Fanfic / Transformers Animated Season 4

Transformers Animated Season 4 is a fan-made video series created by Keyan Carlile with the sole purpose of continuing the Transformers: Animated cartoon after its Cancellation. It is primarily told through storyboards with an amateur cast made up of classmates of Keyan at his high school and some faculty members lending their voices to the characters.

The link to the series is here

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Transformers Animated Season 4 Contains:

Both Versions

• Adaptational Heroism / Adaptational Nice Guy: Surprisingly, several of the villains, both humans and Decepticons, get this treatment, receiving additional moments that reveal their motivations and humanize them in the eyes of the audience.
• Adaptational Villainy: Sentinel Prime gets hit with this, as while plans for the original season 4 implied he would have become a more antagonistic figure, it's unlikely he would have stooped as low to imprison Optimus and his team or sell out Earth to Megatron in exchange for his life. He's also more of a Dirty Coward in this version too.
• Adaptation Personality Change: A minor example, but while Blitzwing in the original series did argue with himself from time to time, his Split Personality is treated more as Mood-Swinger. Here, each of his three personalities treats each other as a separate individual. Played up more in the color version where he ends up giving a lecture to himself about Autobot bureaucracy.

Original Version

• 0% Approval Rating: Sentinel Prime, big time! It's made perfectly clear that everyone on Cybertron despises him as the current Magnus. It's so bad that there's a huge mob appearing outside, demanding him off the position, and eventually, several members of the elite guard form a resistance against him. In contrast...
• 11th-Hour Superpower: Powermaster Optimus Prime.
• Actor Allusion: Wreck-Gar picks up an infinity-sided die and a striped sweater vest before pulling out a bomb to take down Soundwave in "Optimus Rising."
• Age Lift: Cade Yaeger is made around Sari's age.
• And I Must Scream: A lot of villains end up suffering this fate throughout this season: Meltdown sinks into the Earth's core (presumably to his death), Swindle gets trapped inside his own personal storage dimension, and Soundwave and his minions are sentenced to be locked inside the dream world that he subjected the Autobots to in "Human Error".
• Alas, Poor Villain: After his last attempt to kill Bumblebee fails, Waspinator drags his mangled body away and begs Optimus to just leave him alone. Fortunately, things get better for Wasp.
• And Now for Someone Completely Different: "Ideals" is a two-part episode focusing on the Decepticons with the Autobots nowhere to be seen, best exemplified at by this exchange at the end:
  Optimus: Man, nothing really happened today.
  Sari: Yep, completely boring day.
• And There Was Much Rejoicing: Everyone cheers at the end when Optimus finally becomes Magnus.
• Armor-Piercing Question: Ratchet dissects Lockdown's motives twice throughout the story, asking the bounty hunter what would he be without his weapons and how would he be remembered in the long run.
• Asshole Victim: Bumblebee believes Sentinel Magnus is this for all the crap he put them through, but restrains himself to say this out of respect for Optimus.
• Asskicking Leads to Leadership: Ultra Magnus arrives to curb-stomp Megatron and forces him to leave Cybertron.
• Avengers Assemble: Team Prime recruits all their allies (The Dinobots, Wreck-Gar, SUV, other small-time crooks, and the Shattered Glass Decepticons) to stop Megatron from cyberforming Earth.
• Awesome Moment of Crowning: With some convincing from Sari and his friends, Optimus chooses to become the new Magnus.
• Back from the Dead: "AllSpark-Alypse Now" features Starscream possessing all the Transformers through the AllSpark. In addition, Prowl comes back through possessing Sentinel Magnus to help Sari.
• Backstab Backfire: Fanzone disables the Seed in case Lockdown attempts to betray him and Ratchet. Surprise, surprise, it proves to be the correct choice when the amoral mercenary does attempt to backstab the heroes.
• Because You Were Nice to Me:
  • Blackarachnia's developing friendship towards Blitzwing due to the latter's role in saving her.
