Line #21 Recap/TransformersPrimeS1E4DarknessRisingPart4


1	Megatron arrives to reveal his plan: he intends to make an army of reanimated corpses to conquer everything. Meanwhile, the Autobots try to save Agent Fowler from the Decepticons. However, Jack Darby's resolve may be faltering amidst all the battles...
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3	!!Tropes:
4	* AssholeVictim: BadBoss tendencies aside, giving what Starscream had done in the past (Killing off Clijumper in cold Energon and offering his corpse as a test subject, blowing up the mine with the Autobots in it) and [[ColdBloodedTorture especially this and the previous episode]] (which was ''against'' Megatron's orders) it's hard to feel bad for the con as Megatron beats him up as it's almost cathartic.
5	* BadBoss: In one of the first many moments in the series, Megatron. He not only berates Starscream for disobeying him, but he also [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown beats him.]]
6	* BackToBackBadasses: Optimus and Ratchet versus Megatron's undead army. At the end, there's a massive pile of scrap and the two Autobots are mildly injured.
7	* ClownCarGrave: Well, it ''was'' a battlefield...
8	* DareToBeBadass: Miko tries this on Jack after he [[RefusedTheCall refuses the Call]] the second time, but it doesn't work, at least not on the spot.
9	* DisappointedInYou: Since the kids almost got killed, Optimus starts chewing out Bulkhead (despite that he left Arcee in charge) until Miko has to step forward and confess her mistakes.
10	* DueToTheDead: That Megatron is desecrating Cybertronian graves angers Optimus and Ratchet almost as much as the fact that he's using the [[NinjaPirateRobotZombie ensuing zombies]] to kill them.
11	-->'''Ratchet:''' Megatron has desecrated the resting place of our fallen ancestors... and his own!
12	-->'''Optimus:''' Not even the dead are free from his war-mongering.
13	* DumbassHasAPoint: In response to Jack calling out Miko for getting a thrill from situations where other people are in danger, Miko points out she was in just as much danger herself and that Jack and Raf didn't '''have''' to follow her.
14	* JerkassBall: Miko pulls one by at first telling Jack and Raf they should form a trio band to play music, but then immediately ditches them just to see Bulkhead in action. When Jack calls her out, Miko claims she doesn't need to give them any reason or a notice in advance to go solo.
15	* LethallyStupid: Jack accuses Miko of this when she again brushes off that fact that she, Raf, and himself could have been killed several times due to her thrill-seeking earlier. [[RunningGag This won't be the last time]].
16	* MexicanStandoff: Bulkhead, Bumblebee, and Arcee vs. Starscream vs. Fowler
17	* MisplacedRetribution: Did Optimus forget that Arcee was supposed to be in charge? He tells Bulkhead off, but Bulkhead wasn't supposed to be in charge in the first place. Of course, Optimus could simply have been referring to the fact Bulkhead got the kids in danger (which, admittedly, was in part his fault).
18	* MythologyGag:
19	** As in part 1, Cybertron appears with the same model as that used in War for Cybertron.
20	** Optimus's response to Jack wanting to leave is very similar to the response Optimus Prime gave to Theodore Galloway in [[Film/TransformersRevengeOfTheFallen Revenge of the Fallen.]]
21	* NiceJobFixingItVillain: As Megatron best puts it, Starscream's agenda just resulted in the delay of his plan with the disabling of his ship. Honestly, the seeker was lucky he had already an idea to set things back in motion.
22	* RefusalOfTheCall: Jack near the end of the episode.
23	* ScrewThisImOutOfHere: After their escape from the Nemesis, Jack promptly severs ties with the Autobots.
24	* StillGotIt: Even though [[CoolOldGuy Ratchet]] hasn't fought since the war, he still [[SliceAndDiceSwordsmanship chops through Terrorcons]] with ease.
25	* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: As Starscream learns during a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown from Megatron as he lays down the law.
26	-->'''Megatron:''' No one rids me of Optimus Prime but me! Do you understand?! DO YOU?!
27	* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: Miko tells Jack that he was meant for greater things, and that he shouldn't walk away from the Autobots.
28	* WhatWereYouThinking: Jack asks this of Miko for the first time. It won't be the last.

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