History ComicBook / TransformersDarkCybertron

* AMillionIsAStatistic: Invoked. Shockwave berates [[spoiler:Megatron for caring more for Bumblebee's death than all the autobots that died by his hands or his orders. Then Shockwave proclaims he truly considers all life equal, and even assigned it a quantifiable value -- ZERO]].

* BadGuysDoTheDirtyWork: Inverted. [[spoiler:Shockwave wanted Nova Prime dead, but it's Orion who ultimately kills him...after being lured to the Dead Universe portal on Gorlam Prime by Jhiaxus, himself acting on Shockwave's orders.]]

* EvilPlan: Shockwave plans to [[spoiler:use all the functioning Regenesis Ores, in conjunction with the energies of the Dead Universe (using Galvatron), to essentially drain the rest of the galaxy to recharge Cybertron for eternity.]]

* TakeThat: The writers poke at [[ExecutiveMeddling Hasbro's meddling]] to include certain characters in order to [[MerchandiseDriven sell toys]] by giving them some ridiculous dialogue, and then quickly forgetting about them.
* TakeThatAudience: Ratchet's finger-wagging and criticism of Ultra Magnus seems a preemptive move on MTMTE fans that have suggested taking a 5 month break from the comic for the duration of "Dark Cybertron".
* TalkingToTheDead: Starscream is still talking to Metalhawk's corpse for reassurance. This time, Rattrap overheard him...
* ThatsAnOrder: The Dinobots are initially not too keen on following Bumblebee, until he berates them.
* TheProphecy: The events of Dark Cybertron were apparently foretold from the days before Nova Prime, Including Shockwave being the one behind most of the events.
-->''"He shall arrive with a '''Titan'''; and adorned the Titan will be in '''Metal Black.'''"''
-->''"And He shall '''arrive''' and stand '''alone''' while '''not alone'''; and time will rust and '''stars''' shall '''scream'''."''
-->''"And the symbol of the '''uncreator''' shall be clear, and his '''gaze''' shall unravel the Legacy of '''Primus'''."''
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Prowl gives one to Bumblebee, pretty much calling him a [[PinballProtagonist door]][[ExtremeDoormat mat]]. Never mind that Prowl is being a {{Hypocrite}} since he himself took advantage of Bumblebee and was undermining him at every little turn, even before being mind-controlled by Bombshell.
** Bumblebee gives one to Megatron.
-->'''Megatron''':'''I've led an army battling for freedom for millions of years --''
-->'''Bumblebee''':''No, that's not what you led at all. You were a gang of destroyers ravaging the galaxy in the name of a cause you'd forgotten, except when you needed an excuse.''
** Orion also gives one to Rodimus after Rodimus confesses to the [[spoiler:Overlord]] affair, telling him he should have resigned rather than ask for a vote, and that the reason why he asked for a vote of confidence was because Rodimus thought he was going to win.

* ShootTheShaggyDog: [[spoiler: Bumblebee's character arc through all of the new ongoing ends here. Starts as a rather unlikeable DesignatedHero [[TheScrappy scrappy]], starts to get some serious CharacterDevelopment, including winning over Megatron and making him realize his [[HeelRealization errors]], only to die when getting shot in the back by Shockwave.]]

* TheStarscream: The trope namer is a main character. [[spoiler:Unfortunately for him, he didn't anticipate Rattrap being as skilled of a Starscream as Starscream himself.]]
** [[spoiler:Then Shockwave is this for Nova and Galvatron]], although it is kinda relative as [[spoiler:he only led them believe he was [[TheDragon their dragon]] in the first place.]] Also, there are hints [[spoiler:Metalhawk]] will be this to Shockwave.

* SuddenNameChange: Slag gets his named changed to Slug. The [[ExecutiveMeddling reason behind it]] is even lampshaded by [[BreakingTheFourthWall Slug's conversation with Arcee]].

* WarpThatAesop: Subverted. [[spoiler: Megatron accuses Shockwave of doing this to his ideals but, as Shockwave notes, he's basically just taking Megatron's bigoted philosophy and applying it to ''all'' life.]] [[invoked]]

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Dreadwing has not been seen in the last few chapters.

