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therapy, 105, 113–14, 124
Thompson, Kristin, 59
Thomson, Judith Jarvis, 47
Tolkien, J.R.R., 179
Toynbee, Arnold, 25–26
Toy Story, 31
transformation, 32–34, 36–41, 44–54, 58–59, 123
Transformers: All Spark, 32, 53, 74, 148, 149, 208, 234; Alpha Trion, 177–78; Aerialbots, 100, 172; Beast Machines, 147; Beast Wars, 34, 147; Constructicons, 93, 186–87; Cybertron, 27, 32, 67, 78, 83, 133, 136, 148, 170, 172, 177–79, 186–87, 208–210; Dinobots, 93, 100, 172–73; disguise, 19, 22–25, 40, 45–46, 59, 110, 140–41; GoBots, 173–74; humanness, 98–99, 113, 139–143, 185–87; Kiss Players, 30; morality, 10–11, 24–26, 99–102, 155–163, 208–09, 219–220, 225–28; Omega Supreme, 143, 181, 186–87; personality, 51–54, 70–71; Primus, 27, 32, 97, 98, 144, 179; Quintessons, 23, 32, 168, 170, 173, 208; relationships, 8–9, 25, 98, 111–16, 136, 138–152, 156–57, 167, 209–211, 222; Rodimus Prime, 32, 150; storylines, 23, 83–84, 93, 167, 170, 174, 177–79, 186–87, 208–09; Unicron, 26, 148, 163, 168, 170; Vector Prime, 133; Vector Sigma, 100, 170, 172
Turing, Alan, 69, 216
Turing Test, 21, 69–72, 80, 215–16
Twilight Zone, 127
2001: A Space Odyssey (Kubrick and Clarke), 21
UFOs, 16
V, 21
virtue, 14, 82, 86, 99–101, 149, 166, 180, 184, 199, 208–211, 218, 220, 223–27, 231–33
Vogons, 19
Wallach, Wendell, 212
war, 8, 10–11, 24–27, 144, 169, 177–78, 194, 199, 203–05, 209–212
Welton, Donn, 36
Witwicky, Archibald, 21
Witwicky, Buster, 84
Witwicky, Daniel, 38
Witwicky, Ronald, 56
Witwicky, Sam, 38, 45, 55–57, 105, 113, 148, 156, 231
Witwicky, Sparkplug, 86
Witwicky, Spike, 36
World of Warcraft, 67
Yahweh, 200
Zoroastrianism, 27, 200