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* CreateYourOwnVillain: Bulkhead literally does this due his carelessness with his own strength. See UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom below.

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* CreateYourOwnVillain: Bulkhead literally does this due to his carelessness with his own strength. See UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom below.
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* CreateYourOwnVillain: Bulkhead literally does this due his carelessness with his own strength. See UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom below.
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* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Professor Sumdac fails to realize that Bulkhead is only pretending to turn on him to protect him from Dirt Boss and the Constructicons, not even getting the hint when Bulkhead gives him a wink. Bulkhead has to explain himself later when Professor Sumdac still thinks he's coercing him.


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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Bulkhead hiring the Constructicons to help him fix the collapsed floors leads Dirt Boss to take command of them and set off the plot of the episode.


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* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Bulkhead carelessly leaning his elbow on Sumdac's forklift causes the floor to collapse under it, leading to the [=AllSpark=] fragment combining the vehicle with the Headmaster Unit that fell with it to create Dirt Boss.
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* ChekhovsGun: The plasma dynamic thruster that Professor Sumdac is seen lugging around for most of the episode turns out to be vital in diverting the explosion away from Detroit.

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* ChekhovsGun: The plasma dynamic thruster that Professor Sumdac is seen lugging around for most of the episode turns out to be vital in [[RelocatingTheExplosion diverting the explosion away from Detroit.Detroit]].
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* AbsenteeActor: After the events of the last episode, Sari is now currently M.I.A., and this absence will stick for quite a long time.
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* ArmorPiercingQuestion: Bulkhead asks the Constructicons [[AndThenWhat where they're going to get their oil from if they destroy the oil refinery.]] Dirt Boss' response to this question is to try and kill Bulkhead.

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* ArmorPiercingQuestion: AndThenWhat: Bulkhead asks the Constructicons [[AndThenWhat where they're going to get their oil from if they destroy the oil refinery.]] refinery. Dirt Boss' response to this question is to try and kill Bulkhead.
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* ArmorPiercingQuestion: Bulkhead asks the Constructicons where they're going to get their oil from if they destroy the oil refinery. Dirt Boss' response to this question is to try and kill Bulkhead.

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* ArmorPiercingQuestion: Bulkhead asks the Constructicons [[AndThenWhat where they're going to get their oil from if they destroy the oil refinery. refinery.]] Dirt Boss' response to this question is to try and kill Bulkhead.
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-->'''Bulkhead:''' So how come I didn't see your buddies anywhere? They didn't... run out on you, did they?\\

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-->'''Bulkhead:''' So how come I didn't see your buddies [the other Decepticons] anywhere? They didn't... run out on you, did they?\\
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: After the Constructicons "explode away", Mixmaster and Dirt Boss' fates are left unknown. However, [[WhatCouldHaveBeen if there had been a Season 4,]] we would have seen just what exactly happened to them.

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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[invoked]] After the Constructicons "explode away", Mixmaster and Dirt Boss' fates are left unknown. However, [[WhatCouldHaveBeen if there had been a Season 4,]] we would have seen just what exactly happened to them.

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* DidntThinkThisThrough: When Bulkhead throws his wrecking ball at Mixmaster, he catches it easily, and is able to lug Bulkhead around with ease, being much bigger and stronger than him. Dirt Boss chides Bulkhead for not thinking his actions through.

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* DidntThinkThisThrough: When Bulkhead throws his wrecking ball at Mixmaster, he catches it easily, and is able to lug Bulkhead around with ease, being much bigger and stronger than him. Dirt Boss chides Bulkhead for not thinking his actions through.



* ThisIsGonnaSuck: Bulkhead's reaction to seeing Dirt Boss.

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* ChekhovsGun: The plasma dynamic thruster that Professor Sumdac is seen lugging around for most of the episode turns out to be vital in diverting the explosion away from Detroit.



* GrievousHarmWithABody: Bulkhead gets his flail stuck in Mixmaster's hand, which causes him to be used as a weapon when Bulkhead tries to attack him.

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* GrievousHarmWithABody: Bulkhead gets his flail stuck in Mixmaster's hand, which causes him to be used as a weapon when Bulkhead tries to attack him.the Autobots.



