ...that actually sound like the characters intended? 4.24a ...on your answering machine's outgoing message? 4.25a ...when leaving a message in someone's voice mail? 4.26a ...while speaking with an operator? 4.27a ...during a job interview? 4.28a ...and get hired anyway? 4.29a ...and get hired BECAUSE of it? 4.30a Have you ever submitted something Transformers-related for a grade? 4.31a ...did you get higher than a B? 4.32a ...even though the grader had never heard of Transformers? 4.33a Have you ever attempted to psychoanalyze any of the characters? 4.34a ...did you submit the results to Hasbro/Kenner/Marvel? 4.35a Do you have any Transformers tattoos? 4.36a Have you ever modified Transformers merchandise to make it cooler (like giving Ironhide or Ratchet real faces, repainting Rumble and Frenzy to make them the right colours, or adding details to Blackarachnia or Tarantulas)? 4.37a Have you ever made your own Transformers clothing or had someone else make it for you? 4.38a Have you ever created your own Transformers character? 4.39a ...designed your own Transformers toy? 4.40a ...and built it? 4.41a ...and had Hasbro/Kenner build it? 4.42a Have you come up with good reasons for Transformers characters to be holy or religious figures? 4.43a Do you hold any *serious* theological beliefs on the basis of or directly supported by clips from Transformers? 4.44a Have you ever requested a piece of Transformers artwork from some sort of artist? 4.45a Have you ever named a pet after a Transformers character? 4.46a Have you named any of your children after a Transformers character? 4.47a ...did your significant other understand? 4.48a ...did your friends know this was bound to happen? 4.49a Have you legally changed your own name to be the same as an Transformers character? 4.50a ...did your significant other understand? 4.51a ...and change his/her name too? 4.52a Do you have a Transformers shrine? 4.53a ...do your friends come to gawk? 4.54a ...did they try to copy your idea? 4.55a Have you ever had a Transformers related dream? 4.56a ...that came true? 4.57a ...that you wrote down and posted? 4.58a Have you ever re-enacted any Transformers story for your friends? 4.59a ...did you create props and use toys of the characters to help with the re-enactment? 4.60a Do you spend time practicing your character voice/s or accent/s? 4.61a Have you ever made your own Transformers toys because none of the stores where you live carried them? 4.62a ...then gone to a store a few weeks later and discovered that they sell Transformers toys there? 4.63a Did you make Transformers toys for yourself because the Hasbro/Kenner ones were so cheap and ugly that you knew you could do a better job? 4.64a Have you created any Transformers crafts other than artwork? 4.65a Have you ever been mistaken for an "animation/comic professional" due to the extent of your fan activities? 4.66a Have you ever responded to the posting of a fan-document with a posting full of material that _should_ have been in the fan-document, but wasn't? 4.67a ...was your post nearly as large as the original? 4.68a ...larger? 4.69a Have you ever given copies of your fan works to anyone involved in the production of Transformers? 4.70a Have you ever reviewed a TF toy for a fanzine? 4.71a ...for a prozine? 4.72a ...for the net (a.t.t, etc)? 4.73a ...more than one? 4.74a ...more than 10? 4.75a ...every toy that's come out since a.t.t. was created (Fall 1992)? 4.76a ...more than that? 4.77a Have you ever been annoyed that you couldn't be among the first to review a toy because it wasn't going to come out in your area? 4.78a ...and convinced your parents in another state to look for it so you could review it? 4.79a ...and paid extra to have someone from the early market ship it to you? 4.80a ...and *driven* over 100 miles to get it yourself rather than wait for the mail? Part B: Classic Transformers 4.1b Have you ever written a parody of a song from the show or movie? 4.2b Have you ever sung a Transformers song in public? 4.3b Have you ever sung a Transformers song to try and impress someone? 4.4b ...well, were they impressed? 4.5b Have you ever drawn Transformers-related fan art? 4.6b ...was it better than Galan? 4.7b ...better than Delbo? 4.8b ...better than Wildman? 4.9b ...better than Yaniger? 4.10b ...better than Senior? 4.11b Is it obvious to you why I named those artists in the order I did? 4.12b Have you ever made a plan to seize control of the world's energy resources? 4.13b ...did it work? 4.14b Have you painted or otherwise applied an Autobot or Decepticon symbol on your car? 4.15b Have you painted your car as an exact replica of an Autobot or Decepticon? 4.16b Have you considered rebuilding your car as an exact transforming replica of an Autobot or Decepticon? 4.17b ...well, did you do it? 4.18b Have you made a compilation video of your favourite scenes? 4.19b ...did you include any scenes with the Witwickys or other humans? 4.20b ...did you include any Wheelie scenes? 4.21b Did you ever come up with your own Return of Unicron script? 4.22b ...and publish it? 4.23b Have you come up with your own version of G2? 