History ComicBook / TransformersDeviations

'''Transformers: Deviations''' is a ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' one-shot that is part of Creator/IDWPublishing's ''Deviations'' line, consisting of WhatIf stories about the properties they had the comic book license to at the time.

* FixFic: A lot of fans and critics alike noted that the comic seemed to largely be the author's TakeThat against the Season 3 characters (especially Hot Rod) and read like a fanfic attempt to "correct" the events of the movie rather than establish a real "what if" event. It also doesn't seem like the Season 2 cast gets much in the way of respect, as several of them (Perceptor, Astrotrain, Thrust, and Dirge) also wind up kicking the bucket or are reduced to mere cameos like Blaster or Blitzwing.
* ForWantOfANail: The events of the movie end up following a different path because Kup holds Hot Rod down before he can interfere with Optimus Prime's fight against Megatron.
-->'''Optimus Prime:''' Yield Megatron! Now! [[DontMakeMeDestroyYou Don't make me destroy you]]!\\
[''[[DefiantToTheEnd Megatron attempts to shoot at Optimus]]. Optimus returns fire, killing Megatron'']\\
'''Optimus:''' Forgive me.

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->''"Did you want to read an embarrassing 1994-era alt.toys.transformers fanfic in official comic form? Good news!"''
-->-- '''Website/TFWikiDotNet on [[https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Transformers:_Deviations this comic book]].'''

* StylisticSuck: Due to a scripting error, the Decepticons thrown out of Astrotrain (sans Megatron) are visible during Starscream's coronation in the movie. This comic pays homage to that by having the Insecticons attend Starscream's coronation, and Thundercracker among Megascream's troops.

* AuthorTract: The writer of this comic clearly isn't a fan of Hot Rod... nor most of the rest of the Autobots introduced in The Movie considering the aforementioned writing out of Wreck-Gar and Wheelie and, barring Kup and Blurr, the rest are pointlessly and unceremoniously killed off.

* FixFic: A lot of fans and critics alike noted that the comic seemed to largely be the author's TakeThat against the Season 3 characters (especially Hot Rod) and read like a fanfic attempt to "correct" the events of the movie rather than establish a real "what if" event.

* AuthorTract: The writer of this comic clearly isn't a fan of Hot Rod... nor most of the rest of the Autobots introduced in The Movie considering the aforementioned writing out of Wreck-Gar and Wheelie and, barring Kup, the rest are pointlessly and unceremoniously killed off.

* AuthorTract: The writer of this comic clearly isn't a fan of Hot Rod... nor most of the rest of the Autobots introduced in The Movie considering all of them but Kup are pointlessly and unceremoniously killed off.

* AuthorTract: The writer of this comic clearly isn't a fan of Hot Rod... nor of the rest of the Autobots introduced in The Movie considering all of them are pointlessly and unceremoniously killed off.

'''Transformers: Deviations''' is a ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' one-shot that is part of Creator/IDWPublishing's ''Deviations'' line, consisting of WhatIf stories about the properties they have the comic book license to.

* AdaptationalJerkass: ''Everyone'' is far ruder to Hot Rod than they were in the movie, where none of them hold his part in Prime's death against him and just go with business as usual.
** This is especially notable in the case of Ultra Magnus, who at various parts of the story threatens Hot Rod with physical violence or accuses him of treason (for having visions of a universe where Optimus died and he received the Matrix).

* DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation: Starscream was obliterated by Galvatron during his coronation in the original animated film. In this comic, he takes Megatron's place as Decepticon reformatted by Unicron and ends up annihilated when Hot Rod uses the Matrix to destroy him.