History Recap / TransformersAnimatedS2E10BlackFriday

* I'mMelting: Meltdown accidentally activating his genetic modifier while touching it causes a reaction which melts him into a puddle. However, he starts recovering in the end.
* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: After a season of corrupt dealings and awful behavior, Porter C. Powell gets served a lot of abuse: terrorized by Grimlock, expensive equipment being destroyed, and Fanzone threatening to arrest him for being a public nuisance. Sari ''almost'' feels sorry for him.

* LoopholeAbuse: Bumblebee is able to beat Prowl's bet of having to stay quiet for at least 10 cycles (which is 15 minutes, [[AllThereInTheManual given that a cycle is 1.5 minutes]]) because of the venom that Blackarachnia gave them. Prowl argues that it doesn't count, but Bumblebee says that it's cheating to add more rules and demands payment in the form of axle grease.

** Meltdown later does it himself when the genetic modifier turns him into shapeless goo.

* DarkerAndEdgier: More violent and tense than the usual ''Animated'' episode, even compared to the rest of Season 2 and even Season 3. This episode definitely drew upon the Horror genre at times.

* ExactWords: Meltdown agreed to help Blackarachnia remove her "disgusting half". He never clarified ''which'' half he meant, something Blackarachnia realizes too late (as she hadn't known that Meltdown is a technophobe with a hatred for Cybertronians).
* FauxAffablyEvil: Despite Sari and the Autobots being the reason he's locked up, Meltdown is fairly polite to Sari and Bumblebee when they visit him in prison. He later drops it when things stop going his way.

* NotQuiteDead: Meltdown accidentally touches his genetic modifier with his acid covered hands, which leads him to be reduced to a puddle. While Optimus believes that he's now dead, Meltdown's remains are shown at the end of the episode to reshaping, but he never appears again in the series and Meltdown's fate remains unknown.

* BigNo: Blackarachnia does this just as Meltdown is about to experiment on her.

* ArtisticLicensePharmacology: Somehow, Transformers infected by Blackarachnia's lethal venom can be saved by a MagicAntidote, even when Sari's key failed to remedy it. Likewise, Optimus Prime didn't measure the dosage when saving Bumblebee and Prowl, despite their significant size difference. Finally, both are immediately healed from its effects, with no signs of fatigue afterwards.

* ArtisticLicensePharmacology: Somehow, Transformers infected by Blackarachnia's lethal venom can be saved by a MagicAntidote, even when Sari's key failed to remedy it. Likewise, Optimus Prime didn't even measure the dosage when saving Bumblebee and Prowl, despite their significant size difference. Finally, both are immediately healed from its effects, with no signs of fatigue afterwards.

* ArtisticLicense–Pharmacology: Somehow, Transformers infected by Blackarachnia's lethal venom can be saved by a MagicAntidote, even when Sari's key failed to remedy it. Likewise, Optimus Prime didn't even measure the dosage when saving Bumblebee and Prowl, despite their significant size difference. Finally, both are immediately healed from its effects, with no signs of fatigue afterwards.

* Artistic License – Pharmacology: Somehow, Transformers infected by Blackarachnia's lethal venom can be saved by a MagicAntidote, even when Sari's key failed to remedy it. Likewise, Optimus Prime didn't even measure the dosage when saving Bumblebee and Prowl, despite their significant size difference. Finally, both are immediately healed from its effects, with no signs of fatigue afterwards.

* NeverMyFault: In the Sumdac lab, Grimlock falls over onto some very expensive equipment. As Porter angrily glares at him, Grimlock simply points at Optimus and says, "Him did it."