Line #34 Recap/TransformersAnimatedS3E09ThisIsWhyIHateMachines


1	A space bridge accident sends Ratchet and Captain Fanzone to Cybertron, right as the Decepticon controlled Omega Supreme arrives.
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3	!!Tropes:
4	* ADayInTheLimelight: For Ratchet and Captain Fanzone. Even Shockwave to some extent.
5	* ContinuityNod: This isn't the first time Ratchet has used the phrase "cold and offline" [[Recap/TransformersAnimatedS1E13MegatronRisingPartI when facing down Decepticons]].
6	* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Sentinel Prime's broadcast is based off propaganda from the Red Scare. It also borrows from contemporary political advertising campaigns.
7	* DramaticIrony: In this continuity, Fanzone is the first human to set foot on Cybertron.
8	* TheEndOrIsIt: The Decepticons transwarp to Earth, and the damage done to Arcee proves to not be as severe as Perceptor thought.
9	* EvilCostumeSwitch: Or rather, Evil ''Color'' Switch; Shockwave celebrates his official reunion with Megaton by switching to his G1 colors.
10	* FantasticRacism: Sentinel has apparently spread his anti-organic bias across Cybertron, as the Autobots are shown either fleeing from Fanzone or trying to step on him.
11	* {{Foreshadowing}}: Megatron going out of his way to praise Shockwave as his "most loyal servant" in front of Lugnut. It's all part of his plan for the finale.
12	* GilliganCut: Megatron assures Starscream that the Autobots wouldn't dare fire on Omega Supreme. Cut to Sentinel declaring that they should fire on him.
13	* GreenEyedMonster: Lugnut is visibly shaking with great jealousy over Megatron declaring Shockwave his most loyal servant. Starscream eagerly watches Lugnut's meltdown.
14	* TheHeavy: Shockwave is the BigBad of this episode, but in the grand scheme of things he's merely TheDragon to Megatron.
15	* HeroKiller: Fortunately averted, as Ratchet manages to stop Shockwave from killing Ultra Magnus by firing an EMP at the charged-up Magnus Hammer.
16	* HumansAreInsects: The Cybertronians try to step on Fanzone like a bug.
17	* IWantThemAlive: Sentinel gives this order regarding Ratchet and Fanzone, though he doesn't care in how many pieces.
18	* ItIsDehumanizing: The Autobots on Cybertron are so horrified and disgusted to see an organic being on their planet that they refer to Fanzone as "it".
19	* IgnoredExpert: Ratchet's advice and warnings about Omega Supreme are repeatedly ignored by Sentinel. Averted by Alpha Trion and Perceptor, who explicitly points out that Ratchet's experience with Omega Supreme is invaluable at a time like this.
20	* OutOfFocus: This is the second episode to not feature Optimus Prime.
21	* PapaWolf: Ratchet is fiercely protective of Omega Supreme, to the point where he gives Sentinel an ImpliedDeathThreat should the latter even consider harming him.
22	* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Alpha Trion and Perceptor are the only Cybertronian leadership figures to not buy into Sentinel's xenophoblic propaganda nor his extremely aggressive methods.
23	* RobbingTheDead: A variation; Shockwave took Ultra Magnus's hammer from him while the latter was initially crippled and intended to use said hammer to finish off his old boss once and for all.
24	-->'''Ratchet:''' That's Ultra Magnus' hammer!\
25	'''Shockwave:''' Considering his current condition... I don't think he'll mind.
26	* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Jazz finally gets tired of Sentinel's antics and more or less defects to Team Prime.
27	* ShoutOut: Shockwave's slow delivery of "I'm afraid I can't let you do that" calls to mind the supercomputer HAL 9000 from ''[[Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey 2001: A Space Odyssey]]''. Bonus points goes to having both of them being a CyberCyclops.
28	* TemptingFate:
29	** Megatron says that no Autobot would be foolish enough to fire on Omega Supreme and risk wiping out the planet. Alas, he didn't count on Sentinel's stupidity.
30	** Ratchet and Fanzone also take some tunnels that were supposed to be uninhabited. What they didn't count on was that someone else was now living in them.
31	* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Alpha Trion delivers a scathing one to Sentinel near the end of the episode, saying that if it was up to him alone, Sentinel wouldn't be Magnus a second longer.
32	* ThisIsGonnaSuck:
33	** Fanzone re Jazz's appearance on Earth.
34	** In the sewer, Ratchet over encountering Shockwave.
35	* TitleDrop: As expected from the episode's name being based on Fanzone's Catchphrase, he says it word for word as he looks at Sentinel and adds, "Certain machines more than others."
36	* TranquilFury: Lugnut is clearly not happy to have his position as "Megatron's most loyal servant" usurped by Shockwave, as Starscream notes to his amusement.
37	* WhatTheHellHero: The Autobot council, Alpha Trion in particular, repeatedly calls out Sentinel's actions in this episode.
38	* WhamLine: In the final seconds of the episode, [[SuddenlyVoiced Arcee]] suddenly whispers, "Ratchet". Keep in mind that she's supposed to be ''a braindead amnesiac''.
39	* WhoWouldBeStupidEnough: Megatron says this in regards to being attacked while aboard Omega Supreme, as the Autobots would never open fire on their own greatest weapon. GilliganCut to [[TheNeidermeyer Sentinel]] motioning to do exactly that.

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