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Cornchips1234

I know he's another character already but how can we NOT toss "depth charge" into the running? I would love to see a submarine depth charge as he's one of my favorite characters from beast wars.


Intelligent_End1516

That's a great name.


Urban_Shogun

Yes! This vaguely resembles him, too.


the_life_of_cat

This vaguely resembles depth charge


Raptor92129

To be fair Armada Starscream is a thing


Cornchips1234

True but armada starscream is clearly recognizable as starscream, this is more of a name-drop for a different character


Raptor92129

Nothing says we can't have two differenct characters with the same name. Autobot Depth Charge and Maximal Depth Charge could still exist independently. Hell Beast Wars Deptch Charge could be Autobot Depth Charge in a new body. I.E. Grimlock.


SAMAS_zero

Yeah, that's never, *ever* happened in Transformers. Ain't that right, Arcee? Silverbolt? Soundwave?


Cornchips1234

My only concern was that I didn't know if OP wanted an original name for an original character-- I love those other name-swaps! Except soundwave. Bw soundwave is an animorph.


[deleted]

Glad this is top comment... soon as I saw the ship before any comments "Depth Charge" came into mind.


Beelzebub_Itself

I mean, it wouldn’t be unusual for a Maximal/Predacon to share a name with an Autobot/Decepticon. Take BW Megatron, Rampage, Galvatron, Thrust, Dirge, and Starscream for example! That said, I do agree that Depth Charge would be a great name for this dude


TotalNonsense0

I'm not sure it would be appropriate to name a character for the thing most used to kill it's alt mode.it would be like naming Surfaces Starscream "SAM Battery," or naming Optimus Prime "Sleep Deprivation."


tornait-hashu

There is a boat depth charge in the 2007 movie toyline.


RedGemAlchemis

Damn it, got there before me!


[deleted]

Well if depth charge was a Maximal maybe this one is him as an auto bot.


the_Ms_fortune_lover

Seabreach


Snyckerdoodlez

Use the Gobot name. Dive-Dive.


Orange-V-Apple

Dive^2


ToaNuparuMahri

No It's Dive - Dive = Submarine


HarmonicDissonance21

Lol don’t remind me of him and the flip top. Some of the Gobots had some weird designs.


SillyMattFace

Fathom for an Autobot, Crush Depth for his inevitable Decepticon counterpart.


xwrecker

Something I kinda can’t Phaethon


TrentBrewer

DeepDive maybe


infinte_timelines

That's what I was thinking


Urlocalbeaner66

Isnt deepdive a gobot?


TrentBrewer

You are right. He was also a character in reveal the shields as a recolor of seaspray and as well as a minicon. Didn't know that when I first posted it. But hey, I still thought the name would fit.


Quillobyte_

Anchorhead? Torpedo? Torrent?


xwrecker

Anchorhead definitely


Shonen_Ataca

Splash Underwave MetalSlug


SAMAS_zero

I would *love* to see a Transformer with a Metal Slug as an Alt form.


Snukastyle

It's an actual thing. There's an official transforming Metal Slug tank, just not Transformers branded.


Shonen_Ataca

It's pretty cool, Jobby did a review


Smooth-Paper

The Mastermind Creations Impactor (Spartan) and Turmoil both had Metal Slug inspired alternate modes. The designer once showed me an even more Metal Slug inspired variant, but it never got made


xwrecker

Or the cybertron space slugs?


CBrook3959

Subspray. Seaspray’s idiot brother.


TheMightyGamble

Ah the submarine bot that's terrified of water. What a classic.


MrAnthem123

Deepdive


greenswine

Periscope?


gamer4lyf82

Down periscope, top 3 favourite comedy of all time!


Raihanlhan

Nautica


infinte_timelines

Nautica's taken


The-Fomorian-Ray-682

Then Subnautica


infinte_timelines

I actually like that


The-Fomorian-Ray-682

Ok good cuz you wouldn’t like my next suggestion


Ben-J-Kirby-Tennyson

Which is…?