4.24b ...and written it down? 4.25b ...and published it? Part C: Beast Wars 4.1c Have you written a new theme for Beast Wars? 4.2c ...complete with appropriate lyrics? 4.3c Have you made a compilation video of your favourite scenes? 4.4c Have you ever drawn Beast Wars-related fan art? 4.5c ...was it better than Wildman? 4.6c Have you ever made a stuffed-toy version of a Beast Wars character? Section 5: Computer Habits Part A: General Questions 5.1a Do you read alt.toys.transformers? 5.2a ...more than once a week? 5.3a ...more than once a day? 5.4a ...have you read every article? 5.5a ...did you archive every article? 5.6a ...did you print them out? 5.7a Do you post to alt.toys.transformers? 5.8a ...more than once a week? 5.9a ...more than once a day? 5.10a Is your name immediately recognizable by all a.t.t. readers? 5.11a Do you post informational documents to a.t.t.? (FAQ, Tech Spec List, Toy List, Fanfic List, etc.) 5.12a Do you update the document regularly? 5.13a Have you ever posted a Transformers-related post to a group OTHER than a.t.t.? 5.14a ...was it a group that otherwise would have NOTHING to do with Transformers? (rec.arts.animation, rec.arts.anime, etc. don't count) 5.15a Have you ever posted a Transformers screen grab? 5.16a ...were you the one who digitized it? 5.17a ...did you alter it in any way? 5.18a Have you ever posted a Transformers sound sample? 5.19a ...were you the one who digitized it? 5.20a ...did you alter it in any way? 5.21a Have you ever posted a fanfic? 5.22a Have you ever posted on a.t.t. to correct another's spelling, or quoting of a line? 5.23a Have you ever posted something Transformers-related that was longer than 300 lines? 5.24a ...and that wasn't something uuencoded? 5.25a Have you ever posted to tell everyone how much you love the show/comic/toys? 5.26a ...to ask when the show is on in your area? 5.27a ...to tell everyone when the show is on in your area? 5.28a ...to tell everyone the show/comic/toyline has been renewed? 5.29a ...to tell everyone you're going on vacation? 5.30a Have you ever seen mass unrest in alt.toys.transformers? 5.31a ...was it because you posted something? 5.32a ...was it because you forgot to post something? 5.33a ...was it because you went on vacation? 5.34a ...was it because you asked about Unicron versus the Death Star? 5.35a ...was it because you insisted that it was FIBRIR, not FIRRIB? 5.36a ...was it because you called Ravage a dog? 5.37a ...was it because you spelled Elita-1 in some other way? 5.38a ...was it because someone posted that they'd seen extra scenes when they first saw the movie in the theatre? (ex. Prime turning to dust, Ultra Magnus being torn apart by Sweeps, etc.) 5.39a ...was it because _you_ posted that you'd seen extra scenes when you first saw the movie in the theatre? 5.40a ...was it because someone posted that they'd discovered an "uncut version" of the movie? 5.41a ...with _many_ extra scenes and appearances by additional TFs? 5.42a ...was it because _you_ posted that you'd discovered an "uncut version" of the movie? 5.43a ...would you like to condemn me to being Wheelie's roommate _and_ Daniel's babysitter for the rest of eternity for even mentioning the "uncut movie"? 5.44a Have you set up an FTP site, web site, mail server, or BBS just for Transformers? 5.45a ...and you spent over $100 to make it a better site? 5.46a ...and you spent over $500 to make it a better site? 5.47a ...and you spent over $1000 to make it a better site? 5.48a Do you have a web site/FTP site that includes TF-related material? 5.49a ...more than 500kb of TF-related material? 5.50a ...more than 1 Mb of TF-related material? 5.51a ...more than 5 Mb of TF-related material? 5.52a ...more than 10 Mb of TF-related material? 5.53a Is your account named after a Transformers character? 5.54a ...have you been confused for the real thing? 5.55a ...was it given to you without your asking? 5.56a Do you have over 1 MB of Transformers' sound samples on your computer? 5.57a ...more than 10 MB? 5.58a ...more than 50 MB? 5.59a ...more than 100 MB? 5.60a ...more than 1GB? 5.61a Do you have more than 1 MB of Transformers pictures? 5.62a ...more than 10 MB? 5.63a ...more than 50 MB? 5.64a ...more than 100 MB? 5.65a ...more than 1 GB? 5.66a Do you have more than 1 MB of Transformers fan fiction? 5.67a ...more than 10 MB? 5.68a ...more than 50 MB? 5.69a ...more than 100 MB? 5.70a ...more than 1 GB? 5.71a Do you attach Transformers' sounds to System Events on your home computer? 5.72a ...your computer at work? 5.73a Do you have a computer reserved solely for Transformers' sound samples? 5.74a Have you named a machine for a Transformers character? 5.75a Do you have the Transformers Toy List? 5.76a Have you memorized it? 5.77a Do you have Transformers icons on your computer? 5.78a Do you have a Transformers startup screen or wallpaper? 5.79a Do you have a Transformers screen saver? 5.80a ...that you designed yourself? 5.81a Do you have a Transformers font? 5.82a ...that you designed yourself? 5.83a Have you posted any photos, comics, or other printed material? 5.84a ...did you digitize it? 5.85a ...did you alter it in any way? 5.86a Did you buy your sound card just for playing Transformers sounds? 