Generation 1: The original Transformers cartoon featured a rotating series of commercial bumpers which changed by season. The music for all seasons remained the same, however, with Victor Caroli narrating "The Transformers will return after these messages" and "We now return to The Transformers", while a character transformed. The animation for the season 1 and 2 bumpers was provided by Toei while the animation for the season 3 and 4 bumpers was provided by AKOM. Amusingly, at the end of each episode, it was announced the Transformers would return, only to come back to the end credits.
The commercial bumpers were among the many aspects of the cartoon subjected to aural desecration by Kid Rhino. Whereas the original bumpers featured only music and the narrator's voice, the Rhino DVD releases included lasers, squealing tires, revving engines, swooshing sounds, and transformation sound effects, none of which were present in the original.
The Japanese dub replaced Victor Caroli with Issei Masamune yelling "Exciting Transformer!", and had sound effects added to them. During the 2010 series, the regular music in the bumpers was replaced with "TRANSFORMER 2010".
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