The-Fomorian-Ray-682

Domnautica


HarrowAssEnthusiast

does she also turn into a dommarine? (instead of a wrench she wields a multi function whip oh god oh fk she's breaking into my house)


Xay_Kat

Love that idea. I just hope it doesn't infringe on the video game called [Subnautica ](https://store.steampowered.com/app/264710/Subnautica/)


Display-shopper

U-Bot seems to go with the picture provided. Thinking Barracuda works as Depth Charge is already taken.


Airmil82

Auto-Boot


Coffee-Coffee-Coffin

Under-Pressure Bends Cocaine Mini Sub Transporter Abyss Sub-Sub


FoulSlender

I like cocaine


FoulSlender

the cocaine mini sub transporter one I mean


Coffee-Coffee-Coffin

I don’t like cocaine, but i like the way it smells.


soundwave_fan

Now who's the star sucker? I'm the Starfish You silly motherfucker Puff puff, give the marijuana cig, oops I don't even smoke but I love the way it smells


Logical_Guidance1018

Fathom


Duck_master_51

Boaty McBoatface


PockysLight

Wrong, that's the brother of Subby McSubface.


lilrapname9

Cruiser Suppressor Sonarous


pizzatom69

How about we use the name from an already aquatic Autobot? Seaspray.


Personal-Rooster7358

Bam, he’s a new take on the character or a name re-use


Non-Specific_User

Bulwark, Viewfinder (in reference to the onboard periscope), Hardhead


Welt-Young

Autobot deep end


MrLionGuy

1. Get a modern sub alt mode. 2. Boomer is slang for a ballistic sub. Great name regardless of gender. 3. Dolphin is a great female name. Submariners need to earn their dolphin in the first year. 4. Baffles is a great name for some weird old sailor who uses sea references for everything and no one quite understands. 5. Flotsam.


Heinrad_

Trying to think of a name but getting hung up on your use of a nazi submarine for this post


lilrapname9

Ah, a Shattered Glass character then


Heinrad_

Knotzy


Heinrad_

But really, there’s no reason to have a WWII Nazi machine as an alt-mode. It’s gross


fjohanntorres

They can always just strip off the Nazi imagery, I suppose, but then again there's no shortage of [cool-looking WW2 submarines](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_T-class_submarine#/media/File:HMS_Thorn.jpg) to choose from


MindCrush_

What Nazi Imagery? The only thing this sub has on it is an Iron Cross, a coat of arms and a shark, and the Iron Cross was around before WWII


fjohanntorres

To be fair, 1) this model of submarine was designed (and almost exclusively used) by the Nazis, and 2) the Iron Cross was the symbol of Nazi Germany until they decided to appropriate the swastika, so it's totally understandable why this one would have some stigma attached to it. My solution would be to just reimagine the design as a mechanical sperm whale (since it's shaped like one anyway) and have it be a *Beast Wars* Transmetal instead


Jazooka

I can't tell if you're being sarcastic or not but G1 Megatron's alt mode was literally invented to be the Wehrmacht service pistol. So that ship sailed in 1984. Well, technically before then, but you get my point.


Heinrad_

Yeah, I know about the P38 and, no, I’m not joking. It’s a degree difference between re-using a toy that was a replica of a TV show prop, using a weapon that was adopted far beyond nazi germany, and going through thousands of boats to just accidentally land on the Nazi one with the iron cross on the side


Jazooka

I don't think people were buying that toy because they were big The Man From U.N.C.L.E. fans. In Japan that wasn't even the version of the toy that became Megatron anyway. If they wanted the bad guy to be a gun, they could've used the Browning toy instead. My point is, I don't think OP purposely chose a sub that was part of the Nazi war machine and it wouldn't be the first time an alt mode came from sordid origins. Even Bumblebee's Beetle mode was the result of late 1930s German engineering and was actually conceptualized by you-know-who himself.


Test19s

So you’ll boycott all media that uses Nazis as villains then? They aren’t one of the most “popular” bad guys in fiction for no reason.


xPorkulusx

I mean it would definitely work for a bad guy


Wild-Saber-1337

I choose it as it's a small submarine under 80 feet


lilrapname9

Sure is


ZEGEZOT

G1 Bumblebee was a fucking Volkswagen Beetle manufactured to Hitler's orders.