5.87a Did you buy your scanner just for scanning Transformers materials? 5.88a Did you buy your video capture board just for capturing Transformers video? 5.89a Did you buy your computer just to digitize Transformers sounds and images and read a.t.t.? 5.90a Did you buy your modem just to read a.t.t.? 5.91a Did you buy your colour printer just to print out Transformers graphics? 5.92a Have you coded a Transformers computer game, DOOM WAD files, Quake "skin" files, etc.? 5.93a Have you been mentioned in an a.t.t. informational document (FAQ, fanfic list, this test, etc.)? 5.94a Have you ever posted an article from the media reviewing or discussing Transformers? 5.95a Do you use a scanner to scan your TF boxes/cards? 5.96a Do you ask to borrow your friends' TF boxes/cards to scan? 5.97a Do you wish you had a scanner to scan your TF boxes, pictures, etc? 5.98a Do you use a Transformer's quote as your e-mail signature file? 5.99a Have you ever replied to a SPAM in order to delete a.t.t. from the list of newsgroups? 5.100a ...and been busted by your sys-admin for doing so? Part B: Classic Transformers 5.1b Do you have the ASCII art of the Autobot/Decepticon symbols? 5.2b Have you digitized the movie soundtrack? 5.3b ...and posted it or put it on an FTP or WWW site? 5.4b Do you have the Transformers comic summary lists? 5.5b Have you memorized them? 5.6b Do you have one of the Tech Spec lists? 5.7b Have you memorized it? 5.8b Have you ever played one of the C-64 Transformer computer games? 5.9b ...both of them? 5.10b Did you go out and buy an old C-64 just to play a Transformer computer game? 5.11b Have you ever spent more than 4 hours setting up a C-64 emulator in order to play one of the Transformers games? 5.12b ...did you ask a.t.t. for help setting it up? 5.13b ...did you give help to someone on a.t.t. to set it up? 5.14b ...did it work? 5.15b ...was the game worth it? Part C: Beast Wars 5.1c Do you correspond with Larry DiTillio via the newsgroup? 5.2c ...via e-mail? 5.3c Do you correspond with Bob Forward via the newsgroup? 5.4c ...via e-mail? 5.5c Do you know what BWADL stands for? 5.6c ...are you a member? 5.7c ...do you know someone who is a member? 5.8c ...have you ever posted something on behalf of BWADL? 5.9c Have you ever played the Beast Wars game on the PlayStation? 5.10c ...was it the beta version at Botcon 97? 5.11c Do you own the Beast Wars game for the PlayStation? 5.12c ...even though you don't own a PlayStation? 5.13c Did you buy a Sony PlayStation just to play the Beast Wars game? 5.14c Have you ever played the PC version of the Beast Wars game? 5.15c Do you own the PC version of the Beast Wars game? 5.16c ...even though you already own the PlayStation version? 5.17c ....even though you don't own a PC? 5.18c Did you buy a PC just to play the BW game? Section 6: MUSH Habits Part A: General Questions 6.1a Have you ever logged into a Transformers MUSH? 6.2a Was it the first MUSH you had ever logged onto? 6.3a Do you have or have you had a character on a TF MUSH? 6.4a ...an OC? 6.5a ...an FC? 6.6a ...an EFC? 6.7a ...more than one? 6.8a ...of opposite gender? 6.9a Do you know how many servers the MUSH you play on has been at? 6.10a ...since you started playing? 6.11a ...since it was founded? 6.12a Can you name them all? 6.13a ...by their numerical IP addresses? 6.14a Do more people know you by your character name than by your real name? 6.15a Have you ever introduced yourself by your character name? 6.16a ...on the phone? 6.17a ...in person? 6.18a ...and been recognized? 6.19a Have you ever gone to a get-together primarily to see other MUSHers? 6.20a ...and travelled more than 100 miles to get there? 6.21a ...more than once? 6.22a Have you ever organized a get-together of MUSHers? 6.23a Are you or have you been admin on a TF MUSH? 6.24a ...more than one? 6.25a ...simultaneously? 6.26a ...helpstaff? 6.27a ...charstaff? 6.28a ...wizard? 6.29a ...god? 6.30a Do you spend more than 1 hour/week on a MUSH? 6.31a ...more than 5? 6.32a ...more than 10? 6.33a ...every day? 6.34a Have you ever spent more than 30 straight hours on a Transformers MUSH? 6.35a ...and been awake the whole time? 6.36a Have you learned MUSHcoding to work for a TF MUSH? 6.37a Have you learned UNIX to work for a TF MUSH? 6.38a Have you learned C programming to work for a TF MUSH? 6.39a Have you bought a computer for a TF MUSH? 6.40a Did you list your TF MUSH experience on your resume? 6.41a ...and talk about it in a job interview? 6.42a ...and get hired? 6.43a ...because of it? 6.44a Have you ever participated in a live-action MUSH? 6.45a ...other than at Botcon? 6.46a Have you ever watched a live-action MUSH? 6.47a ...other than at Botcon? 6.48a Do you wish that you could MUSH? 6.49a ...but can't due to lack of time? 6.50a ...but can't due to your Internet service provider's policy? 6.51a Were you tempted to try MUSHing anyway? 6.52a ...but didn't because getting caught had severe penalties? 6.53a Did you ever try MUSHing despite a strict no-MUSHing policy? 6.54a ...did you get caught? 6.55a ...were the penalties severe? 