Transformers Hall of Fame

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.

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 as 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 Budiansky2010Writer of the original Marvel Transformers comics and most of the Generation One character profiles.
Peter CullenLong-serving voice actor of Optimus Prime in several incarnations of the franchise, most notably The Transformers, Transformers Prime, and the film franchise.
Kōjin ŌnoDesigner of first Transformers toys.
Hideaki YokeTakara's lead designer of Transformers.
Michael Bay[6]2011Director of the first five Transformers live-action films.
Steven SpielbergExecutive Producer of the live-action films.
Simon Furman2012Writer of a multitude of Transformers comics.
Chris LattaVoice actor for Starscream, Wheeljack, and Sparkplug Witwicky in The Transformers.
Stan Bush2014Songwriter and vocalist of several songs from The Transformers: The Movie.[7]
Frank Welker2015Voice actor for several characters, most notably Megatron and Soundwave in The Transformers, Transformers Prime, and the film franchise.
Vince DiColaComposer of The Transformers: The Movie.
David Kaye2016Voice actor for several characters, most notably Megatron in Beast Wars, Beast Machines, and the Unicron Trilogy and Optimus Prime in Transformers Animated.
Judd NelsonVoice actor for Hot Rod in The Transformers: The Movie.
"Weird Al" YankovicSongwriter of Dare to Be Stupid, featured on the soundtrack of The Transformers: The Movie
Voice actor for Wreck-Gar in Transformers Animated.
Susan Blu2017Voice actor for Arcee in The Transformers and Transformers Animated.
Voice director for Beast Wars, Beast Machines, Transformers Animated and Transformers Prime.
Lorenzo di BonaventuraProducer of the live-action films.
John Barber2018Editor in Chief of IDW Publishing.
Writer of a multitude of Transformers comics published by IDW.
Flint Dille2019Story editor and scriptwriter for The Transformers.
Takashi KunihiroTakara Transformers toy designer.
Gregg Berger2020Voice 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 GuidiTransformers comic artist for Dreamwave Productions and IDW Publishing.
Henry Orenstein2022Helped to bring the original toys to Hasbro in America over from Takara in Japan.
Takio Ejima2023Designed several Transformers toys.
Marcelo Matere 2025Character designer & concept artist.

Character inductees

InducteeClassContinuity
Optimus Prime2010Multiple
Bumblebee
Megatron
Starscream
DinobotBeast Wars
Soundwave2011Multiple
Ironhide
Ratchet
Waspinator
Grimlock2012
Jazz
Shockwave
Wheeljack
Beast Wars Megatron2013Beast Wars/Beast Machines
Ultra MagnusMultiple
Arcee2014
Rodimus Prime
Prowl2015
Predaking
Cosmos2016
Optimus PrimalBeast Wars/Beast Machines
Galvatron2017Multiple
BarricadeMovieverse
TrypticonMultiple
Blackarachnia2018
BattletrapGeneration One
Skywarp2019Multiple
Omega Supreme
Knock Out2020Prime
Sky LynxGeneration One
Inferno2021Beast Wars
Tigatron
Lugnut2022Multiple
MotormasterGeneration One
Sky-Byte2023Multiple
Optimus PrimeUnicron Trilogy

Fans' choice finalists

2010

InducteeContinuity
Dinobot[8]Beast Wars
GrimlockMultiple
Jazz
Shockwave
Soundwave

2011

InducteeContinuity
WaspinatorMultiple
ErectorGeneration 1
GrimlockMultiple
Jazz
Shockwave

2012

InducteeContinuity
WheeljackMultiple
ArceeMultiple
Beast Wars MegatronBeast Wars/Beast Machines
RodimusMultiple
Sky-Byte

2013

InducteeContinuity
ProwlMultiple
Arcee
Beast Wars MegatronBeast Wars/Beast Machines
RodimusMultiple
Ultra MagnusMultiple

References

  1. ↑ "Transformers Hall of Fame: A Brief History". Hasbro. 2015-04-13. Archived from the original on 2015-05-20. Retrieved 2015-05-18.
  2. ↑ "More than meets the eye as the Transformers convention hits Disney world". Orlando Attractions Magazine. 2010-06-23. Archived from the original on 2013-01-26. Retrieved 2015-05-18.
  3. ↑ Zeman, Phil (2011-03-29). "Transformers Hall of Fame – 2011 Voting Open! | ASM". Asmzine.com. Archived from the original on 2014-08-08. Retrieved 2014-08-04.
  4. ↑ "MTV Geek – Democracy in Action: 2011 Transformers HOF Fan's Choice". Geek-news.mtv.com. Archived from the original on April 16, 2011. Retrieved 2014-08-04.
  5. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-02-13. Retrieved 2011-04-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. ↑ "The Transformers Hall of Fame Inducts Michael Bay, Immediately Explodes - Topless Robot - Nerd news, humor and self-loathing". Topless Robot. 2011-06-10. Retrieved 2014-08-04.
  7. ↑ "BotCon Update: Stan Inducted into Hall of Fame!". Stan Bush. 2014-06-24. Retrieved 2014-08-04.
  8. ↑ "Transformers Hall Of Fame Nominee - Dinobot". www.cooltoyreview.com.
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