Trivia / Transformers G 1 Five Faces Of Darkness

• Acting for Two: The redubbed scene with Wheelie and Blurr in Part 3 has John Moschitta doing both characters.
• The Other Darrin:
  • Most of the Celebrity Voice Actors have been replaced (e.g. John Stephenson as Kup instead of Lionel Stander, Frank Welker as Galvatron instead of Leonard Nimoy)
  • Powerglide is Masashi Ebara instead of Hirotaka Suzuoki in the Japanese version of Part 5.
  • In Part 3, Wheelie's dialogue after he suffers damage is provided by John Moschitta instead of Frank Welker.
  • Onslaught is voiced by Terry McGovern instead of S. Marc Jordan in Part 1.
• What Could Have Been:
  • Ted Schwartz was supposed to take over as Rodimus. Even though Richard Gautier was cast instead, dialogue that Ted Schwartz recorded can be heard during the recap at the start of Part 2 and for one line in Part 3 on Goo.
  • Part 3 and 4 would’ve had Wheelie suffering damage that causes him to speak like an intellectual instead of rhyming, while Blurr realises the danger they’re in and starts talking normally. Evidently, someone at the network didn’t like this, since all references to it were removed after animation and the dialogue (badly) redubbed by John Moschitta.
  • Shockwave originally had Blitzwing’s role, including the deja vu with the Quintessons (as part of his production bible backstory as an ancient Transformer), but Hasbro had him removed most likely because of Shockwave's ambigious death in the film. In addition, Shockwave would’ve accepted Rodimus’ offer to become an Autobot, getting lauded for it.

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