6.56a ...was it worth it? Part B: Classic Transformers 6.1b Do you have a Transformers based character on a MUD/MUCK/MUSH? 6.2b ...do you stay in character? Part C: Beast Wars 6.1c Do you have a Beast Wars based character on a MUD/MUCK/MUSH? 6.2c ...do you stay in character? Section 7: Shopping Habits Part A: General Questions 7.1a Have you ever bought a Transformers related piece of merchandise? 7.2a ...before it was on the store's computer? 7.3a ...before the store stocked it? 7.4a ...out of the box they shipped it in? 7.5a ...and quoted Transformers while doing it? 7.6a Have you ever spent more than $500 on Transformers in one day? 7.7a ...not including Japanese Transformers? 7.8a ...other than at Botcon? 7.9a Have you ever imported Transformers merchandise from the US? 7.10a ...from Canada? 7.11a ...from Japan? 7.12a ...from Europe? 7.13a ...from Australia? 7.14a ...that cost as much in shipping as the actual product? 7.15a ...that you later discovered was available in your own country? 7.16a ...but you didn't care 'cos you got a package from another country? 7.17a ...that wouldn't actually work in your own country? 7.18a ...did you have to spend money to make it work? 7.19a Do you get recognized when you enter a toy store? 7.20a Do you get asked "do you have any new info on Transformers" by the people at the toy stores? 7.21a ...when you say 'yes', does the sales staff listen intently? 7.22a Have you ever talked about Transformers with a toy store employee? 7.23a ...for more than 5 minutes? 7.24a ...30 minutes? 7.25a Have you ever talked about Transformers with another shopper? 7.26a ...for more than 5 minutes? 7.27a ...30 minutes? 7.28a Have you ever been called by anyone at a toy store to let you know about Transformers merchandise? 7.29a Do you own over 500 Transformers? 7.30a Does all this occasionally cause you to doubt your sanity? 7.31a Do you have a Transformers shirt? 7.32a ...more than 2? 7.33a ...a different one for every day of the week? 7.34a ...for every day of the month? 7.35a ...for every day in a year? 7.36a Do you wear only Transformers stuff every day? 7.37a ...from head to toe? 7.38a Do you sleep in Transformers bedding? 7.39a Do you drink out of Transformers glasses? 7.40a Do you check the TF boxes/cards for the slightest hint of damage before buying them? 7.41a Have you ever walked through dangerous areas of the city to get to a store that sells Transformers? 7.42a Do you own any of the Botcon books? 7.43a ...all of the Botcon books? 7.44a Do you own any of the Botcon special-edition TFs? 7.45a ...two of them? 7.46a ...all of them? 7.47a Do you own the Botcon 97 CD? 7.48a ...highlights video? 7.49a ...concert video? 7.50a Do you own a Botcon 97 dinner-exclusive hand-painted decoy? 7.51a Do you own any other piece of special Botcon merchandise (ex. T-shirts, Botcon 95 magnet)? 7.52a Did you collect TFs right up until the cartoon ended? 7.53a ...after the toy line ended? 7.54a ...after the comic ended? 7.55a ...after G2 ended? 7.56a ...up until today with the Beast Wars? 7.57a Does your TF collection have all their weapons? 7.58a ...their Tech Specs? 7.59a ...their Instructions? 7.60a Do you constantly search for a better TF toy than you have of it already? 7.61a Does your collection HAVE to be MIB? 7.62a Have you searched for TFs in Department stores? 7.63a ...in the mall? 7.64a ...in EVERY mall within a 100 mile radius? 7.65a ...at comic/collectible toy stores? 7.66a ...at toy shows/conventions (other than Botcon)? 7.67a ...on the net? 7.68a ...at every Flea Market and Mart around? 7.69a ...at every Flea Market and Mart in the states around yours? 7.70a ...at every Garage sale you see? 7.71a ...by asking cousins or friends to search their basements for them? 7.72a ...by asking everyone you work with? 7.73a ...by asking people who come into where you work? 7.74a ...by stopping total strangers and asking them on the street? 7.75a ...by dialling random phone numbers and acting like a telemarketer? 7.76a ...by taking an ad in a newspaper or magazine? 7.77a Did you buy Transformers so much that your parents got so mad that they banned you from ever buying them again? 7.78a Do you own every piece of Transformers merchandise ever made from every country? Part B: Classic Transformers 7.1b Do you own a version (cassette, CD, or LP) of the Transformers Soundtrack? 7.2b ...more than one version? 7.3b Do you own the single of "The Touch"? 7.4b Do you own an official copy of the video of "The Touch"? 7.5b Did you buy the Sailor Moon CD just because Stan Bush sang "She's Got the Power" on it? 7.6b Have you ever forced a captive audience of non-fans to listen to the TF Soundtrack? 7.7b Have you purchased a Transformers videotape (original or Canada-only re-releases)? 7.8b ...2 of them? 7.9b ...3 of them? 7.10b ...All of them? 7.11b Did you try to order the movie videotape/laserdisk? 7.12b ...even though it wasn't available? 7.13b Did you ask the video store every week if the video/laserdisk was available? 7.14b Did they ask you to stop coming in and asking whether the video/laserdisk was available? 7.15b Did you finally rent the original video from a video store then "lose" it and pay the fine in order to finally get a copy? 7.16b Did you buy the Canada-only videotape re-release of the movie? 