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* DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation: Instead of being shot in the head by Optimus Prime via Megatron's fusion shotgun, Sentinel Prime is decapitated by Prowl before his spark is torn out of his body.
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%%* AngerBornOfWorry: Ratchet's reaction to anyone he remotely likes.

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%%* * AngerBornOfWorry: Ratchet's reaction to anyone he remotely likes.likes, given his duties as the chief medical officer of the Autobots and experiences with seeing many of his comrades die in battle throughout his long life.



%%* GoodParents: Many – it's easier to list the bad parents, but there are a few surprises in the GoodParents category: [[spoiler: Barricade, Sideswipe, Sunstreaker, and Sam]]

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%%* GoodParents: Many – it's easier to list the bad parents, but there are a few surprises in the GoodParents category: [[spoiler: Barricade, Sideswipe, Sunstreaker, and Sam]]Sam.]]



%%* InterspeciesAdoption: Faust, [=Æ=]ther, Alchemy, Quicksilver, Viridian and Wheelie.

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%%* InterspeciesAdoption: Faust, [=Æ=]ther, Alchemy, Quicksilver, Viridian and Wheelie.Wheelie are some of the sparklings adopted by the Autobots' human allies.



%%* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Ratchet wields his DoctorJerk persona to make his patients live so they can "stay mad at [him] longer".

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%%* * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Ratchet wields his DoctorJerk persona to make his patients live so they can "stay mad at [him] longer".



%%* TrainingFromHell: Barricade and [[spoiler:Nightbird]] went through extremely rigorous training to prepare them for their operations as [[TheMole undercover agents]] within the Decepticon ranks, including methods of retaining information under interrogation.

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%%* * TrainingFromHell: Barricade and [[spoiler:Nightbird]] went through extremely rigorous training to prepare them for their operations as [[TheMole undercover agents]] within the Decepticon ranks, including methods of retaining information under interrogation.any form of interrogation they could be subject to if they were caught.



%%* VillainEpisode: The Peril Arc, featuring Megatron consolidating his forces once more after the events of ''Revenge of the Fallen''

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%%* VillainEpisode: The Peril Arc, featuring Megatron consolidating his forces once more after the events of ''Revenge of the Fallen''Fallen'' and reflecting on his past actions.



%%* WhoWantsToLiveForever: [[spoiler: Dana and Tom]] aren't worried about this, but [[spoiler:Sam is]] due to the possibility of outliving his family and friends.

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%%* * WhoWantsToLiveForever: [[spoiler: Dana and Tom]] aren't worried about this, this due to having nothing left to lose from their time as Sector 7 operatives, but [[spoiler:Sam is]] due to the possibility of outliving his family and friends.
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As of December 30, 2019, the first story in the series: ''Things We Don't Tell Humans'' is complete.'''Some spoilers.'''

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As of December 30, 2019, the first story in the series: ''Things We Don't Tell Humans'' is complete. '''Some spoilers.'''
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* BadassBureaucrat: Ratchet is a senator. Also a medic, a war hero, a father several times over and doesn't take nonsense from anyone.

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* BadassBureaucrat: Ratchet is a senator. Also a medic, a war hero, a father several times over over, and doesn't take nonsense from anyone.



* CrossoverRelative: Sam is related to [[spoiler:Franchise/IndianaJones]] and [[spoiler:Hogarth Hughes, of ''WesternAnimation/TheIronGiant'' fame]].

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* CrossoverRelative: CrossoverRelatives: Sam is related to [[spoiler:Franchise/IndianaJones]] and [[spoiler:Hogarth Hughes, of ''WesternAnimation/TheIronGiant'' fame]].



* CultureClash: This is what drives the original list of "things we don't tell humans". The Autobots are slow to share their views on gender, family, relationships, politics and religion.

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* CultureClash: This is what drives the original list of "things we don't tell humans". The Autobots are slow to share their views on gender, family, relationships, politics and religion.religion due to how radically different they are from what humanity believes to be normal.



%%* ElectiveMute: Bumblebee after he gets his voice back.
%%* FightingFromTheInside: [[spoiler:Megatron, and later Barricade]] in the Peril Arc.

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%%* ElectiveMute: Bumblebee still chooses to use his radio-splicing speech and/or code-talk even after he gets his voice back.
%%* * FightingFromTheInside: [[spoiler:Megatron, and later Barricade]] Barricade,]] end up having to fight for their sanity in the Peril Arc.Arc after the revelation that [[spoiler: much of the Decepticons are infected with restrictive programming that severely handicapped their capability for empathy courtesy of Shockwave]].



%%* HappilyMarried: Quite a few of the characters enjoy loving and stable relationships. A few examples would be Optimus Prime and Elita One, Ironhide and Chromia, Jazz and Prowl, and [[spoiler: Megatron and Nightbird.]]
* HardHead: PlayedForLaughs when Ratchet conks Optimus over the head with his own damaged armor after a fight, as Optimus shrugs off the hit without much issue. Horrifyingly subverted and PlayedForDrama with the head injury Megatron received in the second film, which has left him with debilitating health issues on top of the gaping hole exposing his brain, [[spoiler: especially with the conflict between his Decepticon programming and true self running wild]].

