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[[Image:SarahDeath.jpg|thumb|right|190px|[[Optimus Prime]], brutally murdering [[Sarah Jackson]].]]

'''''Transformers''''' is a long-running media franchise, first introduced with a toyline in 1984 by [[Hasbro]] and {{w|Takara}}. They are more than meets the eye, because the Transformers are robots in disguise as vehicles (or animals, in the case of the [[Wikipedia:Transformers: Beast Wars|Beast Wars]] toyline). While different generations of the toyline vary, they all revolve around the battle between the protagonists, [[Optimus Prime|the Autobots]], and their war with the evil forces of the Decepticons. [[Chris]] has been fascinated with the Transformers since he was young, and even well into adulthood imbues his Transformers toys with great significance. Transformers have become a major presence in his [[Sonichu (comic)|comics]].

Chris began selling off his Transformers figures in [[April 2018]],<ref>[[2018 Sales Listings#April]]</ref> due to extortion by the [[Idea Guys]]<ref>[[The Chris-Chan Extortionists]]</ref> putting into jeopardy whether he would be able to attend the 2018 [[BronyCon]].<ref>[[April 2018 social media posts]]</ref> However, his interest in Transformers was reignited in late [[2023]], after he was released from [[Jail Saga|jail]] and moved into [[Big Island]].

==Transformers in Chris's life==
While Chris isn't a dedicated collector, the jumbled mass of crap that fills his room includes several Transformers toys. Of particular note is his [[Optimus Prime]] toy, which he has often used as a sort of totem to reinforce his heterosexuality. When [[Clyde Cash]] forced him to "admit" that he was gay, Chris held his Prime toy tightly throughout [[Chris Comes Out of the Closet|the video in question]], which he later explained was a way of asserting his straightness in spite of his words.

In [[Christian Weston Chandler's FUTURE MESSAGE]], Chris compares his Transformers and ''[[My Little Pony]]'' figurines as ways of studying the traits of the opposite gender and using them as roleplay models. It's possible that Chris really does practice what he preaches, and might pick Transformers and ''My Little Pony'' toys as comforting remnants of his (actual) childhood from the '80s and '90s.

Some of Chris's favorite popular music comes from [[Wikipedia:The Transformers The Movie: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack|the soundtrack]] to the animated movie ''[[Wikipedia:The Transformers: The Movie|The Transformers: The Movie]]''. He once recorded a [[Cwc dare|video]] of himself singing [[Wikipedia:Stan Bush|Stan Bush]]'s "Dare", and downloaded a number of other songs from the soundtrack – like [[Parody|"Dare to Be Stupid" by "Weird Al" Yankovic]] – from [[List of Chris's Rhapsody.com downloads|Rhapsody.com]]. "[[Wikipedia:The Touch (Stan Bush song)|The Touch]]" was also Chris's choice of song for [[SingStar Challenge Round 4|round 4]] of the [[SingStar Challenge]] against [[Liquid Chris]]. Chris also plagiarized one of Megatron's lines from the movie (''"I would have waited an eternity for this – it's over, Prime!"'') during the battle with Reldnahc in [[Sonichu #10|issue ten]]. In fact, the scenes in both cases are extremely similar – the hero is downed and evidently defeated, before performing one last defiant attack against the villain as they stand over them. Chris fills the role of Optimus Prime and Reldnach is Megatron – further evidence of Chris's self-identification with Optimus.

==Transformers in ''Sonichu''==
While they were not originally part of the ''Sonichu oeuvre'', Transformers slowly crept into the spotlight. [[Bagget]]'s "Change-Bot" [[Crackder]] was the first to join the series, in [[Sub-Episode 7]] of [[Sonichu 4|''Sonichu #4'']]. Later on [[Sonichu 9|''Sonichu #9'']] would introduce a flood of new Transformers, including [[Punchy]]'s motorcycle [[Prower]], the comic version of Chris's car [[Son-Chu]], the [[Jerkop Punislav]], and [[Armoraxe]].