7.17b ...even though you already had a previous version? 7.18b Do you own any of the TF stories on audio cassettes/records? 7.19b Do you have the Transformers party merchandise (invitations, napkins, etc.)? 7.20b ...colouring book(s)? 7.21b ...G2 Tiger Handheld Electronic Game? 7.22b ...collector's case(s)? 7.23b ...race car set? 7.24b ...toy train set? 7.25b Do you own a G1 Transformer? 7.26b Do you own five G1 Transformers? 7.27b ...twenty-five G1 Transformers? 7.28b ...seventy-five G1 Transformers? 7.29b ...two hundred G1 Transformers? 7.30b ...Fort Max? 7.31b ...ALL the G1 Transformers? 7.32b Do you own any Headmasters? 7.33b ...Targetmasters? 7.34b ...Micromasters? 7.35b ...Action Masters? 7.36b Do you own a G2 Transformer? 7.37b Do you own five G2 Transformers? 7.38b Do you own ALL the G2 Transformers? 7.39b Do you own a piece of G2 merchandise _other_ than the action figures (O.P. punching bag, etc.)? 7.40b Do you have more than 3 pieces of Transformers merchandise that are not toys (G1 or G2)? 7.41b Do you own a Machine Wars Transformer? 7.42b ...two Machine Wars Transformers? 7.43b ...ALL the Machine Wars Transformers? 7.44b Do you own a Japanese Transformer? 7.45b ...five Japanese Transformers? 7.46b ...twenty-five Japanese Transformers? 7.47b ...fifty Japanese Transformers? 7.48b ...over one hundred Japanese Transformers? 7.49b Did you buy a Playskool "My First Transformer" because you were desperate to buy SOMETHING, ANYTHING Transformer-related and the stores didn't have any new G2 stuff in yet? 7.50b Did you then decide to buy all three "My First Tfs" just because they were called Transformers? 7.51b Do you own a Transformer trading card? 7.52b ... own 50? 7.53b ... own 100? 7.54b ...own all the cards-even duplicates? 7.55b Would you buy dogfood if it had an Autobot or Decepticon symbol on it? 7.56b ...even though you don't have a dog? 7.57b Do you know what a Diaclone is? 7.58b Did you ever SEE any? 7.59b Do you own any? 7.60b Do you have any of the little drivers? 7.61b Can you name one Diaclone other than the BLUE Bluestreak? 7.62b Did you ever get any of these because there was a shortage of TF's? 7.63b Did you call them FAKES and destroyed them in battles, and now wish you hadn't? 7.64b Have you ever seen a knock-off of a Transformers toy? 7.65b Can you identify the real Transformer that the knock-off was based on? 7.66b Have you ever bought a knock-off of a Transformers toy? 7.67b ...as a substitute for a real Transformer toy? 7.68b ...to repair a real Transformer toy? 7.69b ...and modified it to make a new TF toy? 7.70b Do you own any of the G1 Transformers Happy Meal toys? 7.71b ...five of them? 7.72b ...ALL of them? 7.73b Do you own at least 1 complete set of Transformers that merge into a giant robot? 7.74b ...five complete sets? 7.75b ...ten complete sets? 7.76b ...ALL of them, including the Japanese exclusives? Part C: Beast Wars 7.1c Did you buy any Beast Wars toys? 7.2c Have you bought more than five Beast Wars toys? 7.3c ...more than ten BW toys? 7.4c ...ALL the Beast Wars toys? 7.5c Do you own more than one Bee? 7.6c Do you own more Bees than Scorponoks? 7.7c Do you own any Regular Beast Wars figures? 7.8c ...any Deluxes? 7.9c ...any Megas? 7.10c ...any Ultras? 7.11c ...any BW Microverse sets? 7.12c Do you own any of the BW combiners? 7.13c Do you own any TransMetals? 7.14c ...any Fuzors? 7.15c Do you own any of the Japanese Beast Wars toys? 7.16c ...is it Shadow Panther? 7.17c Do you own any of the first set of Beast Wars Happy Meal toys? 7.18c ...two of them? 7.19c ...the "under-3" toy? 7.20c ...ALL of them? 7.21c Did you have to browbeat the McDonald's employees into finding them for you? 7.22c ...into putting them in a Maximal or Predacon box instead of a Littlest Pet Shop box? 7.23c Did you proudly purchase the toys for yourself without taking a younger friend or relative with you to avoid embarrassment while buying the toys? 7.24c Did you try to get the Beast Wars Happy Meal display? 7.25c Did they refuse to give it to you, so you got it the Decepticon way? 7.26c Did you only eat at McDonald's because they had TF Happy Meals? 7.27c Did you threaten to sue the chain because they were out of the Transformer you wanted? 7.28c ...well, did you sue? 7.29c Did you yell to cars in the drive-in line, "Leave now! They're out of Transformer toys?" 7.30c Did you plead for a TF Happy Meal box, even though there's no food or toy inside? 7.31c Did you absolutely refuse to accept a Littlest Pet Shop replacement, not only because you wanted Transformers, but because it's the show that replaced TFs when the Generation 2 show was taken off the air? 7.32c Did you buy the Beast Wars card game? 7.33c Did you buy any of the Canada-only Beast Wars merchandise? 7.34c ...one of the Metallix puzzles? 7.35c ...the backpack? 7.36c ...the placemat that could only be purchased with the video? 7.37c ...one of the pajama sets? 7.38c ...one of the T-shirts/sweatshirts? 7.39c ...the jogging pants? 7.40c ...the Optimus Primal or Dinobot slippers? 7.41c ...even though none of the clothing items will fit you? Section 8: Miscellaneous Part A: General Questions 8.1a Will you use the results of this test to try to impress people? 