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* Foreshadowing: Rattrap's exaggerated "no way" gesture when Optimus says there's a traitor in their ranks is a hint that the two of them have planned for Rattrap's apparent defection to Predacons in order to find out how they're able to predict the Maximals' every move.
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* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Optimus and Rattrap kept the latter's FakeDefector status a secret in order to avoid blowing his cover. This actually leads to angry Dinobot nearly killing Rattrap during the battle before [[NiceJobFixingItVillain he's stopped by Megatron.]]
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* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Optimus and Rattrap kept the latter's FakeDefector status a secret in order to avoid blowing his cover. This actually leads to an angry Dinobot nearly killing Rattrap during the battle before [[NiceJobFixingItVillain he's stopped by Megatron.]]
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** Earlier in the fight fight, he's ordered to shoot down Optimus and although he hesitates and fires near misses at first Rattrap actually does shoot him and cause him to crash. Optimus later grumbles he didn't need to go that far to make his fake defection look convincing.
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* XanatosGambit: Megatron demanding Rattrap kill Dinobot. If Rattrap does then it means killing one of the Maximals. If he doesn't, then the Predacons see what a fool Terrorsaur was for letting a spy in their ranks. He didn't know if Rattrap was really a traitor or not but either outcome benefited him.
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* XanatosGambit: Megatron demanding Rattrap kill Dinobot. If Rattrap does does, then it means killing one of the Maximals. If he doesn't, then the Predacons see what a fool Terrorsaur was for letting a spy in their ranks. He didn't know if Rattrap was really a traitor or not but either outcome benefited him.
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* DidntThinkThisThrough: [[Recap/BeastWarsS1E6PowerSurge Once again]], Terrorsaur's attempt at backstabbing Megatron and taking over fails because of his poor ability to plan ahead. He just has Rattrap knock Megatron unconcious with a poison and then throws him in jail, not considering for a second that Megatron- who ''leads'' this ship- might have programmed the computer to free him should he be imprisoned.
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* DidntThinkThisThrough: [[Recap/BeastWarsS1E6PowerSurge Once again]], Terrorsaur's attempt at backstabbing Megatron and taking over fails because of his poor ability to plan ahead. He just has Rattrap knock Megatron unconcious unconscious with a poison and then throws him in jail, not considering for a second that Megatron- who ''leads'' this ship- might have programmed the computer to free him should he be imprisoned.
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* UnflinchingWalk: Blackarachnia, who struts through Cheetor's onslaught despite the damage to her person and floors him with a kick.
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* TransformationIsAFreeAction: Averted. Tarantulas gives his position away with some EvilGloating and Rattrap blasts him away before he can complete his transformation sequence.
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* HeadTurningBeauty: "Oh, be still, my spinnerets!" Although, in fairness, there's some InUniverse AuthorAppeal at work there.
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* HeadTurningBeauty: "Oh, be still, still my spinnerets!" Although, in fairness, there's some InUniverse AuthorAppeal at work there.
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* EqualOpportunityEvil: Megatron suspects Tarantulas had "ulterior motives" in his choice of beast mode for Blackarachnia, but makes no comment on her gender and welcomes her as a comrade.
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* FunnyBackgroundEvent: Rattrap's gesticulation during Terrorsaur's NewEraSpeech.
* HeadTurningBeauty: "Oh, be still, my spinnerets!" Although, in fairness, there's some InUniverse AuthorAppeal at work there.
* HeadTurningBeauty: "Oh, be still, my spinnerets!" Although, in fairness, there's some InUniverse AuthorAppeal at work there.
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There's still Dark Designs
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* TheStarscream: Terrorsaur once again betrays Megatron, this being the last time in the series.
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* TheStarscream: Terrorsaur once again betrays Megatron, this being the last time in the series.Megatron.
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* TheBadGuyWins: While Predacons lose the day, Megatron successfully shows that Terrorsaur for the fool he is and removes any chance of the Predacons following him.
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* TheBadGuyWins: While Predacons lose the day, Megatron successfully shows that Terrorsaur for the fool he is and removes any chance of the Predacons following him.him, on top of the Predacons securing a protoform for themselves.
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* ProperlyParanoid: A villainous example, where Megatron rightfully believes Rattrap is a spy when he seemingly joins the Predacons, but then [[XanatosGambit he uses this to his advantage to prove to his crew how incapable Terrorsaur is at leading them]].
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* LetsSeeYouDoBetter: After Terrorsaur usurps his leadership, Megatron lets him lead, so that he can fail miserably.
