* ActorAllusion:
** [[Creator/NolanNorth Cliffjumper]]'s no stranger to [[VideoGame/{{Uncharted}} exploring tombs]].
** [[Creator/SteveBlum Swindle]] should also be pretty experienced with that [[VideoGame/{{Bulletstorm}} grapple beam]] of his.
* CallBack: Grimlock's missions contain a number of call backs to humorous moments featuring him and his fellow Dinobots, including Slag excusing himself while walking over a piece of rubble with a Decepticon underneath, and Grimlock and Slag arguing about Beryllium baloney and Cesium salami.
* CowboyBebopAtHisComputer:
** [[http://www.theverge.com/gaming/2012/4/24/2962458/grimlock-high-moon-dinobots-transformers-cybertron-activision The article that reported this]] makes a big deal about how Tieger ''saved'' the Dinobots after Hasbro decided to permanently retire them from the entire brand. Recently-introduced toys such as [[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Grimstone Grimstone]] and [[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Dualor_%28DOTM%29 Dualor]] make this claim seem ''highly'' suspect.
** Tieger has stated in fan interviews that the article misunderstood. In reality, Hasbro had simply not yet decided what to do with the Dinobots in the new aligned continuity, and when his team approached them wanting to use them, Hasbro was more than happy to work with them to integrate Dinobots with dinosaur modes onto Cybertron. See [[https://www.tfw2005.com/boards/threads/wtf-botcon-2012-07-falling-with-tieger-sunday-april-29.590985/ here]] for more.
* FakeNationality: Arguably (and somewhat bizarrely) ZigZagged; Troy Baker plays Jazz, who on one hand is a [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot giant transforming alien robot]], but on the other hand is sometimes considered "black" due to the voice actor of his first incarnation in ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformers'', the late Creator/ScatmanCrothers, being black (the voice actors of Jazz's ''Film/Transformers2007'', ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'' and ''WesternAnimation/TransformersRobotsInDisguise2015'' incarnations are also black). While Jazz being a robot means he doesn't belong in any ethnic group, Troy is clearly (and quite convincingly) imitating Crothers' voice. So the end result is a white dude imitating a black guy, [[SubvertedTrope but to voice an alien robot]].
* [[NetworkToTheRescue Developer To The Rescue]]: Hasbro had already decided that the Dinobots didn't fit into the ''Prime''/''War for Cybertron'' universe long ago. Matt Tieger, game director of High Moon studios managed to change their minds to allow him to add them to the game.
* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Fell into this when Activision's ''Transformers'' license expired in 2017. While physical copies for the console versions can still be played, the PC and next gen versions are completely gone if you don't have them in your account already. And even then, the multiplayer servers were disabled, so a major portion of the game is forever gone.
* TheOtherDarrin: Creator/NolanNorth is the fourth voice actor for Cliffjumper in the Franchise/TransformersAlignedUniverse, the first three being Creator/SteveBlum in the DS version of ''[[VideoGame/TransformersWarForCybertron War for Cybertron]]'' and Wrestling/DwayneJohnson and Billy Brown in ''[[WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime Prime]]''. Also, despite reprising his role from ''[[Franchise/TransformersGeneration1 G1]]'' as Grimlock, Creator/GreggBerger is this to Creator/CrispinFreeman, who also voiced Grimlock on the DS version of ''[=WfC=]''. Creator/TroyBaker takes over from Scott Whyte as the voice of Jazz.
* PlayingAgainstType:
** Creator/TroyBaker as Jazz.
** Creator/NolanNorth as Bruticus.
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