8.2a Would the people you hang around with be impressed by your score on this test? 8.3a Have you ever been offended by a question on this test? 8.4a ...would you like to go play fetch with Ravage? 8.5a Do you have any friends that work at Hasbro/Kenner? 8.6a ...have you met them in person? 8.7a Have you met one of the voice actors, animators, artists, or writers? 8.8a ...more than once? 8.9a ...more than five times? 8.10a ...did you travel more than 100 miles to get there? 8.11a ...more than 500 miles? 8.12a ...more than 1000 miles? 8.13a Did you ever apply for a job at Marvel/Hasbro/Kenner? 8.14a ...did they hire you? 8.15a ...as soon as you walked in the door? 8.16a ...was this the job interview from 4.39? 8.17a Have you made a Transformers fan out of someone? 8.18a ...more than 5 people? 8.19a ...more than 10? 8.20a ...everyone you know? 8.21a ...everyone you encounter? 8.22a Have you ever endeared yourself to (or gone on a date with) someone solely for the purpose of getting their Transformers away from them? 8.23a ...well, did you get their Transformers? 8.24a ...was it worth it? 8.25a Have you ever mailed/e-mailed the broadcasters of Transformers? 8.26a ...did you get a reply? 8.27a Are you highly annoyed that your score on this test implies you're not much of a fan? 8.28a ...will you be losing sleep over this? 8.29a ...will you be sending questions to me in the hopes that I'll include them and that you can increase your score? 8.30a Have you ever submitted a question to me for this test? 8.31a ...did the question get used? 8.32a Do you keep anything Transformers-related from the newspaper, whether it's an article or a picture of a toy that's being advertised for $12.99 at Toys'R'Us? 8.33a Have you dressed up as a Transformers character for Halloween? 8.34a ...and made your costume transform? 8.35a Have you ever used Transformers as a mascot(s) for a club? 8.36a ...for a fraternity? 8.37a ...for an organization not mentioned above? 8.38a Have you attended a Botcon? 8.39a ...two Botcons? 8.40a ...ALL the Botcons? 8.41a Have you attended an anime or giant robot-themed convention other than Botcon? 8.42a Did you travel more than 100 miles to attend Botcon or another anime or giant robot-themed convention? 8.43a ...more than 500 miles? 8.44a ...more than 1000 miles? 8.45a ...more than 3000 miles? 8.46a Have you ever organized/helped organize a Transformers-related event? 8.47a Was it an event for a Botcon? 8.48a Was it a Botcon? 8.49a Have you ever travelled anywhere when your primary reason for doing so was to see one or more a.t.t.er(s)? 8.50a ...did you travel more than 100 miles? 8.51a ...more than 1000 miles? 8.52a ...more than 3000 miles? 8.53a Do you go to stores to memorize/take notes of the Tech Specs on the back of TF boxes? 8.54a Do you have any robot points? 8.55a ...more than 20? 8.56a ...more than 100? 8.57a ...more than 200? 8.58a ...more than 300? 8.59a Do you wish robot points were still really worth anything? 8.60a Would you eagerly give up your current life to be part of a Transformers production team (episode/comic)? 8.61a Have you ever wondered how to build your own real live Transformer? 8.62a Do you consider the Transformers a valuable learning tool? 8.63a Do you study/work better with Transformers episodes playing in the background? 8.64a Do you spend time regularly make believing that you are a Transformer? 8.65a Do you spend several minutes a day wishing you had all of the Transformers merchandise? 8.66a Have you ever seriously thought that your life could be seriously improved if you were a Transformer rather than a human? 8.67a Have you ever taken multiple rolls of film of your TF collection? 8.68a ...or of a piece of TF artwork created by you? 8.69a Have you ever put the name of a TF on a "Hello my name is" sticker? 8.70a ...other than at Botcon? 8.71a Do people refuse to be around you because of your Transformer obsession? 8.72a Have you ever completed a Myers-Briggs Type Indicator Test for a TF? 8.73a ...for more than five TFs? 8.74a ...for ALL the TFs? 8.75a ...and posted the result(s) to a.t.t.? 8.76a Do you have a complete collection of taped episodes indexed by shows relevant to any given topic? 8.77a ...do you use the index to illustrate points with clips from Transformers when you have friends over to your house? 8.78a ...do you bring the tapes with you so can illustrate points at your friend's houses? 8.79a Do you bring them everywhere so you can illustrate points no matter where you go? 8.80a Do you deliberately start conversations that have relevant allusions in Transformers just so you can show the clips? 8.81a Do you have an obsession with Transformers above real people? 8.82a ...and do you refuse to seek professional help and get a real girl/boyfriend? 8.83a ...would it be impossible for someone like you to get a real girl/boyfriend anyway? 8.84a ...would you only get involved with someone equally obsessed with Tfs? Part B: Classic Transformers 8.1b Have you ever said, "Bah weep graaagnah wheep, ni ni bong!" when introducing yourself to someone? 8.2b ...other than at Botcon? 