Line #39 Anime/TransformersGo


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2	[[caption-width-right:300:Samurai and Shinobi Team]]
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4	''Transformers: Go!'' is an animated series [[DirectToVideo direct-to-dvd]] and is set in the Franchise/TransformersAlignedUniverse (same as ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime'', ''WesternAnimation/TransformersRescueBots'' and the ''[[VideoGame/TransformersWarForCybertron War for Cybertron]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/TransformersFallOfCybertron Fall of Cybertron]]'' games).
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6	The story takes place after the main team of Autobots have vanquished the Decepticons from earth, and follows the adventures of a team of Autobots who remain on the planet in order to fight off any remaining threats. Dragotron (Predaking) has stirred from his resting place, and Predacons have scattered around to find the Legend Discs to fully awaken him. Two have found their way to Japan's feudal era, while a pair of boys gained the remaining two. When the Predacons come after them, the Legend Discs each awaken a team of Autobots, the Samurai and Shinobi Swordbot Teams, to defend them.
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11	* TwoDVisualsThreeDEffects: The [=CGI=] used for the Transformer characters uses a different shading style from the hand-drawn animation and feature smoother movement.
12	* AlternateContinuity: ''The show itself''. Isami and Tobio's stories are supposed to be happening simultaneously, but the final battle is fought as either [=DaiKenzan=] (formed by Kenzan, Gekisoumaru and Optimus Exprime with Kenzan on the top) or [=DaiGekisou=] (with Gekisoumaru on the top instead) depending on which one you followed first.
13	* BackForTheFinale: [[spoiler:Optimus Prime]] returns to Earth to aid the Swordbots in the finale.
14	* {{BFS}}: The sword of Go-Jinbu and weapon from Go-Gekisou.
15	* CombatHandFan: Hishoumaru's weapon of choice, which he uses for [[BlowYouAway wind attacks]].
16	* CombiningMecha: Each of the Swordbot teams can form into one. Like ''Manga/GetterRobo'' or ''Anime/GenesisOfAquarion'', their abilities change depending on which is the chest, head and arms.
17	* CoolCar: Kenzan Police Car form.
18	* CoolPlane: Jinbu Jet form
19	* ContinuitySnarl: It can't fit anywhere into the Aligned timeline and was quietly ignored when ''WesternAnimation/TransformersRobotsInDisguise2015'' was released in Japan.
20	* ChromaticArrangement: Both Swordbot teams with the Samurai team using blue, red, and yellow, and the Shinobi team using blue, purple, and orange.
21	* CurbStompBattle: All fights [[spoiler: except for the last one]] have the Swordbots win with ease.
22	* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: Or rather, "Did You Just Cut The Eye from a Predacon?" in Samurai Episode 2 UsefulNotes/MiyamotoMusashi cuts Budora's eye.
23	* DualWielding: Kenzan and Go-Kenzan use two swords.
24	* {{Expy}}:
25	** Kenzan to Prowl (his vehicle mode also resembles Nitro Convoy).
26	** Gekisoumaru to Lio Convoy.
27	** Jinbu to Bumblebee and Jetfire.
28	** Ganoh to Ratchet and Bulkhead.
29	** Sadly averted with Sensuimaru, who doesn't behave anything like Sky-Byte.
30	* EyeScream: UsefulNotes/MiyamotoMusashi stabs Budora in the eye to get him to drop the Legendisc.
31	* FourIsDeath: The four Oni generals acting in Dragotron's slumber-absence.
32	* GiantMook: The five Jaki are already out of scale with their toys. Then the Oni generals make them ''bigger''.
33	* HistoricalDomainCharacter:
34	** UsefulNotes/MiyamotoMusashi in Samurai Episode 2.
35	** Nearly every episode has one - Japanese pioneer Sakamoto Ryoma and legendary ninja Sarutobi Sasuke, and logo-wise one can spot the Tokugawa army in the first ep.
36	* HourOfPower: Dragotron can give a power boost to the Jaki or Oni generals that... just makes them bigger. And not for very long.
37	* HumongousMecha: Like most ''Transformers'' media, the Cybertronians are this.
38	* IfItSwimsItFlies: Subverted. Sensuimaru's preferred mode of travel is ''swimming through land.'' Take that, Creator/ChuckNorris!
39	* LawOfChromaticSuperiority: [[spoiler:Dragotron turns red upon awakening.]]
40	* LighterAndSofter: Compared to WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime, there are far fewer brutal deaths and horrifying circumstances.
41	* KingOfBeasts: Gekisoumaru
42	* MacGuffinMelee: The Legendiscs.
43	* MechanicalLifeform: Like most ''Transformers'' media, the Cybertronians are this.
44	* MerchandiseDriven: There's a lot of repaints and remolds of WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime toys to go with the few original ones in this line, plus recolored Arms Microns as exclusives - and still a bunch left over to fill out the 2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' adaptation!
45	* MythologyGag: Film/TransformersFilmSeries sound effects, and Legendiscs looking exactly like the "data disc" forms of the Generations cassetticon toys.
46	* {{Ninja}}: The Shinobi Team
47	* PowerTrio: Both Swordbot teams consist of three members.
48	** JackOfAllStats: Kenzan, Gekisomaru
49	** FragileSpeedster: Jinbu, Hishoumaru
50	** MightyGlacier: Ganoh, Sensuimaru
51	* {{Samurai}}: The Samurai-Team include combined forms.
52	* ShoutOut: Gekisoumaru in lion form is identical to [[{{Franchise/Zoids}} Murasame Liger]].
53	** As a nod to other shows with trains, Optimus Exprime's toy [[Series/KamenRiderDenO plays a jingle while flashing color-changing lights]], and can also say [[Series/ResshaSentaiToQger "Shuppatsu Shinkou!"]]
54	* StockSoundEffects: The sound effects are the same from Michael Bay's ''Film/TransformersFilmSeries''.
55	* StrictlyFormula: All episodes for both volumes except for the first and last two follow the same basic formula of "the main heroes travel back in time to meet a HistoricalDomainCharacter who teaches them a lesson, the Predacons arrive to steal the Legendisc, the Swordbots combine and defeat the Predacons and everyone is sent back to the present with the Legendisc being sent to another pint in history".
56	* SuddenlyObviousFakery: Tobio pulls a WoundedGazelleGambit to steal Kotaro Fuma's Legendisc and instead grabs an old plate. The shots before he finds out that it's a plate show him grabbing a silver disc and then holding up an orange circle for both of the Legendisc's sides, neither of which resemble the dull gray plate.
57	* TimeTravel: Legendiscs have the power, if they aren't protected, they can change the past.
58	* {{Wutai}}: The whole show has a Japanese aesthetic in terms of characters, locations and historical figures.

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