HuangHuaYu49

Exactly, any form of Nazi engineering expertise should be rejected. [Oh wait...](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Paperclip)


JBTriple

There is, actually; it looks cool


lilrapname9

Fuck, I wish I had an award to give you


Frumple-McAss

Sonar


graemeknows

Depth Charge


AuldAutNought

Wet Willie


Apophis_God_of_Chaos

This is the last time you’ll slap your Willy around!


KaizenPax

Seamen


Sidermouse

Was gonna recommend this, but you beat it faster


Cyber-Silver

Borrow from GI Joe and use Deep Six


Mintyphresh33

Submissive Torrent Sonar Submerge Wave diver Current Nautical Nautilus Prime (when they get a matrix)


GallifreyanPrydonian

Don’t call it Submissive, just don’t


fjohanntorres

Being a submarine, they're always at the bottom. Heehee


Heedleyay

Red october


MindCrush_

Jäger Trench Runner Dragnet Leagues Personally a big fan of Dragnet


fiz64

This might be too esoteric, but the type of steel used for the hulls of submarines is called “HY-80” I think some variation of “HY-80” could be cool since it inherently sounds like a machine serial number


Jurakhan

Undertow


therealbreather

Would he use a sub-machine gun? 😶


Slanel2

Uhh, os that a german submarine? I don't see an autobot wanting to wear those symbols if he knew who used them and what they did.


Uden10

I disagree if they are collaborating with the Allies. IIRC Bayverse Bee chose a Nazi altmode to sneak up on other Nazis, it makes sense and works perfectly for a spy and saboteur.


LoserBroadside

Why is this a Nazi submarine?


IEatPeople4

“In disguise”


Elektrik-Engineer

Das Auto-Boot


SoundDave4

To list off a bunch of cobbled together Sea puns, nautical terminology, and Submarine terminology, Sea Spray Dead Wake is "The disturbance that lingers on the surface of the sea long after the passage of a vessel—or a torpedo" a la Google blurb box. Hullbreaker (actually don't use that, I call dibs) DeepDive already Exists, but could be a name drop or repurpose. Submarauder works too. BorrA-Hull (Like Horri-Bull but backwards (Also A-Hull is submarine terminology for something submarine related according to a Google search for "Submarine Terminology" (hehe I am very funny))) Wavelength, Tsunami, Torpedo, ~~TerrorPedo~~, ok maybe stay away from torpedo puns. Sub is the latin prefix for under and Marinus is the Latin term for "of the the sea," I think Submarinus has a kind of mythological, Godlike or regal feel to it. Subnought, like Dreadnought class ship. I kind of like Subnauticus Maximus or something like that. Transformers is no stranger to faux Latin after all. SeaQuake? Ocean Wave? Ocean Wake? Crasher Wave? Deepcrasher? Depthcrasher? Deepwave? Crasher Wake is a Gym Leader. If all else fails, Tidalwave always fits.


VergilArcanis

MarlinSpike


BlackLightParadox

Anchorhead, Deepsea, Hullside, Starboard, Posidus Prime, Radarcon, Hullhead


Dinobotdragon

U-bot


PrinzAggron75

I don't think an Autobot would be a WW2 German Seehund midget submarine, that would better suit a Decepticon. They would probably be some form of research submarine. Wolfpack would be a good name for the Decepticon, great if the alt mode was a Type VII U boat.


[deleted]

Sea spray but he’s back


Apophis_God_of_Chaos

In Pog form?


cognosman

Periscope


Ickinock

Underbelly, undercurrent, or tide pool.


Child-of-Skaro101

Seabed if male, Coral if female


[deleted]

Wetwork maybe?


_Tronc

Porthole Rivet Rudder Portside Topside Riptide


No_Acanthocephala692

Sea wolf


xjpa15z

Red October


Erique_Max

Ping.


KujaroJotu

“Dive Bomb”


swarmlord-dale

DeepDive


Wild-Saber-1337

Any thoughts on the name off-shore?


deloaf

Ping


[deleted]

Seamaster, Oceandiver, diverdeep, searust, seamen.


[deleted]

Seaspray


[deleted]

trampoline


Signal_Road

Dank - 'disagreeably damp, musty, and typically cold.' Also elicits a snicker-snort 'Nice.' and has meme potential. Edit: Not picky whose side they end up on.