  • It's revealed that the reason Lugnut is so loyal to Megatron is that the latter saved his life during the Great War.
• Being Evil Sucks: The SUV admits that their pursuit of villainy has done nothing but ruin their lives.
• Beware the Nice Ones:
  • Optimus gets enraged at Sentinel for making a deal with Megatron to leave the Decepticons alone on Earth in exchange for sparing his life.
  • Alpha Trion is not too happy that Sentinel lied about Optimus and Megatron and rakes him over the coals for his selfish cowardice.
• Big Damn Reunion: Team Optimus and Sari are happy to finally meet each other after ten years apart.
• Bookend: Optimus and Megatron have their final battle on the Ark once more.
  • Isaac Sumdac, who first discovered Megatron after he landed on Earth, is the one to offline him once and for all. Megatron even muses how their fates are intertwined.
• Brain Uploading: Optimus figures out that by transferring the sparks of the newly techo-organic Bumblebee and Blackarachnia into blank slated protoforms, they can have their original forms restored. It works for Bee but BA, not so much because her Cybertronian body has been bonded for too long with her organic half.
• Broken Ace: Even after Blackarachnia restores Blitzwing's sanity, the latter chose to turn back because he honestly believes that Megatron is the only one that can restore the Decepticons.
• Broken Pedestal: Lugnut suffers this after learning that Megatron is not the glorious leader he thought he was.
• Brought Down to Normal: The Autobots had their weapons disabled. Thankfully, Ratchet restores them, but they are not as effective like last time.
• Bullying the Dragon: Powell's plan to deploy his Headmaster forces against the Decepticons backfires horribly. Not only are they destroyed, but the attack causes the Decepticons to retaliate against humanity.
• Call-Back:
  • Optimus uses the same technique Starscream created to make his Clones.
  • Nanosec reminds Megatron about the Destronium and Megatron remembers Nanosec failing to get them for him.
  • Sari informs the Autobots about the underground lab Soundwave built under the Autobot base. They then wonder how Soundwave built the place right without their notice.
  • The Nemesis reappears, still stranded on the moon until it's destroyed by the cyberforming.
  • Blurr flashes back to the time he got converted into a cube by Shockwave.
  • Maccadam's is reopened after Sentinel shut it down.
• Chekhov's Gun: Lockdown's ship returns to be used by Sari and SUV to get to Cybertron.
• Chekhov's Skill: Wreck's Gar talent to build structurally sound fortresses becomes handy in saving Detroit's city hall.
• Combining Mecha: Dirt Boss develops the ability to combine several robots into one.
• Cool Old Guy: Alpha Trion becomes very respectful and kind towards Team Prime for their continued heroics in protecting Cybertron and Earth.
• The Corruptor: Starscream manipulates Sentinel into merging with the Allspark and in doing so, free him.
• Deal with the Devil: Sentinel begs for his life and makes a deal with Megatron to be spared in exchange for the latter to stay on Earth, with the Elite Guard forbidden to pursue him.
• Dirty Coward: Sentinel's fatal flaw. When the situation doesn't go in his favor, he would sacrifice anything and anyone and makes several bad choices to save his own skin. Megatron will later call this out on Sentinel.
• Disarm, Disassemble, Destroy: Wreck-Gar disassembles Blitzwing and Lugnut to pieces.
• Divide and Conquer: With most of the Decepticon forces heading to Cybertron, Optimus takes advantage of this to get to Megatron and defeat him.
• The Dog Bites Back: Optimus refuses to aid Sentinel, even knocking him back until the rest of Team Prime is free.
• Dreaming of Things to Come: Sari dreams of Earth getting covered in metal, killing everyone, including the Autobots. This is later revealed to be the work of the Seed and cyberforming.
• Dumbass Has a Point: Grimlock advises himself and Optimus that it's best that they don't get involved with Blackarachnia, noting that the attachments they had towards her were nothing more than toxic relationships that went nowhere.
• Earn Your Happy Ending: The end of Season 4, with Optimus finally becoming Magnus and leading the Autobots to a new golden age.
  Optimus Magnus: So this is what it feels like to be a hero.