* XanatosGambit: Shockwave performs two concurrent ones. The first? [[spoiler:Finish gathering samples of all his functioning ores on Cybertron by having Metroplex teleported there to take on the Necrotitan.]] The second? [[spoiler:Have Nova Prime end up in the line of fire so that Shockwave can better harness the Dead Universe's energies once he dies and his control over the realm is negated.]] This one ''seems'' to fail thanks to Ironhide, but Shockwave had already had Jhiaxus lure Orion to Gorlam Prime in case Nova wasn't able to emerge from the Dead Universe, thereby increasing the chances that Orion would kill him.]] {{Badass}}.

* XanatosGambit: Shockwave performs two concurrent ones. The first? [[spoiler:Finish gathering samples of all his functioning ores on Cybertron by having Metroplex teleported there to take on the Necrotitan.]] The second? [[spoiler:Have Nova Prime end up in the line of fire so that Shockwave can better harness the Dead Universe's energies once he dies and his control over the realm is negated.]] This one ''technically'' fails thanks to Ironhide, [[spoiler:but then Orion/Optimus got involved...]]

* [[spoiler:Waspinator]] is run through by Bludgeon.

* SherlockScan: [[spoiler:Nightbeat]]'s signature trait.
* ShootTheShaggyDog: [[spoiler: Bumblebee's character arc through all of the new ongoing ends here. Starts as a rather unlikeable DesignatedHero [[TheScrappy scrappy]], starts to get some serious CharacterDevelopment, including winning over Megatron and making him realize his [[HeelRealization errors]], only to die when getting shot in the back by Shockwave.]]
* SuddenNameChange: Slag gets his named changed to Slug. The [[ExecutiveMeddling reason behind it]] is even lampshaded by [[BreakingTheFourthWall Slug's conversation with Arcee]].
* SurpassedTheTeacher: Shockwave to Jhiaxus, specially given his last line in [=RID=] #22.
-->'''Shockwave''': I did not '''ask''', Jhiaxus... I '''commanded.'''
* SuspiciouslyAproposMusic: Not yet, but [[WordOfGod John Barber and James Roberts]] have said they will release a playlist for Dark Cybertron, to follow up on the spirit of [=MTMTE=].

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Bumblebee gives one to Megatron.
-->'''Megatron''':'''I've led an army battling for freedom for millions of years --''
-->'''Bumblebee''':''No, that's not what you led at all. You were a gang of destroyers ravaging the galaxy in the name of a cause you'd forgotten, except when you needed an excuse.''
** Orion also gives one to Rodimus after Rodimus confesses to the [[spoiler:Overlord]] affair, telling him he should have resigned rather than ask for a vote, and that the reason why he asked for a vote of confidence was because Rodimus thought he was going to win.

* MythologyGag: [[spoiler:[[TransformersBeastWars "Why univerzze hate Waspinator?"]], this time said after Bludgeon runs him through.]]

** Metroplex's defense systems utterly incinerate [[spoiler:the Ammonite forces. Well, the first ones.]]
** Scockwave kills [[spoiler:Bumblebee]] by blowing his chest apart from behind.

* FemmeFatalons: [[spoiler:Arcee, after her upgrade]].

* LetsGetDangerous: Prowl's reaction to [[spoiler:the Necrotitan storming into New Iacon.]]

* WhamEpisode: For both MTMTE and RID. Shockwave's EvilPlan finally kicks in, Orion Pax's team and the Lost Lighters battle the Dead Universe, [[spoiler:Nightbeat and Kup]] are alive, Nova Prime and Galvatron are [[spoiler:not actually]] behind everything, New Iacon is in ruins, and Starscream seems to be losing it. And after it's all over [[spoiler:Orion and the Autobots are heading back to Earth, Windblade is causing trouble on Cybertron, Blustreak is joining up with the Lost Lighters, and Megatron is taking over the Lost Light's quest]] Oh, and [[spoiler: Brainstorm has been DeadAllAlong.]]

* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:Hardhead, Nova Prime, and Bumblebee. Also, Brainstorm's apparently been rendered undead by the DU since before both series began.]]

* [[ActionFilmQuetDramaScene Action Comic, Quiet Drama Scene]]: Starscream talking to Metalhawk's body as it lays in state.

* HeelRealization: [[spoiler: Megatron in issue 10.]]

* TrollingCreator: James Roberts and John Barber offered to show the spoileriffic first pages of the issues after the crossover's ending. [[spoiler:It's a single blank page with the words "SIX MONTHS LATER" printed near the top.]]

** After all the build-up and mystery about which main character would die in part 11, IDW went ahead and thoughtlessly spoiled it through a preview. [[SarcasmMode Thanks, we really wanted to know]] that [[spoiler:Bumblebee dies]] before we picked up the comic.

