History NightmareFuel / TransformersPrime

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[[caption-width-right:350:"I'm out... or should I say... ''[[MindRape IN]]?!'' [[EvilLaugh HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!]]"]]

* Soundwave. The guy is a silent, faceless, emotionless 'bot who lives only to enforce Megatron's will. Throw in the fact that he's intercepting Autobot transmissions left and right, keeping tabs on seemingly ''everyone'', more than capable of dishing out the hurt, and constantly looking for the whereabouts of the Autobot base, and you've got walking ParanoiaFuel.

* Even worse when you imagine how ''Cybertronians'' view the scenario. Think of all those sci-fi/horror settings where a monster inhabits a human corpse. Except this time, the ''human'' is the monster. Even Megatron is a bit put off, calling CYLAS an "abomination" during their first meeting. Hell, just the looks of shock and horror on both Knockout's and Bulkhead's faces speaks a lot on how horrified they must feel witnessing what Silas did. Bonus points in that this is the episode Megatron acknowledges what a truly dangerous species humans actually are.

'''Megatron''': Make no mistake, '''he already does.'''

-->'''Decepticon Miner''': No! No!!! [[BigNo NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!]]

--> '''Arcee''': Soooo, how long before Unicron knows we're here?\\

** And then there's the creepy line from Megatron before:

--> '''Megatron''': I'm out... or should I say, ''IN''?! [[EvilLaugh HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!]]"

--> '''Megatron''': I'm out... or should I say, ''in''?

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** Heck, just imagine what :Megatron's thinking when Unicron explains that his soul ''can't'' join with the Well of Souls. Imagine dying and then having your race's version of {{Satan}} telling you 'your soul is mine.' Megatron is essentially being told he's been ''doomed to Hell!''

* When one of the Starscream clones attacks Bulkhead. As soon as the clone says that he was the one who killed Cliffjumper and tries to kill Bulkhead the same way, Bulkhead snaps and goes on a [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown No-Holds-Barred Beatdown]] by ''bludgeoning the clone to death''. When he realizes he just killed a Decepticon in cold blood, he is horrified.

* This preview clip shows Silas/CYLAS [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Kmm5D1Jzto&feature=plcp coming online]]. Shiver.

** That wailing noise they make when attacking. Geez.

* Megatron himself in general is a whole cavalcade of NightmareFuel. ''''NON. FRAGGING. STOP.'''' His design is a terrifying mixture between the 1984 animated series and the Michael Bay films, and also, many people have been seen and heard praising this characterization simply because of this trope; unlike other versions of Megatron who were AffablyEvil or [[EvenEvilHasStandards had standards]], this Megatron is ruthless, deadly, frightening, dark, and isn't afraid to kill ''one of his own men'' if it means having less incompetence to worry about. If you thought this show was [[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids inappropriate for its target demographic]], then this will do nothing but strengthen that belief.

* Megatron himself in general is a whole cavalcade of NightmareFuel. ''NON. FRAGGING. STOP.'' His design is a terrifying mixture between the 1984 animated series and the Michael Bay films, and also, many people have been seen and heard praising this characterization simply because of this trope; unlike other versions of Megatron who were AffablyEvil or [[EvenEvilHasStandards had standards]], this Megatron is ruthless, deadly, frightening, dark, and isn't afraid to kill ''one of his own men'' if it means having less incompetence to worry about. If you thought this show was [[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids inappropriate for its target demographic]], then this will do nothing but strengthen that belief.

* Megatron in general is a whole cavalcade of NightmareFuel. His design is a terrifying mixture between the 1984 animated series and the Michael Bay films. Many people have been seen and heard praising this characterization simply because of this trope; unlike other versions of Megatron who were AffablyEvil or [[EvenEvilHasStandards had standards]], this Megatron is ruthless, deadly, frightening, dark, and isn't afraid to kill ''one of his own men'' if it means having less incompetence to worry about. If you thought this show was [[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids inappropriate for its target demographic]], then this will do nothing but strengthen that belief.

* Megatron in general is a whole cavalcade of NightmareFuel. Many people have been seen and heard praising this characterization simply because of this trope; unlike other versions of Megatron who were AffablyEvil or [[EvenEvilHasStandards had standards]], this Megatron is ruthless, deadly, frightening, dark, and isn't afraid to kill ''one of his own men'' if it means having less incompetence to worry about. If you thought this show was [[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids inappropriate for its target demographic]], then this will do nothing but strengthen that belief.

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* Even though the Insecticon was bad, his fate was unnerving at best. Remember way back when Bulkhead said that Miko hadn't seen Scraplets devour a bot? Now we have. To clarify, in their debut episode the Scraplets simply started gnawing on you. In this they all start chewing the Insecticon's joints until it's nothing more than a torso and head shrieking in pain.

* Megatron in general is a whole cavalcade of NightmareFuel. Many people have been seen and heard praising this characterization simply because of this trope; unlike other versions of Megatron who were AffablyEvil or [[EvenEvilHasStandards had standards]], this Megatron is ruthless, deadly, frightening, dark, and isn't afraid to kill ''one of his own men'' if it means having less incompetence to worry about. If you thought this show was [[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids inappropriate for its target demographic]], then this will [[UpToEleven do nothing but strengthen that belief.]]

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* On the other end of the spectrum, the Autobots treatment of Soundwave. They strap him down, speak to him civilly enough...then prepare to cut him open and manually read his drives[[note]]granted, only after Soundwave proves uncooperative and, despite his restraints, just as dangerous[[/note]].

** Miko was really lucky to have the Apex Armor on because she can protect herself from Preadaking's fire breath and battle Starscream.

** The montage of previous beatings from Season 1 and season 2 really shows Srarscream what a JerkassWoobie he is. Put 'em all together back-to-back and they're downright uncomfortable to watch.

** And to throw in some AdultFear in there, June has no knowledge that the Autobots escaped with the kids, so as far as she knows, Jack is dead.

* And on the AdultFear front, we've got June teetering on the edge of a freak-out over the unknown fate of her son. Makes you wonder what Raf's family and Miko's host parents are going through, too.

* On the other end of the spectrum, the Autobots treatment of Soundwave. They strap him down, speak to him civilly enough...then prepare to cut him open and manually read his drives.

** Setting makes the nightmare better, always. And... well, the abandoned city in the volcano's evacuation zone certainly doesn't hurt the rest of it, either...