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This was just the G1 cartoon related stuff, the comics were… this is awkward… Arcees origin in the comics was not very progressive. The first female Transformer and Decepticon toy in the West is a rather inauspicious one, Night Racer, who was a recolour and exclusion to a 1995 convention.

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Minerva was a character in the Japanese exclusive series God Masterforce and was actually a half French half Japanese girl who turned into a Headmaster and holds the honour of first female toy.

The first female Transformers toy was released in Japan. Sadly none of these characters got toys made for them though prototypes for Arcee were made. The film was in production at the same time as season 2 so a bunch of female Autobots were created for the episode “The Search For Alpha Trion” with characters like Chromia and the female equivalent to Optimus Prime Elita-one. He managed to get his way and Arcee was made and included in the film. This all changed thanks to writer Ron Freedman who pushed for them to have a female Autobot in the movie.

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However this wasn’t a Transformer, merely a human made robot (though recent versions have made her a full on Cybertronian). The G1 cartoon did create some female robots, the first being ninja robot Nightbird. This was explained with the excuse that Transformers were robots, so robots didn’t really have genders so why have one be female? This was shot down by the idea that they didn’t want any females in a boys toy line ( sadly an all too common mentality for many years in many toy lines, many franchises never even making a toy of the lead female character in a series). Autobot Medic Ratchet was originally going to be female, thus the name being a reference to Nurse Ratchet.

Female Transformers were planned right from the start.