Transformers Hall of Fame

The official Transformers Hall of Fame was created by Hasbro to honor the most distinguished people behind the Transformers toy and entertainment franchise, along with some of the more popular Transformers characters.^[1] The Hall of Fame contains 32 characters and 22 humans as of April 2022.

Selection process

Each year, Hasbro selects which individuals will be inducted into the human portion of the Hall of Fame. Hasbro also selects certain characters which it feels are deserving of enshrining in the Transformers portion of the Hall of Fame.^[2] For the purposes of the Hall of Fame, characters are not differentiated between the different continuities. Character biographies tend to reflect the characters as they are represented in Hasbro's current unified continuity.^[3]

Hasbro solicits additional nominations from various Transformers fan sites for the Fans' Choice Inductee. The top five nominees are eligible for election to the Hall of Fame, and voting takes place in April on the official Transformers website. The winner is announced at the Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony.^[4]

Induction ceremony

The Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony occurs each year at BotCon, the official Transformers fan convention. The event is semi-formal, with inductees and presenters in formal attire, with attendees in business casual attire. In 2010, the ceremony was a dinner held at the Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Resorts and Convention Center in Lake Buena Vista, Florida.^[5] The 2011 ceremony was held at the Pasadena Convention Center in Pasadena, California.

Each human inductee is awarded a trophy, depicting Optimus Prime holding up the Matrix of Leadership, and is allowed to make an acceptance speech. Each character inducted, and each Fans' Choice finalist, is honored with a music video. (Erector was honored with a mockumentary, rather than a music video.) The Fans' Choice Inductee is revealed with a music video set to "The Touch."

Inductees

Human inductees

Inductee	Class	Contribution
Budiansky, BobBob Budiansky	2010	Writer of the original Marvel Transformers comics and most of the Generation One character profiles.
Cullen, PeterPeter Cullen	2010	Long-serving voice actor of Optimus Prime in several incarnations of the franchise, most notably The Transformers, Transformers Prime, and the film franchise.
Ono, KojinKōjin Ōno	2010	Designer of first Transformers toys.
Yoke, HideakiHideaki Yoke	2010	Takara's lead designer of Transformers.
Bay, MichaelMichael Bay[6]	2011	Director of the first five Transformers live-action films.
Spielberg, StevenSteven Spielberg	2011	Executive Producer of the live-action films.
Furman, SimonSimon Furman	2012	Writer of a multitude of Transformers comics.
Latta, ChrisChris Latta	2012	Voice actor for Starscream, Wheeljack, and Sparkplug Witwicky in The Transformers.
Bush, StanStan Bush	2014	Songwriter and vocalist of several songs from The Transformers: The Movie.[7]
Welker, FrankFrank Welker	2015	Voice actor for several characters, most notably Megatron and Soundwave in The Transformers, Transformers Prime, and the film franchise.
Dicola, VinceVince DiCola	2015	Composer of The Transformers: The Movie.
Kaye, DavidDavid Kaye	2016	Voice actor for several characters, most notably Megatron in Beast Wars, Beast Machines, and the Unicron Trilogy and Optimus Prime in Transformers Animated.
Nelson, JuddJudd Nelson	2016	Voice actor for Hot Rod in The Transformers: The Movie.
Yankovic, Al"Weird Al" Yankovic	2016	Songwriter of Dare to Be Stupid, featured on the soundtrack of The Transformers: The Movie Voice actor for Wreck-Gar in Transformers Animated.
Blu, SusanSusan Blu	2017	Voice actor for Arcee in The Transformers and Transformers Animated. Voice director for Beast Wars, Beast Machines, Transformers Animated and Transformers Prime.
di Bonaventura, LorenzoLorenzo di Bonaventura	2017	Producer of the live-action films.
Barber, JohnJohn Barber	2018	Editor in Chief of IDW Publishing. Writer of a multitude of Transformers comics published by IDW.
Dille, FlintFlint Dille	2019	Story editor and scriptwriter for The Transformers.
Kunihiro, TakashiTakashi Kunihiro	2019	Takara Transformers toy designer.
Berger, GreggGregg Berger	2020	Voice actor for several characters, most notably Grimlock in The Transformers and subsequent media.
Moschitta Jr., JohnJohn Moschitta Jr.	2021	Voice actor for Blurr in The Transformers and Transformers Animated.
Guidi, GuidoGuido Guidi	2021	Transformers comic artist for Dreamwave Productions and IDW Publishing.
Orenstein, HenryHenry Orenstein	2022	Helped to bring the original toys to Hasbro in America over from Takara in Japan.
Ejima, TakioTakio Ejima	2023	Designed several Transformers toys.

| Matere, Marcelo Marcelo Matere || 2025|| Character designer & concept artist.

Character inductees

Inductee	Class	Continuity
Optimus PrimeOptimus Prime	2010	Multiple
BumblebeeBumblebee	2010	Multiple
MegatronMegatron	2010	Multiple
StarscreamStarscream	2010	Multiple
DinobotDinobot	2010	Beast Wars
SoundwaveSoundwave	2011	Multiple
IronhideIronhide	2011	Multiple
RatchetRatchet	2011	Multiple
WaspinatorWaspinator	2011	Multiple
GrimlockGrimlock	2012	Multiple
JazzJazz	2012	Multiple
ShockwaveShockwave	2012	Multiple
WheeljackWheeljack	2012	Multiple
Beast Wars MegatronBeast Wars Megatron	2013	Beast Wars/Beast Machines
Ultra MagnusUltra Magnus	2013	Multiple
ArceeArcee	2014	Multiple
RodimusRodimus Prime	2014	Multiple
ProwlProwl	2015	Multiple
PredakingPredaking	2015	Multiple
CosmosCosmos	2016	Multiple
Optimus PrimalOptimus Primal	2016	Beast Wars/Beast Machines
GalvatronGalvatron	2017	Multiple
BarricadeBarricade	2017	Movieverse
TrypticonTrypticon	2017	Multiple
BlackarachniaBlackarachnia	2018	Multiple
BattletrapBattletrap	2018	Generation One
SkywarpSkywarp	2019	Multiple
Omega SupremeOmega Supreme	2019	Multiple
Knock OutKnock Out	2020	Prime
Sky LynxSky Lynx	2020	Generation One
InfernoInferno	2021	Beast Wars
TigatronTigatron	2021	Beast Wars
LugnutLugnut	2022	Multiple
MotormasterMotormaster	2022	Generation One
Sky-ByteSky-Byte	2023	Multiple
Optimus PrimeOptimus Prime	2023	Unicron Trilogy

Fans' choice finalists

2010

Inductee	Continuity
DinobotDinobot[8]	Beast Wars
GrimlockGrimlock	Multiple
JazzJazz	Multiple
ShockwaveShockwave	Multiple
SoundwaveSoundwave	Multiple

2011

Inductee	Continuity
WaspinatorWaspinator	Multiple
ErectorErector	Generation 1
GrimlockGrimlock	Multiple
JazzJazz	Multiple
ShockwaveShockwave	Multiple

2012

Inductee	Continuity
WheeljackWheeljack	Multiple
ArceeArcee	Multiple
Beast Wars MegatronBeast Wars Megatron	Beast Wars/Beast Machines
RodimusRodimus	Multiple
Sky-ByteSky-Byte	Multiple

2013

Inductee	Continuity
ProwlProwl	Multiple
ArceeArcee	Multiple
Beast Wars MegatronBeast Wars Megatron	Beast Wars/Beast Machines
RodimusRodimus	Multiple
Ultra MagnusUltra Magnus	Multiple