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-->'''Rattrap'': What can I say? I was ''trying'' to miss.
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** Earlier in the fight he's ordered to shoot down Optimus and although he hesitates and fires near misses at first Rattrap actually does shoot him and cause him to crash. Optimus later grumbles he didn't need to go that far.
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** Earlier in the fight he's ordered to shoot down Optimus and although he hesitates and fires near misses at first Rattrap actually does shoot him and cause him to crash. Optimus later grumbles he didn't need to go that far.far to make his fake defection look convincing.
-->'''Rattrap'': What can I say? I was ''trying'' to miss.
-->'''Rattrap'': What can I say? I was ''trying'' to miss.
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** Megatron stops Dinobot as he was about to kill Rattrap to set up the below mentioned XanatosGambit.
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** Megatron stops Dinobot as he was about to kill Rattrap to set up the below mentioned XanatosGambit.
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* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Terrorsaur falling for Rattrap's FakeDefector cost the Predactons a huge advantage.
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* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Terrorsaur falling for Rattrap's FakeDefector cost the Predactons Predacons a huge advantage.advantage.
* NoodleIncident: Optimus says the operation to get Blackarchnia’s status pod is the third operation the Predacons amubushed. What were the other two?
* NoodleIncident: Optimus says the operation to get Blackarchnia’s status pod is the third operation the Predacons amubushed. What were the other two?
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* TheBadGuyWins: While Predacons lose the day, Megatron successfully shows that Terrorsaur for the fool he is and removes any chance of the Predacons following him.
* EyeBeams: Terrorsaur displays this in his fight with Rattrap, which he never uses again.
* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Optimus and Rattrap kept the latter's FakeDefector status a secret in order to avoid blowing his cover. This actually leads to angry Dinobot nearly killing Rattrap during the battle before [[NiceJobFixingItVillain he's stopped by Megatron.]]
** Megatron stops Dinobot as he was about to kill Rattrap to set up the below mentioned XanatosGambit.
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* XanatosGambit: Megatron demanding Rattrap kill Dinobot. If Rattrap does then it means killing one of the Maximals. If he doesn't, then the Predacons see what a fool Terrorsaur was for letting a spy in their ranks. He didn't know if Rattrap was really a traitor or not but either outcome benefited him.
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** Earlier in the fight he's ordered to shoot down Optimus and although he hesitates and fires near misses at first Rattrap actually does shoot him and cause him to crash. Optimus later grumbles he didn't need to go that far.
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* UnwittingPawn: Terrorsaur, to Rattrap.
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* UnwittingPawn: Terrorsaur, to Rattrap.Rattrap plays Terrorsaur like a two-bit processor in his infiltration mission.
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* DidntThinkThisThrough: [[BeastWarsS1E6PowerSurge Once again]], Terrorsaur's attempt at backstabbing Megatron and taking over fails because of his poor ability to plan ahead. He just has Rattrap knock Megatron unconcious with a poison and then throws him in jail, not considering for a second that Megatron- who ''leads'' this ship- might have programmed the computer to free him should he be imprisoned.
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* DidntThinkThisThrough: [[BeastWarsS1E6PowerSurge [[Recap/BeastWarsS1E6PowerSurge Once again]], Terrorsaur's attempt at backstabbing Megatron and taking over fails because of his poor ability to plan ahead. He just has Rattrap knock Megatron unconcious with a poison and then throws him in jail, not considering for a second that Megatron- who ''leads'' this ship- might have programmed the computer to free him should he be imprisoned.
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* DidntThinkThisThrough: [[BeastWarsS1E6PowerSurge Once again]], Terrorsaur's attempt at backstabbing Megatron and taking over fails because of his poor ability to plan ahead. He just has Rattrap knock Megatron unconcious with a poison and then throws him in jail, not considering for a second that Megatron- who ''leads'' this ship- might have programmed the computer to free him should he be imprisoned.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Blackarachnia just sort of dissapears in the middle of the battle at the end for no apparent reason. Megatron {{Lampshades}} this during his TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to Terrorsaur.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Blackarachnia just sort of dissapears disappears in the middle of the battle at the end for no apparent reason. Megatron {{Lampshades}} this during his TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to Terrorsaur.
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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Megatron unleashes a truly ''epic'' one on Terrorsaur when he sums up his brief reign of the Predacons: a lost battle, a missing Blackarachnia (she eventually returns), and who knows what else damage inflicted by the Maximal Spy?