In the comics, the Transformers are divided into the [[Samurai Pizza Bots]], the unfortunately named defenders of [[CWCville]], and the [[Decepti-Clones]], a much larger army under the control of the [[Private Villa of Corrupted Citizens]]. The Decepticons working for PVCC come in three variants and are all mass produced. They attack the city with [[Mary Lee Walsh]]'s [[Jerkop]] army in ''Sonichu #9'' and are completely wiped out during the course of the battle.<ref>http://archive.sonichu.com/cwcipedia/index.php?title=Issue_9/Page_92</ref> The Autobots are far less numerous, only numbering five members, but are evidently much more powerful than their counterparts, as while the entire Decepti-Clone army is destroyed during the Battle of CWCville, the Autobots [[Chris and writing|do not lose a single member]].

==Transformers elsewhere==
For reasons that remain difficult to determine, Chris chose to depict the 18-wheeler that killed [[Sarah Jackson]] with Optimus Prime's distinctive red and silver paint job. Either Chris intentionally drew a Transformer crushing his would-be sweetheart, or (more likely) the image just bubbled up out of his infamously limited imagination.

[[Gun Comic]] features Chris shooting his rival [[CChanSonichuCWC]] with what looks very much like an early Megatron toy. The [[Megatron pistol|real-life version]] also appears in some of Chris's videos. In [[CWC is Angry]] he shot at a picture of [[Adam Stackhouse]] with the mock pistol, while in the [[War Paint Video]] he used it to threaten all of his general enemies.

After Clyde Cash claimed in [[Mumble 12]] to have killed [[BlueSpike]], Chris later referred to Clyde as "the Starscream troll", a reference to the Decepticon faction's treacherously ambitious air commander who frequently tries to seize power from Megatron.

On numerous occasions within the [[2016]] election period, Chris has used the Transformers Titans Return Voyager Class Sentinel Prime toy as a physical representation of [[Pmurt|Donald J. Trump]] to [[Eid, Pmurt, Eid|beat on and smash]].<ref>[[September 2016 Facebook posts]]</ref> He states he uses the toy as an effigy due to its primary color being orange, akin to Trump's skin tone.<ref>[[Feelings_of_the_election_results]]</ref> Curiously, the character was [https://desu-usergeneratedcontent.xyz/co/image/1472/65/1472658214991.jpg used in recent comics] as an analog to Trump – his primary motivation as a villain was to purge the populace of Cybertron of new arrivals and restore it to its former glory. The topic has been joked about heavily among fans, but it's unclear if Chris is aware of this. Given the release of this toy during the [[Financhu Crisis]], it shows that Chris is still incapable of being [[Chris and money|fiscally responsible]].

On 30 [[July 2019]], [[MKR]] posted images of ''Transformers'' R34 in a Discord server, to which Chris responded, "I was curious about the twitchy servos in that for a while, but it ended up being hit-or-miss with me."<ref>[[Midnight's Nightlings and Starettes#Hit-or-Miss R34]]</ref>

On 4 [[January 2021]], Chris bought a Funko Pop figure of ''Transformers'' character Starscream, then mentioned to MKR that he thought it was something she would like and asked for confirmation of her address. MKR replied that the figure was cute and sent her address details.<ref>[[The Place chats (January 2021)#Transformers Funko Pop for MKR]]</ref>

In late 2023, Chris again developed a fixation on ''Transformers''. In [[December 2023]], he recorded [[Fan Mail and Cwcville Autobots]] and [[Transformers - Past Ideas Reemerging]]. He also repeatedly mentioned ''Transformers'' on social media, posting about the G1 animated series and showing off photos of his custom ''Transformers'' toys.<ref>[[December 2023 social media posts]]</ref>

==Transformers Legacy United Merged‎==
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File:Twitter - Medatron - 28Jan2024.jpg|Custom Transformer "Medatron"
File:OfficialCWCmart - Custom Medallion Commission, Handcrafted by CWC8.jpg|Autobot Logo [[Medallion]] 
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==See also==
*[[Decepti-Clones]], Mary Lee Walsh's failbots of PVCC.
*[[Emgo316]], a YouTuber who reviews ''Transformers''.
*[[Megatron pistol]]
*[[Optimus Prime]]
*[[Samurai Pizza Bots]], Chris's failbots of CWCville.
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