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* BarredFromTheAfterlife: During "The Everlasting Voices" [[spoiler: The Guiding Hand confirm that they can bring Rodimus and the others back to life, but warn that if they die again they will not be able to return to the Afterspark, their sparks consigned to oblivion.]]

** Empurata: A disfiguring punishment in which both the hands and face are removed and replaced by primitive claws and a featureless cycloptic eye. It is extremely recognizable as a MarkOfShame with Whirl, Shockwave and Glitch all having it done to them. In an alternate universe, it happens so frequently that it doesn't shock any longer.

* BrilliantButLazy: Rodimus.
* BrickJoke: Combined with HypocriticalHumor. In issue 4, Trailbreaker is drunkenly ranting about how massively overrated he feels Fortress Maximus is, including a jab at the fact that Max has "guns in his legs" (and when Max actually walks in, Trailbreaker hastily and badly tries to use this same fact to praise Max). Fast-forward to issue #12, and Hoist is now complementing Trailbreaker on his newly upgraded legs, courtesy of Brainstorm...which happen to have guns in them.
* BrokenBird: Chromedome; Cyclonus.

* ADateWithRosiePalms: Not said but... distressingly implied.
-->'''Magnus:''' Sprocket keeps touching his--\\
'''Rodimus:''' [[CurseCutShort MAGNUS!]]

** Megatron himself post HeelRealization. Since beginning his [[NecessarilyEvil genocidal crusade]] to [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans tear down everything which stood in prevention of creating a better world]] Megs [[EmotionSuppression wailed off whatever guilt he felt]] over the atrocities he either ordered or directly carried out himself. It all, slowly comes to a head when Megatron can longer lie to himself anymore, finally accepting that it ceased being about the cause a very long time ago. That he was now perpetuating violence, striking back at the Autobots, for the hell of it. And this, so [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone utterly rocks him to his core]], that it in turn culminates in [[spoiler: Megatron trying to off himself [[TakingYouWithMe alongside the DJD.]]]]

** Megatron himself post HeelRealization. Since beginning his [[NecessarilyEvil genocidal crusade]] to [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans tear down everything which stood in prevention of creating a better world]] Megs [[EmotionSuppression wailed off whatever guilt he felt] over the atrocities he either ordered or directly carried out himself. It all, slowly comes to a head when Megatron can longer lie to himself anymore, finally accepting that it ceased being about the cause a very long time ago. That he was now perpetuating violence, striking back at the Autobots, for the hell of it. And this, so [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone utterly rocks him to his core]], that it in turn culminates in [[spoiler: Megatron trying to off himself [[TakingYouWithMe alongside the DJD]].]]

* DeadPersonConversation: between Swerve and Ore in the Annual, although for a [[IncrediblyLamePun short lived]] time.

* CastFullOfGay: The cast of MTMTE is predominantly [[OneGenderRace male-coded]], and all of the romantic relationships shown have been [[DiscountLesbians between male characters]]. Gender in the IDW continuity is a bit complicated; different writers over the years had different visions for what exactly the Cybertronians are with respect to gender. Even when more female characters like Nautica, Velocity, Lug, and Anode join the crew, they get more ShipTease with each other than they do than with any of the numerous males (with Lug and Anode going significantly past mere ''teasing'').

* AmbiguousDisorder:
** Spinister is... odd. He displays violent outbursts, delusional paranoia, and acts a bit odd in general. Yet at the same time he seems to be able to socialize well and can perform advanced surgery and defuse bombs. He also proves capable of determining what's wrong with the Roboids, and devising the means to fix it (extremely complicated neural-surgery) after knowing about the problem for at most a few hours.
** Nautica seems to have a lot of trouble socializing, struggling to do basic things like telling jokes. She also seems to have trouble telling when others don't want to touched, continually petting Ravage even when he threatens violence.
** ''Lost Light'' introduces Anode, who has problems understanding the concept of "personal space", a tendency to say odd things, and talks a lot. [[spoiler:She's also hallucinating her best friend / travelling partner.]]

* AwesomeMcCoolname: A few. Thunderclash, Killmaster, Spinister, Overlord, Cyclonus, and Star Saber come to mind.

** Spinister is... odd. He displays violent outbursts, delusional paranoia, and acts a bit odd in general. Yet at the same time he seems to be able to socialize well and can perform advanced surgery and bomb defusions. He also proves capable of determining what's wrong with the Roboids, and devising the means to fix it (extremely complicated neural-surgery) after knowing about the problem for at most a few hours.

** Spinister is... odd. He displays violent outbursts, delusional paranoia, and acts a bit odd in general. Yet at the same time he seems to be able to socialize well and can perform advanced surgery and bomb diffusions. He also proves capable of determining what's wrong with the Roboids, and devising the means to fix it (extremely complicated neural-surgery) after knowing about the problem for at most a few hours.

** In Issue 3, when Animus and Whirl shared a room and Animus was locked out he accused Whirl of doing it, but it was really Rodimus who auto-locked the rooms. Whirl couldn't get the door open, and Animus was killed by the Sparkeater. In Issue 12 Tailgate tries to diffuse a bomb with Rewind, and Cyclonus goes in to drag him out. Trying to look like a hero, Whirl locks Cyclonus and Rewind in with the bomb and claims the door locked itself.