8.3b Do you quote Transformers in conversation? 8.4b ...more than once a day? 8.5b ...besides the Universal Greeting, "Roll out", or "Till all are one"? 8.6b Do you quote Transformers to people who have never seen it? 8.8b Have you ever been to Oregon? 8.8b ...was it because of Transformers that you went? 8.9b Do you consider any of the characters (Transformers or other) to be your role model? 8.10b When faced with a difficult decision do you resolve it by thinking, "What would do?" 8.11b 1 bonus point if the character you chose was Optimus Prime or Megatron. 8.12b 2 bonus points if the character you chose was Bumblebee or Starscream. 8.13b 3 bonus points if the character you chose was Grimlock. 8.14b 4 bonus points if the character you chose was a Witwicky or Wheelie. 8.15b -1 point if the character you chose was a Quintesson. 8.16b -2 points if the character you chose was a Sharkticon. 8.17b Have you ever called your local broadcaster or Hasbro/Sunbow? 8.18b ...to tell them about how great Transformers is? 8.19b ...to get some inside information? 8.20b ...to get new episodes? 8.21b Have you ever argued about the movie song lyrics? 8.22b ...were you right? 8.23b ...did you call the writer to clear things up? 8.24b Have you ever argued about which is better, the cartoon or the comic? 8.25b Have you ever argued about FIRRIB? 8.26b ...on a.t.t.? 8.27b ...with Frenzy? 8.28b Are you annoyed that your favourite characters aren't regulars on the show/in the comic? 8.29b ...have you tried to get someone to change this? 8.30b ...did they try? 8.31b Are you annoyed that the Autobots always win? 8.32b ...have you tried to get someone to change this? 8.33b ...did they try? 8.34b Do you wonder why there seem to be five times as many Autobots as Decepticons and the Autobots always win yet in the movie all they have control of are a couple of Cybertron's moons while the Decepticons control Cybertron? 8.35b ...have you made up an elaborate explanation for this and posted it to a.t.t.? 8.36b Has it ever bothered you that one shot kills Autobots in the movie yet they were virtually indestructible before it? 8.37b ...have you ever made up an elaborate explanation for this (other than that it was part of a marketing ploy to introduce new Transformers into the toy line) and posted it to a.t.t.? 8.38b Did you note all the differences between the Unicron story as in the movie and the story in the comic and write to Marvel demanding a corrected comic? 8.39b ...or to Marvel/Sunbow demanding a corrected movie? 8.40b Have you ever requested a song from the TF movie on the radio? 8.41b ...did it get played? 8.42b ...did it become a popular song after? 8.43b Do you play Transformers songs while driving? 8.44b ...to work every day? 8.45b ...to school every day? 8.46b ...while travelling? 8.47b ...while travelling to Botcon? 8.48b ...while cruising? 8.49b Have you ever argued about Skyfire/Jetfire's name? 8.50b Have you ever argued about what make/model of car or type of airplane a Transformer was? 8.51b ...were you right? 8.52b Have you ever had problems with airport security because you had Megatron (in gun mode) in your luggage? 8.53b Would you want to be a Transformers character (yourself, not an existing one)? 8.54b ...even if you could never go back to "real life" again? 8.55b ...even if you had to take over Cyclonus's job as Galvatron's punching bag for the first century or two? 8.56b ...even if you had to be Wheelie's room-mate and listen to his rhymes twenty-four hours a day for the next few centuries? 8.57b Has anybody asked you the question, "What are Transformers?" 8.58b ...did you tell them? 8.59b ...did you sing them the theme song? 8.60b ...did you sing all the songs from the movie? 8.61b Do you want a Transformers Role Playing Game to be made? 8.62b Would you design it? 8.63b Fund it? 8.64b Did you get upset when they changed the colours of the G2 Transformers? 8.65b Were you as ticked as Galvatron when the Nebulans bonded with the Decepticons? 8.66b Have you come up with a psychological recovery plan for Galvatron? 8.67b Do you actively refer to certain ways of doing things in terms of Transformers (ie: The Galvatron way, The Hot Rod Way)? 8.68b Did you get your G1 Transformers when they first came out? 8.69b Did your parents stand in line for hours to get them for Xmas? 8.70b Did you get interested in getting them after seeing More than Meets the Eye? 8.71b Did you then change from GiJoe to the Transformers as your favourite toys? Part C: Beast Wars 8.1c Do you quote Beast Wars in conversation? 8.2c ...more than once a day? 8.3c Do you quote Beast Wars to people who have never seen it? 8.4c Do you consider any of the characters to be your role model? 8.5c When faced with a difficult decision do you resolve it by thinking, "What would do?" 8.6c 1 bonus point if the character you chose was Optimus Primal. 8.7c 2 bonus points if the character you chose was Rhinox or Blackarachnia. 8.8c 3 bonus points if the character you chose was Rattrap or Tarantulas. 8.9c 4 bonus points if the character you chose was Waspinator, Inferno, or MegaBee. 8.10c -1 point if the character you chose was Terrorsaur. 