History ComicBook / TheTransformersSinsOfTheWreckers

* MakeMeWannaShout: Carnivac's Outlier power- his howl can painfully force a Cybertronian to shift mode- in the event the target has more than two modes he can apparently choose which one they're forced to change to.

* DarkerAndEdgier: Downplayed. Last Stand was an already dark story but Sins stands out because of its bleakness. Last Stand had more violence, more major character death, and a far more monstrous villain; but Sins's story focuses much more on trauma and the corruption in the Autobot ranks. The moral dilemmas are emphasized with Prowl having killed hundreds if not thousands of people in a false flag, Impactor coldly executing [[spoiler:Hubcap and Guzzle]] for what they've done, and the abusive treatment Roadbuster gave to his cadets to the point of killing some. Even the openings have different tones with the optimism of Last Stand emphasized by the reds and action of the prison attack with the loneliness and pessimism of Sins's opening cast in blues and the cold.

* NoEndorHolocaust: Done deliberately; dropkicking a bear would likely end with lots of bear gibs stuck to Stakeout's leg. [[spoiler: Unless the bear was actually Polaw Claw in disguise...]]

** In the original [[ComicBook/TheTransformersMarvel Marvel comics]], Carnivac ''was'' a member until he {{defect|orFromDecadence}}ed out of disgust for the lengths they went, and frequently opposed the group alongside Catilla and Springer. Here, he's an ex-student of [[ComicBook/TheTransformersMoreThanMeetsTheEye Ultra Magnus]], and regularly came to blows with Springer over the actions of Mayhem being against what Ultra Magnus taught him.

* InNameOnly: The group "Mayhem" is derived from the Decepticon group, the "Mayhem Attack Squad". Whereas the latter was a Decepticon kill squad with very little standards to their name, the former is an otherwise neutral group that, while filled with {{knight templar}}s, would rather expose the war crimes and atrocities committed by the rest of the Cybertronian race. This is best exemplified by their leader here, Carnivac. In the original [[ComicBook/TheTransformersMarvel Marvel comics]], Carnivac ''was'' a member until he {{defect|orFromDecadence}}ed out of disgust for the lengths they went, and frequently opposed the group alongside Catilla and Springer. Here, he's an ex-student of [[ComicBook/TheTransformersMoreThanMeetsTheEye Ultra Magnus]], and regularly came to blows with Springer over the actions of Mayhem being against what Ultra Magnus taught him. And whereas the Mayhem Attack Squad was solely comprised of ''Decepticons'', Mayhem is comprised of {{transplant}}ed Autobots, Decepticons, ''and'' Maximals, all changed to be neutrals.

* AdaptationalHeroism: "Mayhem" is the IDW continuity's version of the Mayhem Attack Squad. Normally the group is an elite Decepticon kill team whilst here it's a neutral faction dedicated to exposing the war crimes and atrocities of the Cybertronians. They're a group of {{Knight Templar}}s for sure, but their ideology makes them much more sympathetic than all of the other versions of the team. It's telling that [[NobleDemon Carnivac]], defected from the Squadron in the old Marvel stories when he couldn't stand their villainy whereas here he leads them on a more positive path.

* ArtificialHuman: [[spoiler:or Cybertronian in this case, with Ostaros aka ''Springer''.]]

* SerialEscalation: [[spoiler: Impetus is Aequitas taken UpToEleven. Whereas Aequitas determines guilt after a trial like a jury, Impetus cuts the knot and proves guilt by ''forcing'' people to admit their crimes.]]