Thread of Thoughts, Questions (and Maybe Even Answers) That Don't Deserve Their Own Thread

[LBD "Nytetrayn"]

I'm not certain about that. Outside of "two sides" nothing in G1 really seems overly Cold War-ish.

I thought Megatron's name literally came from the whole nuclear scare (plus an "r")?

 

[LordGigaIce]

I thought Megatron's name literally came from the whole nuclear scare (plus an "r")?

I think it was just "Megaton" but sci-fi'd up with "tron" (which was released two years previously).
"Megaton" was probably floating in the lexicon because of the nuclear scare thing, but like... I wouldn't say the Cold War stuff really comes through in G1? Arguably the themes G1 did have didn't even come through half the time anyway.