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Context Recap / TransformersPrimeS1E10DeusExMachina

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2	!!Tropes:
3	* ActorAllusion: Surely it was no coincidence that [[{{Film/Phantasm}} Reggie Bannister]] had a role in an episode involving a sphere capable of causing CruelAndUnusualDeath.
4	* DeusExMachina: Miko explains the trope to the guard, while waiting in his office and trying to stall for time. This happens right before Fowler arrives. Unlike straight examples, this development was properly foreshadowed.
5	* DiscriminateAndSwitch: Starscream derides the flamboyant Knock Out as "one of ''those''", seemingly implying homophobia, then continues on to question why any Decepticon would choose a land vehicle as an alt-mode over a flier.
6	* EstablishingCharacterMoment:
7	** Knock Out's first appearance highlights his vanity and he even approaches Optimus while wolf-whistling and complimenting the customization of his vehicle.
8	** The first two things Breakdown does: exchange banter with Bulkhead and try to kill a teenage girl by throwing a gigantic stone pillar at her.
9	* FantasticRacism: Starscream seems to have a preference within Cybertronian culture.
10	-->'''Starscream:''' Yes, right, you're one of ''those''.
11	-->'''Knock Out:''' Come again?
12	-->'''Starscream:''' Never understood why any self-respecting Decepticon would choose ''automobile'' as his vehicle mode, when he could have flight.
13	-->'''Knock Out:''' [[AtLeastIAdmitIt I like the way I look in steel-belted radials.]]
14	* HypocriticalHumor: That is, if it's accurate to call Ratchet a machine.
15	--> '''Fowler's Voicemail:''' You have reached Special Agent William Fowler. I'm currently on an intensive training retreat...
16	--> '''Ratchet:''' I hate talking to machines.
17	* ImportedAlienPhlebotinum: The Energon Harvester, which is mistaken for an ancient Greek artifact.
18	* MishmashMuseum: The harvester is found in one.
19	* PoliceAreUseless: Despite having a lead of ''several hours'', they don't make it before Agent Fowler does.
20	* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Knock Out and Breakdown flee the scene once Optimus, Arcee, and Bumblebee arrive to assist Bulkhead.
21	* TitleDrop: While distracting the security guard, Miko explains what "deus ex machina" means.
22	* TheWorfEffect: To show the newcomers off, the episode has Knock Out take Optimus Prime down with a single sneak attack, and Breakdown takes out both Arcee and Bumblebee with one missile each. Neither of the duo is that much of a threat in further episodes.

Context Recap / TransformersPrimeS1E10DeusExMachina