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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