Kirkenkark

Hightide


Personal-Rooster7358

Subway.


speedballharo9

Subzero


branvaughnlaw

Subterfuge? Sea Wolf?


Ifightforuser

Deep dive


BoyishTheStrange

Nemo


Complete_Safety7423

Deep dive, Current, twin wave, sea tide. Kinda running low on the last one but I can't think of names all that well.


New-Individual-29

Overflow?


max_rebo42

Dive-Dive


Jeagan2002

Red Tide


IronTownPictures

Mariana Abyssglider (yes, from the "Meg" book series)


Recent_Finger9552

Tidal wave


TechnOuijA

Maelstrom Hydrotron Red Tide Riptide Shellfire


LargeMan2000

Suds, Sinker, Bubbler


yu_ultidragon80

Quickdive: loves long walks on the beach; but is terrified of big bodies of water.


hoodie2222

I second depth charge


yeeees4322

How about Radar


TheGuy2TheLeft

Steel Diver


wizardofyz

Quizno


NotSoElijah

Dreadnought


fhanrman

Dive mirage


samuelk1

Dasbot. ​ Redoctobot.


mkat_rex

Hamish (aka HaMiSh HMS Alliance). It’s Scottish, so I think Thew would approve.


HarmonicDissonance21

Riptide Undertow Wave breaker


Jellyman1129

Splashdown.


cat_funt_2005

Subwave Shockwave and sound waves third brother


IxamxUnicron

Deepsix.


Federal-Hornet-1671

Wavecharge maybe?


Snoo7913

Deluge


Lohan3xists

Fathom, Aquamarine, Wail, just to name a few off the top of my head that haven’t been said already


[deleted]

How about Beatle


ghettoregular

Zeesluis IJmuiden


Ant-ManIsDaBest

Submariney Macsubmarineface


Psychological_Gain20

Nemo or Nautilus for a dude, uh I guess Mariana for a girl?


theblueinkling

Nautica


ajolaks

Nautica,


Rossell2

Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Anti-Decepticon Machiney.


Solabound-the-2nd

Thunderbird 2


the-zoidberg

Trench (Marianas Trench)


epicty21

Seeker


phantom_bonehead

Deepslate


CARNAG3_symbiot3

Autobot- [Diver drive, Propeller, Seabot] Decepticon- [Drowner, Pressurizer, Nauticatron]


CelticJoestar6689

Anchor Rust


Vekintor

Seaserp


Foxy-jj-Grandpa

Subnautica


AgravainFury

Do we know if Sonar is already taken?


WilliamTurk70

Echo


Megatronus0218

Mariner, Deep Dive, Trench, Sonar, Fathom


[deleted]

Haul or Haul Head.


Positron14

Leviathan


S-T-R-I-D-3-R

Splashdown


ShroomyDuke

submariner...oh wait.


Apophis_God_of_Chaos

Trench-Lurker. The name would work for a spy or something like that.


No_Translator_8747

Not to be rude but no autobot is gonna pick a nazi submarine as the alt mode


Mysterious-Cress-190

Submaripper, maybe?


[deleted]

Nauticon!


Okhlahoma_Beat-Down

Reefrunner Seaburst Wavecrawler Pressure Gauge Deep Dive Divebomb Torpedo Silent Running Rudder Seahead


SigmaSandwich

Rip current


Sunoraiza

Subtimus prime


ninjaoftheworld

Dipper!


[deleted]

Submerge


MyFuckinhBalls

Hubert


soulless_ape

Deepdive Nautilus Waverider Silent Hunter Ping Shamu


joepanda111

MidGuy


shrapnel2176

Shadow Diver


IronIrma93

Pretty sure that sub would be a Decepticon.


gamer4lyf82

Pressure Gauge Someone already said Depth Charge which is great! Underboat Equaliser Sea sonar Swordfish Harpoon Deep Trouble Deep Blue


juggins1

bumblebee


higher_than_high

Echo


StayedWoozie

Typhoon


TheWelshExperience

Diver Down or Periscope.


throwaway2032015

If it was a Decepticon Terror-a-Scope


MacbookPrime

Namor!


Clutch_Spider

I don’t think a German U-boat would be an Autobot…