* ShyFingerTwiddling: ''Bulkhead'', of all people, does this when Dirt Boss asks him if he [[RunningGag has a problem]].

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* ShyFingerTwiddling: ''Bulkhead'', of all people, does this when Dirt Boss asks him if he [[RunningGag [[{{Catchphrase}} has a problem]].
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Bulkhead seeks the help of the Constructicons for a vital construction project, but, thanks to their new leader, the Constructicons have bigger and deadlier plans.
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* AbsenteeActor: After the events of the last episode, Sari is now currently M.I.A., and this absence will stick for quite a long time.
* ArmorPiercingQuestion: Bulkhead asks the Constructicons where they're going to get their oil from if they destroy the oil refinery. Dirt Boss' response to this question is to try and kill Bulkhead.
* BreatherEpisode: Compared to the significantly darker episodes that [[Recap/TransformersAnimatedS3E01TransWarped precede]] and [[Recap/TransformersAnimatedS3E03WhereIsThySting succeed]] it, Three's A Crowd is a significantly lighter and more comedic episode, focusing on the generally humourous Constructicons.
* BrokenRecord: "YOU GOT A PROBLEM?!"
* ADayInTheLimelight: This episode is generally pretty Bulkhead-focused.
* DeadpanSnarker: While Bulkhead usually isn't this, he gets out a jab or two at the expense of Mixmaster and Scrapper.
-->'''Bulkhead:''' So how come I didn't see your buddies anywhere? They didn't... run out on you, did they?\\
'''Scrapper:''' They'll be back.\\
'''Bulkhead:''' Oh yeah, ''sure'' they will. So you're just gonna sit here and rust while you wait for them. Good plan!
** And right after that, when Mixmaster and Scrapper agree to help Bulkhead retrieve the forklift:
--> '''Scrapper:''' But remember, this is strictly off the books! 'Cause if Megatron ever found out, he would ''blow a head-gasket!''\\
'''Bulkhead:''' Right. 'Cause me and Megatron, we talk all the time!
* DidntThinkThisThrough: When Bulkhead throws his wrecking ball at Mixmaster, he catches it easily, and is able to lug Bulkhead around with ease, being much bigger and stronger than him. Dirt Boss chides Bulkhead for not thinking his actions through.
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Mixmaster and Scrapper are first seen watching a car getting disassembled, which in terms of car robots, is probably analogous to watching someone stripping.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Dirt Boss' first words leave quite an impression.
-->'''Dirt Boss:''' What're you ''cogs'' lookin' at? You wanna piece of me? Try it, and you'll be going to the scrapyard in a crankin' box.
* FakeDefector: Bulkhead pretends to be a BadBoss towards Professor Sumdac to protect him from the Constructicons.
* GrievousHarmWithABody: Bulkhead gets his flail stuck in Mixmaster's hand, which causes him to be used as a weapon when Bulkhead tries to attack him.
* IHaveAFamily: When Professor Sumdac thinks Bulkhead's turned on him, he cries out he's a father in an attempt to dissuade him from attacking.
* PeoplePuppets: Dirt Boss uses the drill on his head to control Scrapper, Mixmaster and Bulkhead, but he only has one drill.
* ShyFingerTwiddling: ''Bulkhead'', of all people, does this when Dirt Boss asks him if he [[RunningGag has a problem]].
* SpinningPaper: Three of them appear over a montage of the Constructicons stealing oil from various places. Either the newspapers were quickly printed out over the course of one night, or the Autobots spent three days trying to pull Lugnut out of that crater.
* ThisIsGonnaSuck: Bulkhead's reaction to seeing Dirt Boss.
-->'''Scrapper:''' What the slag is that?\\
'''Bulkhead:''' If I had to guess, a forklift, a Headmaster Unit, an [=AllSpark=] fragment, and a ''whole'' lot of trouble.
** When Optimus sees the oil fire, his only response is "I so don't have time for this."
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: After the Constructicons "explode away", Mixmaster and Dirt Boss' fates are left unknown. However, [[WhatCouldHaveBeen if there had been a Season 4,]] we would have seen just what exactly happened to them.

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