8.11c -2 points if the character you chose was Megatron. 8.12c Have you ever called your local broadcaster or Kenner or Mainframe? 8.13c ...to tell them about how great Beast Wars is? 8.14c ...to get some inside information? 8.15c ...to get new episodes? 8.16c Have you ever argued about which is better, Beast Wars or G1? 8.17c Are you annoyed that your favourite characters aren't regulars on the show? 8.18c ...have you tried to get someone to change this? 8.19c ...did they try? 8.20c Are you annoyed that the Predacons always screw up? 8.21c ...have you tried to get someone to change this? 8.22c ...did they try? (I won't ask if it worked, because it obviously didn't...) 8.23c Have you ever argued about what kind of insect or animal a Beast Wars Transformer was? 8.24c ...were you right? 8.25c Would you want to be a Beast Wars character (yourself, not an existing one)? 8.26c ...even if you could never go back to "real life" again? 8.27c ...even if you had to take over Waspinator's position as "the universe's chew toy" for the first century or two? (Great description, MSipher!) 8.28c ...even if you had to be Cheetor's room-mate for the next few centuries? 8.29c Has anybody asked you the question, "What is Beast Wars?" 8.30c ...did you tell them? 8.31c ...did you summarize the entire cartoon story-arc to date? 8.32c Have you ever played the Beast Wars card game? 8.33c Do you play the Beast Wars card game at least once a month? 8.34c ...once a week? 8.35c ...once a day? 8.36c Did you get upset when they reused the names of the G1 Transformers for BW? 8.37c Do you actively refer to certain ways of doing things in terms of Beast Wars (ie: The Rattrap Way, The Rhinox Way, The Tarantulas Way, The Inferno Way)? SCORING Take the total number of "yes" answers you had for sections 1-8, and add any bonus points. Now find out just where you rank: 0-25 Sharkticon: If you had a brain, you'd be dangerous. OR BW Scorponok: If you stopped chattering your claws so loudly, you might actually be able to hear what's going on. 26-50 Quintesson: If you could make up your mind which face to use, you might actually watch Transformers. OR Terrorsaur: Your memory is as reliable as your loyalty. 51-75 Wheelie: Your memory's worse than your rhymes. OR Cheetor: Slow down and you might not fall into so many traps! 76-100 Galvatron: Your circuits are a little too scrambled for this test. OR BW Megatron: Nooo, you did not do very well. You need to work on your plan more carefully next time, yesss... 101-125 Frenzy: You'd do better if you could pick one colour ...um, I mean answer... and stick to it. OR Quickstrike: Not quite quick enough on the draw this time... 126-150 Blurr: Stop watching the show on fast forward! OR Tigatron: Meditate less, watch more! 151-200 Prowl: Logic will get you a long way, but this test is really too illogical for logic. OR Airazor: Perhaps you need to spend less time with Tigatron? 200-250 Swindle: You watch whenever you sense something worthwhile will be on. OR Tarantulas: You obviously see the webs within the webs. 251-300 Nightbird: You're a Transformer at heart. OR Blackarachnia: You're the brains of this outfit - not the brawn. 300-400 Grimlock: You love a good story about petro-rabbits. OR Dinobot: It would be dishonorable to fail to pay close attention. 400-500 Omega Supreme: A little steadfast resolve gets you a long way. OR Rattrap: A good spy has a good memory. 500-600 Starscream: A few more points and you might make Decepticon Leader. OR Waspinator: Wazzzpinatorrr knowzzzz everythinnnng! Wazzzpinator STAR! 600-700 Unicron: Good try, but not quite good enough. OR Rhinox: Almost perfect, but you took too much time to smell the flowers. 700-800 Rodimus Prime: Caretaker of the Matrix, ready to light our darkest hour. OR BW Inferno: Your knowledge burrrrrnnnnnssss a light in the dark of ignorance! 800-900 Optimus Prime: The one true leader of the Autobots. OR Megatron: Decepticon Ruler Supreme OR Optimus Primal: Well, you're just PRIME. 901+ You're not a Transformer, but there's a very nice room reserved for you on Web World. OR MegaBee: You know who's *really* in charge... Most of the questions were written by me - Diana Calder (az529@freenet.carleton.ca; dcalder@mnsi.net). Other contributors include: Lynn Ayres (8.22a); Dave van Domelen (4.70a-4.80a); TheWeeter (7.52a-.76a, 7.57-.63b, 8.68b-.71b); Naomi Novik (6.1a-.33a, 6.36a-.43a); Allan M Liangco (4.10a-.11a, 5.95a-.98a, 7.40a, 7.51b-.54b, 8.153a); MSipher (1.5b-.7b, 7.29a); Steve (liberace@acs.bu.edu) (7.41a); Alexander Vandell (1.41a-.44a, 1.54b-.63b, 3.20a-.21a, 3.55b-.56b, 4.21b-.25b, 7.77a-.78a, 7.73b, 8.60a-.66a, 8.69a-.71a, 8.61b-.67b ); Becky Roman (7.26c-.31c); Dan Campbell (5.99a-.100a); Doug Dlin (3.4c-.5c, 3.13c); Dave (Zobovor001@aol.com) (1.8c, 1.10c, 5.1c-.2c); Robert Jung (1.48a, 7.64b-.69b, 7.74b-.76b); H. Jameel al Khafiz (1.40c, 1.43c-.44c, 7.5c-.6c) Submissions of questions for the next version of the test are always welcome, but please e-mail them to me directly. My newsfeed doesn't always get all posts. Those who contribute to the test will receive credit for their contributions. 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