Meanings
- slanglifestyleThe live-action Transformers film franchise, launched in 2007 with an eponymous film, and directed exclusively by Michael Bay until 2018.
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2011, Gen Con Indy 2011 program book, "Anime Panels & Events", page 1382 more examples
For a generation of mecha Anime fans, brought up on Mobile Suit Gundam and Neon Genesis Evangelion, this film succeeds far beyond the league of Bayformers in presenting brilliant, powerful mecha action.
2013 July 23, Vincent Chiang, “The Most Colossal Movie of the Year”, in Woroni, Australian National University, page 21Unlike the ‘Bayformers’ there is a very small cast of Decepticons (the bad guys) who are extremely well done because they are actually threatening and show they are the bad guys through what they believe in.
2019, Thomas Mann, review of Bumblebee, Peacock (Leicester Grammar School, Leicester, UK), February 2019, page 7Synonyms: Bayverse
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounThe live-action Transformers film franchise, launched in 2007 with an eponymous film, and directed exclusively by Michael Bay until 2018.
Origin
Blend of Bay + Transformers, after American director Michael Bay.
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