FIBRIR
an acronym sometimes bandied about by fans, fibrir stands for “frenzy is blue, rumble is red”. likewise, firrib means “frenzy is red, rumble is blue”. the forms ribfir and rirfib are also known.
the debate revolves around the colors of the decepticon mini-c-ssettes, rumble and frenzy. it was hasbro’s intent that rumble be black and red, and frenzy be two shades of blue. these color schemes are used in the toyline, marvel comics and many storybooks and ancillary media from the early years of generation 1, and naturally, it was intended for the cartoon series to render the characters in this manner as well (as proven by the show’s production bible, which identifies rumble as the “red robot”). however, as a result of some unspecified error somewhere in production, the two robots had their color schemes swapped, leaving the animated incarnation of rumble blue, and frenzy red.
due to the widespread recognition the cartoon received, the concept of rumble as the blue robot was ingrained into the minds of many viewers. as such, years later, fans would argue vehemently (though often tongue-in-cheek) over which coloration was “correct”, based mainly on their personal preference for the cartoon or comic.
the firrib movement was codified by a mush user and cartoon fan named scott wells in 1994, who coined the acronym firrib. the firrib idea quickly caught on with other cartoon fans on alt.toys.transformers, frequently appearing in signature files; its counterpoint, the comic- and toy-based fibrir, soon appeared as well. after endless discussion threads fueled by little more than personal preference, the subject eventually landed in the group’s faq file as a do-not-ask question.
the j-panese dub of the generation 1 cartoon rectified the error, making the animation match the toys by simply switching the characters’ names around.
as later incarnations of the characters draw on both the cartoon and toys as influences, the waters have become muddier still:
items in the following table are listed in release order. e.g., the original toys came first.
frenzy rumble
original toys blue red
marvel comics blue red
us cartoon red blue
j-panese cartoon blue red
generation 2 toys purple red on white3
dreamwave comics blue red
devil’s due comics red blue
alternators toys none red
music label earphones blue red
person 1: fibrir b-tch!
person 2: what?
person 1: frenzy is blue rumble is red!
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