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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