I was also thinking of the Jerusalem Syndrome, 'cept without the religious component.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerusalem_syndrome

This could make a great movie, Oh wait...

I agree. Most jarring one, aside from Optimus Prime, is Bumblebee. They used Goldbug's Robot form for Bumblebee and Bumblebee's Robot form for Goldbug.

And yeah, technically Goldbug and Bumblebee are one and the same, but Bumblebee only went under the Goldbug moniker while using that specific design.

you guys don't think it could be this same dude, right?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5K7aY-_b9sk

I live in this town, and this is a gross misrepresentation of what happened -- these kids are vandals and gang members. They had broken into his house several times already

Looks just like a real life version of Ghost in the Shell's Tachikomas