Bayformers

Etymology
, after American director.

Noun

 * 1)  The live-action  film franchise, launched in 2007 with an, and directed exclusively by  until 2018.
 * 2) * 2011, Gen Con Indy 2011 program book, "Anime Panels & Events", page 138:
 * Join us for a complete history of the epic TF franchise: from 80s to Bayformers.
 * 1) * 2013, Vincent Chiang, "The Most Colossal Movie of the Year", Woroni (Australian National University), 23 July 2003, page 21:
 * 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.
 * 1) * 2019, Thomas Mann, review of Bumblebee, Peacock (Leicester Grammar School, Leicester, UK), February 2019, page 7:
 * Unlike 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.