They didn't do this for the current year.
In episode 'Starscream's Brigade', they showed a year from decades ago to show the history.
Then when they came back to present they didn't caption a particular year, but instead wrote 'Present Day'.
2005 was different.
Season 2's present audience year was 1985-1986.
The movie was set 19 years in the future, so they specifically stated "It is the year 2005".
...or "It was" in the Optimus Prime TV dub.
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Originally Posted by Saundowaivu
The idea of a childrens show being watched decades after it finished airing was ridiculous back then.
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Future viewings were actually important.
For some reason, if you surpassed some magic number of episodes, like 90, then there were bigger chances of the show being rerun in syndication.
However, the actual Content of the show (including dates) was not affected by this.
Interesting question! Cool to relive this incredible show!