* AnachronicOrder: The backstories and memories of characters are depicted over time through flashbacks and such, frequently out of order. Taken UpToEleven in issue 12, which switches pretty much scene by scene from events an hour or before the crew of the ''Lost Light'' engages a group of Decepticons commanded by Snap-Trap, events that take place ''during'' the battle, and events during the immediate aftermath of said battle in erratic order.

* AscendedMeme: In issue 20, Getaway describes Prowl as "prickly", getting as close as Roberts could probably get to using Prowl's rather... impolite FanNickname from the Website/TFWikiDotNet. It's Prick if you don't know.

* AscendedMeme: In issue 20, Getaway describes Prowl as "prickly", getting as close as Roberts could probably get to using Prowl's rather... impolite FanNickname from the Wiki/TFWikiDotNet. It's Prick if you don't know.

** Spinister is... odd. He displays violent outbursts, delusional paranoia, and acts like a mentally retarded person in general. Yet at the same time he seems to be able to socialize well and can perform advanced surgery and bomb diffusions. He also proves capable of determining what's wrong with the Roboids, and devising the means to fix it (extremely complicated neural-surgery) after knowing about the problem for at most a few hours.

* BunnyEarsLawyer:
** Spinister. The guy's a massive idiot who'll try to interrogate his own fingers... but he also happens to be a spectacular surgeon.
** Brainstorm.
** First Aid as well, to a lesser degree.

* ChurchMilitant: Star Saber.

* ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve: Whirl asks Cyclonus why his sword is better than his. Dai Atlas intervenes and mentions that Cyclonus' sword draws energy from the spark to energize it, but the reason its stronger than normal is because Cyclonus is religious.

%5* DepopulationBomb: The Killswitch.

* BigDamnFinale: ''Lost Light'' concludes with an epic ''ten'' part story, starting with issue 16. [[spoiler:And it begins with everyone apparently dying and going to the afterlife.]]

** Rojo frequently tends to leave off large amounts of [[KibbleAndBits secondary anatomy (the alternate mode parts)]], making everyone look incredibly flat and humanoid.
* DepopulationBomb: The Killswitch.

* DocumentaryEpisode: Issue 22.

* {{Dramedy}}

* DrillSergeantNasty: Whirl during his time as a Flight Instructor.

* CasualInterstellarTravel: Played with. Space travel is at least somewhat casual (most likely thanks to quantum jumping) but it also seems to be rather costly, [[RealityEnsues like it would be in real life]]. The only reason the Scavengers are able to get anywhere is because they scavenge fuel and spare parts to keep their piece-of-crap ship going.

* CastFullOfGay: ''Sort of''. The cast of MTMTE is predominantly male, and all of the romantic relationships shown have been between male characters. Gender in the IDW continuity is a bit complicated; different writers over the years had different visions for what exactly the Cybertronians are with respect to gender. Even when more female characters like Nautica, Velocity, Lug, and Anode join the crew, they get more ShipTease with each other than they do than with any of the numerous males (with Lug and Anode going significantly past mere ''teasing''). Although a lot of this boils down to if you think a non-sexual race can be homosexual in the first place (although the evidence seems pretty comprehensive that they can be homo''romantic'').

** In an interview James Roberts released many details that had been cut or changed, one of the most notable ones was a Chromedome/Rewind plot that was seeded all the way in the first few issues. Chromedome was originally supposed to have helped [[spoiler:Damus's]] undercover operation and wiped Rewind's mind; this was alluded to in Prowl's conversations with Chromedome implying blackmail over a dark secret. Further [[spoiler:Rewind was supposed to have survived Overlord and shrank in a panic Overlord grabbing him and inadvertently protecting him from the explosion]]. This was alluded to in-text with [[spoiler:Rewind's absence and Overlord's hand being conspicuously out of shot]]. The plan from there would be for the Galactic Counsel to have gotten ahold of him, and turned him into a dimensional hopper. This would have explained why the Rewind from the destroyed Lost Light was not displaced along with the other duplicates as [[spoiler:the original Rewind was no longer in the universe]]. Eventually, a confrontation with [[spoiler:Chromedome and the two Rewinds]] would occur at the arc's climax. These plans were supposed to be for a fourth season but were cut because of time and because after developing Chromedome and Rewind's relationship through the comic it didn't feel in character anymore. The plot was dropped but many of the allusions to it remain in the comic.

* {{Adorkable}}:
** Rung, a naive, somewhat straitlaced dork with OpaqueNerdGlasses and gangly limbs. He spends his time doing things like building model spaceships, trying to tiptoe around interacting with a ship full of loons, and needing to be rescued.
** Rewind, a walking database who runs around after Chromedome like a devoted puppydog, and collects sociotemporal hotspot charts as a hobby.
** Tailgate and Swerve sometimes veer into this territory.
** In the flashbacks, Ironfist proves he was a fanboy even before the Wreckers came into existence.