A mate of mine
Took a girl he was very keen on to a restaurant during the early days of their courtship. We were at Uni at the time, as had she been for a year longer than us, so this was a grand gesture indeed. He was talking about this date non-stop for a week in advance.

Thing is, the reason he was looking forward to it so much is because he booked the table under the name of Galvatron. He didn't tell her this until they got to the restaurant and, when prompted for his name, he apparently puffed out his purple-shirted chest and said in his best Leonard Nimoy voice, "Gal-va-tron!"

To his credit, the concierge simply consulted the list and said "Right this way, Mr Galvatron". This mental image cracks me up to this day.

She's still with him
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 16:09, 11 replies)

Galvatron?
De-ris please.
(Vice Admiral Sir Charles Cockbrush KCB MBE DSO, who is finding it increasingly difficult to log into b3ta.com wants to duck your aunt and kick your puppy, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 16:18, closed)

you don't know Galvatron?
Galvatron was leader of the decepticons - forged from what remained of Megatron by Omicron, the Planet Eater.

Go and rent Transformers: The Movie...
(Chad, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 16:22, closed)

Thank you for clearing that up :-)
But the planet-eater was called Unicron... was about to make a flip remark along the lines of "Go rent and re-watch Transformers: The Movie" but name Omnicron rings a vague bell. American version perhaps?
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 16:24, closed)

not sure now - too long since I watched it...
I think I saw it with Omnicron, though.

It was, however, Orson Welles' last ever role. That and Eric Idle voicing the leaderof the Junkbots, whilst having a montage track sung by Weird Al Yankovic, means that this film is about 99/100 on the cool-o-meter.
(Chad, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 16:28, closed)

Nowhere else will you find this level of respect for so geeky a subject
Hats off, sir
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 16:47, closed)

I always thought
it was a place in Texas that Glen Campbell sang about...
( difficultchild, Thu 21 Jan 2010, 1:29, closed)

I confess
I am that geeky...

I had the comics delivered religiously every week as a kid and I will even admit to liking the new live-action films.

On an unrelated note, I actually liked the new GI Joe film as it took me back to the days when I got the comic (Action Force in the UK) and had a collection of the toys. In fact, it made me want to raid my parents' loft to recover them, but I retained my dignity. I was, however, gutted that the whole arc between Snake Eyes and White Shadow was done and dusted in a single fight scene - and also that they did away with the whole "Snake Eyes is blind, but his Ninja skills are so awesome it just makes him harder to distract" thing...
(Chad, Thu 21 Jan 2010, 11:58, closed)

Sheeeeesh
In Junkions!
(The Boy Monders I have ginger bits in my beard., Thu 21 Jan 2010, 9:45, closed)

It's Unicron.
Ah, I see some one beat me to it! However, Unicron is Unicron in the west. Jap version could well be different though!
(The Boy Monders I have ginger bits in my beard., Thu 21 Jan 2010, 9:44, closed)

One day
I'm going record a version of 'Galveston' by Jimmy Webb, but all about the reincarnation of Megatron...

Galvaton, oh Gal-va-trooon, Starscream usurped you and now he's crying...

One day I will. Ideas don't pay the rent.

*EDIT* Aaah I see difficultchild has the same idea. It's like Wallace and Darwin now.
(theremin put the lotion in the basket on, Thu 21 Jan 2010, 11:19, closed)

Can I just say
How bloody delighted I am to have found so many fellow TransFormers geeks. I knew I was here for a reason. Oh, and Chad; me too, absolutely (not so much Revenge of the Fallen) and completely agree. You obviously know your onions
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 21 Jan 2010, 12:01, closed)