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%%* * HappilyMarried: Quite a few of the characters enjoy loving and stable relationships. A few examples would be Optimus Prime and Elita One, Ironhide and Chromia, Jazz and Prowl, and [[spoiler: Megatron and Nightbird.]]
* HardHead: PlayedForLaughs when Ratchet conks Optimus over the head with his own damaged armor after a fight, as Optimus shrugs off the hit without much issue. Horrifyingly subverted and PlayedForDrama with the head injury Megatron received in the second film, which has left him with debilitating health issues on top of the gaping hole exposing his brain, brain module to the elements, [[spoiler: especially with the conflict between his Decepticon the restrictive programming implanted within him and true self running wild]].



%%* HugeGuyTinyGirl: Optimus Prime and Elita-One.

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%%* * HugeGuyTinyGirl: Optimus Prime and Elita-One.towers over his sparkmate Elita-One by a sizeable factor.



%%* InYourNatureToDestroyYourselves: One of the reasons why the Autobots are wary of sharing their technology.

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%%* * InYourNatureToDestroyYourselves: One of the reasons why the Autobots are wary of sharing their technology.technology is because they fear that humanity may use it to fuel armed conflicts that are even ''more'' destructive than what has already happened before.



%%* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Ratchet wields this to make his patients live to "stay mad at [him] longer".

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%%* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Ratchet wields this his DoctorJerk persona to make his patients live to so they can "stay mad at [him] longer".



%%* LongLived: The Cybertronians. And now [[spoiler:Dana, Tom Banachek, and Sam]]. More recently, [[spoiler:Mikayla]].

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%%* * LongLived: The Cybertronians. And now Cybertronians are quite long-lived due to their nature as MechanicalLifeform[=s=]. [[spoiler:Dana, Tom Banachek, Mikaela, and Sam]]. More recently, [[spoiler:Mikayla]].Sam]] join this list after they respectively receive nanite therapy and awaken his latent abilities as a Prime, extending their lifespans ''far'' beyond what is possible for humans.



%%* TheMole: [[spoiler:Barricade]]
%%* OldMaster: Terratron, the Lord Protector of Cybertron before Megatron, is still as experienced in combat as he was in his prime even after the passage of time.

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%%* * TheMole: [[spoiler:Barricade]]
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[[spoiler:Barricade]] is actually an Autobot DeepCoverAgent within the Decepticon ranks.
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OldMaster: Terratron, the Lord Protector of Cybertron before Megatron, is still as experienced in combat as he was in his prime even after the passage of time.



%%* MindRape: Installing restrictive programming (which can create an alternate personality) in someone else's mind. It's almost as bad when you do it to yourself.
%%* MindVirus: The restrictive programming that [[spoiler:Megatron]] was under is infectious enough to put Barricade.
%%* ModestRoyalty: Optimus Prime, Elita-One, Megatron, and Nightbird are very much aware of the high status their positions afford them, but they hardly let that

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%%* * MindRape: Installing restrictive programming (which can create an alternate personality) in someone else's mind.mind is invariably a horrific, invasive process that is rightly seen as abhorrent by many Cybertronians for the mental damage it incurs. It's almost as bad when you do it to yourself.
%%* * MindVirus: The restrictive programming that [[spoiler:Megatron]] was under is infectious enough to put Barricade.
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Barricade out of commission, to the point that it required Ratchet's medical expertise to expunge it from his systems.
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ModestRoyalty: Optimus Prime, Elita-One, Megatron, and Nightbird are very much aware of the high status their positions afford them, but they hardly let that never use it as a tool to demand respect from their allies with.



%%* NatureVersusNurture: A big question for the Autobots.
%%* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Prowl gives one of these to Juryrig when Juryrig rips Prowl's "doorwings" off.

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%%* NatureVersusNurture: A big question for the Autobots.
Autobots is whether the Decepticons are inherently wicked or are simply .
%%* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Prowl gives one of these to Juryrig when Juryrig rips Prowl's "doorwings" off.off, leaving the latter blinded, de-limbed, and voiceless by the end of that ass-kicking.



%%* ObfuscatingInsanity: [[spoiler:Megatron]] post Peril Arc.

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%%* * ObfuscatingInsanity: [[spoiler:Megatron]] post pretends to be the ruthless, psychopathic Decepticon warlord he was under Shockwave's restrictive programming after the events of the Peril Arc.Arc to ensure that his subordinates won't immediately turn on him while he works to bring the Autobot-Decepticon war to an end.



%%* OnlyMostlyDead: Jetfire at the end of ''Film/TransformersRevengeOfTheFallen.''
%%* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Megatron in the Peril Arc so, so much. Two words: [[spoiler:"Save me."]]. His first out of character moments in the flashbacks from the beginning of the war as well.

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%%* * OnlyMostlyDead: Jetfire at the end of ''Film/TransformersRevengeOfTheFallen.''
''Film/TransformersRevengeOfTheFallen'' still has enough presence of being that the Autobots can bring him back to life by rebuilding him.
%%* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Megatron in the Peril Arc so, so much. Two words: [[spoiler:"Save [[spoiler:"[[WhamLine Save me."]].]]"]]. His first out of character moments in the flashbacks from the beginning of the war as well.

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