* [[spoiler:[[SpannerInTheWorks Skywarp]].]]

* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:Hardhead and Nova Prime. Also, Brainstorm's apparently been rendered undead by the DU since before both series began.]]

** After all the build-up and mystery about which main character would die in part 11, IDW went ahead and thoughtlessly spoiled it through a preview. [[SarcasmMode Thanks, we really wanted to know that [[spoiler:Bumblebee]] dies before we picked up the comic.]]

** Skywarp's teleportation. He was stabbed by Arcee back in ComicBook/TransformersRobotsInDisguise and mentioned having problems keeping himself together. When they engage Shockwave, he loses control of his Teleportation and vanishes altogether in Issue 5. [[spoiler: He comes back in Issue 10, having regained control of himself and rescues Metalhawk and Waspinator and takes them, as well as the information on Shockwave's plan, back to the city.]]

* [[spoiler:[[SpannerInTheWorks: Skywarp]].]]

* HeelRealization: [[spoiler: Megatron in issue 10]].

* InsistentTerminology: When [[spoiler:Nova Prime]] call him Optimus, Orion corrects him by pointing out that he gave up the title of Prime. [[spoiler:Nova]] doesn't care and keeps calling him Optimus anyway. [[spoiler:Orion only goes back to being Optimus Prime after kicking Nova Prime's ass.]]

* KickTheDog: As if Prowl wasn't big enough of a {{Jerkass}}, he has the gall [[spoiler: to '''smirk''' when he hears that he indirectly got Rewind killed. This causes Chromedome to snap and [[TheDogBitesBack try to pound Prowl's smug face in]].]]

** After all the build-up and mystery about which main character would die in part 11, IDW went ahead and thoughtlessly spoiled it through a preview. Thanks, we really wanted to know that [[spoiler:Bumblebee]] dies before we picked up the comic.

** [[spoiler:Nightbeat]] is very much one of Franchise/SherlockHolmes.

** [[spoiler:Nova Prime himself]] gets an arm ripped off by [[spoiler:Optimus]] before having a huge hole punched in his chest in short order.
** Metroplex's defense systems utterly incinerate [[spoiler:the Ammonite forces.]]

** [[spoiler: Orion also gives one to Rodimus, after Rodimus confesses to the Overlord affair, telling him he should have resigned rather than ask for a vote, and that the reason why he asked for a vote of confidence was because Rodimus thought he was gonna win]].

* TonightSomeoneDies: The solicitation for chapter 11 promises the death of a high ranking Autobot. [[spoiler: It's Bumblebee.]]

** After all the build-up and mystery about which main character would die in part 11, IDW went ahead and thoughtlessly spoiled it through a preview. [[spoiler: Thanks we really wanted to know that Bumblebee dies before we picked up the comic.]]

** Skywarp's teleportation, he was stabbed by Arcee back in ComicBook/TransformersRobotsInDisguise and mentioned having problems keeping himself together. When they engage Shockwave, he loses control of his Teleportation and vanishes in Issue 5 [[spoiler: he comes back in Issue 10, having regained control of himself and rescues Metalhawk and Waspinator and takes them, as well as the information on Shockwave's plan, back to the city]].

* TrollingCreator: James Roberts and John Barber offered to show the spoilerific first pages of the issues after the crossover's ending. [[spoiler: It's a single blank page with the words "SIX MONTHS LATER" printed near the top.]]

* {{Expy}}: Taken to their logical conclusion, and following Shockwave's description of the ore functions, Shockwave just created the Transformers version of [[spoiler:the [[ComicBook/TheInfinityGauntlet Infinity Gems]]]]. And thus Shockwave himself becomes one of [[spoiler:{{ComicBook/Thanos}}.]]

* GoshDangItToHeck: Ultra Magnus is trying to soften his image by using slang. Unfortunately his idea of slang is outdated terms that sound like they would be said by a 50's sitcom dad, like "What is blue blazes?".

** [[spoiler:Arcee gets a new body, courtesy of Ratchet, and colored red rather than garish pink]]

* MuggingTheMonster: [[spoiler:Yeah, Prowl, go ahead and push Chromedome's buttons... again]].

* SherlockScan: [[spoiler:Nightbeat.]]

* TonightSomeoneDies: The solicitation for chapter 11 promises the death of a high ranking Autobot.