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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Megatron unleashes a truly ''epic'' one on Terrorsaur when he sums up his brief reign of the Predacons: a lost battle, a missing Blackarachnia (she eventually returns), [[note]] she does return by the next episode[[/note]], and who knows what else damage inflicted by the Maximal Spy?
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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Megatron unleashes a truly ''epic'' one on Terrorsaur when he sums up his brief reign of the Predacons: a lost battle, a missing chip, Blackarachnia (she eventually returns), and who knows what else damage inflicted by the Maximal Spy?
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* TheChessmaster: Megatron gets his first real showing of this. He designed his own holding cells so that he could escape from them, and during a battle with the Maximals allows Terrorsaur to lead so that the rest of the Predacons can see what a fool he is. While he didn't know for certain if Rattrap was really a spy until the end, even that worked in his favor with the below mentioned XanatosGambit, either Megatron got a new Predacon in his ranks, or he got to show what a fool Terrorsaur was for trusting him.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Terrorsaur falling for Rattrap's FakeDefector cost the Predactons a huge advantage.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Blackarachnia just sort of dissapears in the middle of the battle at the end for no apparent reason. Megatron {{Lampshades}} this during his TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to Terrorsaur.Terrorsaur.
* XanatosGambit: Megatron demanding Rattrap kill Dinobot. If Rattrap does then it means killing one of the Maximals. If he doesn't, then the Predacons see what a fool Terrorsaur was for letting a spy in their ranks.
* XanatosGambit: Megatron demanding Rattrap kill Dinobot. If Rattrap does then it means killing one of the Maximals. If he doesn't, then the Predacons see what a fool Terrorsaur was for letting a spy in their ranks.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Blackarachnia just sort of dissapears in the middle of the battle at the end for no apparent reason.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Blackarachnia just sort of dissapears in the middle of the battle at the end for no apparent reason. Megatron {{Lampshades}} this during his TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to Terrorsaur.
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* CrazyPrepared: See below under GenreSavvy.Megatron has programmed the ''Darksyde'' holding cells to open for him, in case he should end up imprisoned.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Blackarachnia just sort of dissapears in the middle of the battle at the end for no apparent reason.
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* ShootYourMate: Rattrap is ordered to kill Dinobot by Megatron to prove his loyalty- he of course shoots Megatron instead.
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* ShootYourMate: Rattrap is ordered to kill Dinobot by Megatron to prove his loyalty- he of course loyalty. When Terrorsaur agrees, Rattrap promptly shoots him, and the distraction is enough for Dinobot to free himself from Megatron's grip.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Megatroninstead.unleashes a truly ''epic'' one on Terrorsaur when he sums up his brief reign of the Predacons: a lost battle, a missing chip, and who knows what else damage inflicted by the Maximal Spy?
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Megatron
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* CrazyPrepared: See below under GenreSavvy.
* FakeDefector: Rattrap, so he could infiltrate the ''Darksyde'' and discover how the Predacons were tapping their communications.
* GenreSavvy: Overlapping with CrazyPrepared- Megatron has programmed the ''Darksyde'' holding cells to open for him, in case he should end up imprisoned.
* InnocuouslyImportantEpisode: [[DarkActionGirl Blackarachnia]] is introduced in this episode, rather inauspiciously for such an important character.
* ShootYourMate: Rattrap is ordered to kill Dinobot by Megatron to prove his loyalty- he of course shoots Megatron instead.
* TheStarscream: Terrorsaur once again betrays Megatron, this being the last time in the series.
* UnwittingPawn: Terrorsaur, to Rattrap.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Blackarachnia just sort of dissapears in the middle of the battle at the end for no apparent reason.
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* CrazyPrepared: See below under GenreSavvy.
* FakeDefector: Rattrap, so he could infiltrate the ''Darksyde'' and discover how the Predacons were tapping their communications.
* GenreSavvy: Overlapping with CrazyPrepared- Megatron has programmed the ''Darksyde'' holding cells to open for him, in case he should end up imprisoned.
* InnocuouslyImportantEpisode: [[DarkActionGirl Blackarachnia]] is introduced in this episode, rather inauspiciously for such an important character.
* ShootYourMate: Rattrap is ordered to kill Dinobot by Megatron to prove his loyalty- he of course shoots Megatron instead.
* TheStarscream: Terrorsaur once again betrays Megatron, this being the last time in the series.
* UnwittingPawn: Terrorsaur, to Rattrap.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Blackarachnia just sort of dissapears in the middle of the battle at the end for no apparent reason.
