History Characters / TransformersAnimated

* TheDragon: Takes over this position after Starscream's treachery is discovered.

* CompositeCharacter: His DoubleAgent gimmick and ability to transform into another identity is similar to ''G1'' character Punch, just aligned with the Decepticons.

* AmbiguousSituation: An episode in Season 4 would've been about Bumblebee, Bulkhead, Ironhead, Waspinator, Shockwave, and Sentinel -- all members of the same cadet platoon (or in charge, in Sentinel's case) being targeted by an unknown assailant. The ''[[AllThereInTheManual Collector's Club Magazine]]'' shows a troubling image of a shadowed Cliffjumper with Shockwave's eye on his forehead while there are silhouettes of an uncertain Bumblebee & Waspinator in the background...

* MythologyGag: She's based off of her appearance in ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformers'', but is a medic and lost her hand like her ''[[WesternAnimation/TransformersArmada Armada]]'' incarnation.

[[folder:Jazz]]
!!Jazz
-> '''Voiced by:''' Creator/PhilLaMarr / Creator/HideoIshikawa
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--> ''"Besides, any species that can come up with a sweet ride like this can't be all bad!"''

Jazz is calm and collected and just plain ''cool''. He is a graduate of the Cyber-Ninja Corps and later on, befriends fellow ninja Prowl. Jazz, like Prowl, has an interest in organic life.

* AlienArtsAreAppreciated: His assessment of human culture is fairly positive, immediately taking a liking to the local CoolCar selection and finding the idea of video games "wild".
* {{Beatnik}}: He's given a personality and speech patterns to invoke this archetype.
* BigBrotherMentor: Resolves to finish Prowl's training, given that the younger bot never finished his apprenticeship due to the fact that Yoketron was murdered.
* CoolCar: His Earth alt-mode is one, and he freely admits that any species that could come up with a vehicle that slick couldn't be ''all'' bad.
* CoolShades: As with Prowl, it's hard to say if they're really shades or if it's just that his optics invoke the appearance.
* HypercompetentSidekick: To Sentinel. He's not as egocentric or haughty and is focused more on doing the job.
* NiceGuy: He's an overall calm and pleasant-to-be-around person.
* {{Ninja}}: He's a trained Cyber ninja.
* NotSoAboveItAll: Judging by his utter lack of reaction to Bumblebee's assessment of Sentinel as a glitch-head, he completely agrees. And he agrees with Bumblebee's LoopholeAbuse.
* OlderThanTheyLook: Had the same trainer as Prowl did - in fact, he was already a graduated Cyber-ninja before Prowl became apprenticed to Yoketron - making him older than Sentinel (among others).
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: A bit more subtle when he deserts Sentinel's crew to be the...
* SixthRanger: Towards the end of Season 3, he becomes fed-up with Sentinel and joins Optimus' team on Earth; had the show continued for a fourth season, he would've continued as a member of the main cast.
* SoulBrotha: Is at least following the archetype of the badass and cool black guy in spirit, considering he's an alien robot. His "chinstrap" even evokes the appearance of a soul patch.
* TokenGoodTeammate: Downplayed, but he's the nicest member of the Elite Guard, compared to the aloof and stern Ultra Magnus and the supreme {{Jerkass}} Sentinel.
* WeaponOfChoice:
** DualWielding: With laser nunchucks.
** FightingWithChucks: His weapons are nunchucks.
** ImprobableWeaponUser: Can turn his tailpipes into said nunchucks.
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!!The Elite Guard

[[folder:Sentinel Prime]]
!!Sentinel Prime
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-> '''Voiced by:''' Townsend Coleman / Creator/JunichiSuwabe

--> ''"If I need a trash-can emptied or a floor mopped, I'll call on my buddy Optimus Prime. Or should I say "Maintenance Prime"?"''

Sentinel Prime is, plain and simple, a jerkass. He is an egotistical, boisterous bot who uses his high position to issue orders and command high respect, especially towards Optimus (despite sharing the same rank). Years back, the two and Elita-1 were best friends until an incident on a foreign organic planet, during which Elita was separated from them and assumed dead. Their relationship has been strained since.
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[[folder:Ultra Magnus]]
!!Supreme Commander Ultra Magnus
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-> '''Voiced by:''' Creator/JeffBennett / Creator/BanjoGinga

--> ''"We're at [[WarIsHell war]], soldier. We do what we must."''

Current leader of the Autobots, Ultra Magnus is a straightforward leader. He usually makes decisions that would benefit the Autobots no matter how unethical they may seem, though he has his soft spots, mainly concerning Optimus Prime, in whom he sees potential. He is tragically damaged by traitor Longarm Prime aka Shockwave, and according to the [[WordOfGod Allspark Almanac]], would have died in season four, making his current position nebulous.

* MadeOfIron: He's capable of turning his body super-hard.

* {{Expy}}: She's like a less psychotic version of [[WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}} Demona]].

* MythologyGag: He's based off of his appearance in ''[[Anime/TransformersCybertron Cybertron]]'', and his PlayingWithFire powers is a reference to his flame decos in the ''[[Anime/TransformersRobotsInDisguise Robots In Disguise]]'' anime.
* PlayingWithFire: He has flamethrowers in his arms.

* {{Adorkable}}: He's adorably naive and for the most part comes off as being like an impressionable child.

* ThirdPersonPerson: By the show's present, he's taken to talking like his BW incarnation, and it is ''not'' played for laughs.

* AssholeVictim: Something of a JerkJock at boot camp, but even he didn't deserve most of what he got put through.

* TheResenter: He loathes Sumdac for his success. Whom he views as intellectually inferior and a fraud.

** Sumdac spent almost a year trying to repair him and was nothing but respectful and kind while doing so. Yet not only does Megatron sabotage his inventions more than once in order to destroy the Autobots, as soon as he gets his body back he takes Sumdac hostage and forces him to work for the Decepticons, all the while being as openly callous and disrespectful as possible.

* ChekhovsGunman: Slipstream would've revived Starscream at the end of "Endgame", which explains why she [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment randomly showed up to shoot down Optimus for a few seconds]].

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: It is unknown what happened to Thundercracker and Skywarp after Blurr left them behind in [="TransWarped"=]. Skywarp is implied to become Cyclonus, at least in an alternate timeline, meaning that [[UnexplainedRecovery he got better]].

* HairDecorations: She has a couple of clips in her hair.

--> ''"The classic Metallikato "Five Servos of Doom" attack! But have you seen ''this'' one?"''

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