  • Waspinator is also turned back into Wasp, who finally forgives Bumblebee for framing him.
• Enemy Mine: Jazz manages to convince the Dinobots to team up with them because both sides want to get rid of Dirt Boss and the Constructicons.
  • Sari breaks the Society of Ultimate Villainy out of prison to save the Cybertronian race from Starscream's control.
• Even Evil Has Standards: As Crazy Blitzwing correctly summarizes, he's not so sure he's the crazy one when compared to Megatron, who's gone apeshit bananas after his reformatting.
• Even Evil Has Loved Ones: Megatron genuinely cares for Shockwave ever since their days as gladiators.
• Everyone Can See It: Everyone could see there's something going on between Arcee and Ratchet.
• Evil Gloating: Powell records a video of himself explaining his plan. Sari questions the need for this other than Powell boosting his own ego.
• Faking the Dead: Blurr uses his status as deceased to spy on the Decepticons.
• Fast Ball Special: Blurr threw the iron enhanced Ironhide at the Steelhaven.
• Five-Man Band: The Society of Ultimate Villainy adds Headmaster to their ranks and begin calling themselves the Nefarious Five.
• For Science!: Blackarachnia wants Optimus to be her subject to test on her next experiment to rid herself of her organic half.
• Friend to All Children: Wreck-Gar is very popular with the children of Detroit.
• Giant Wall of Watery Doom: After Kaon landed in Detroit, it cause a massive tidal wave that nearly flooded the city.
• Godzilla Threshold: With Cybertron under Starscream's rule, Sari resorts to recruiting the human villains to stop him.
• Go Mad from the Isolation: The Decepticons in the Nemesis went stir-crazy from being stuck on a spaceship light-years away from home.
• Gondor Calls for Aid: Optimus decides the only way to stop the Decepticons is to rally every ally they can find.
• Greater-Scope Paragon: Primus is this, having created Sari to help in the upcoming war between the Autobots and Decepticons.
• Greater-Scope Villain: Unicron, who is responsible for bringing Dark Energon and creating the main threat in this season.
• Great Escape: Team Char started this to free Megatron.
• Happy Ending Override: The entire first three-part episode to Season 4.
• Hate Sink: Shockwave has ticked off a lot of people with his condescending behavior, especially Blackarachnia, Lugnut, and Blitzwing.
• Heel–Face Turn: The SUV forsake their criminal ways and join the good guys.
  • The season also ends with the Constructicons, the Starscream clones, Lugnut, Blitzwing and Wasp deciding to live in peace with the Autobots. Lugnut & Blitzwing in particular join the final fight against Megatron after realizing how insane he has become.
• He Knows Too Much: Sentinel locks Ironhide away and shuts down Omega Supreme, fearing one or both of them will tell his secret.
• Heroic Host: Inverted and downplayed. Prowl had to possess Sentinel Magnus in order to protect the AllSpark energy from Starscream's mind-controlled army.
• He Who Fights Monsters: Megatron was once a noble gladiator who wanted to bring prosperity for his Decepticons until the war changed him into a ruthless, megalomaniacal tyrant.
• How the Mighty Have Fallen: Sumdac Systems was the heart and soul of Detroit until it starts to lose its touch due to Professor Sumdac having drowned in guilt for his unintentional role in helping Megatron and the loss of investments done by Meltdown.
• Humiliation Conga: After Powell spent all his savings in his mayoral campaign, he has to force himself to work at Burger Bot, and after a scuffle with the Decepticons, he is left on the streets alone.
• Hypocritical Humor: Sentinel mocks Optimus for naming his team after himself. Not long after, Jetstorm presents a poster about Team Sentinel.
• I Believe I Can Fly: Bumblebee flaps his booster rockets together to fly.
• Impaled with Extreme Prejudice: Sentinel Magnus is impaled by Megatron right after the Decepticon leader gives Sentinel a thorough tongue-lashing for his stupidity and arrogance.
• Impossibly Delicious Food: The Constructicons take a liking to Energon.
• Insane Troll Logic: Sentinel's reason for accusing Optimus of being a Decepticon? Simply because Optimus is red and blue, which makes the color purple.
• I Owe You My Life: Lugnut's Undying Loyalty stems from the time when Megatron saved his life during the Great War.
• Ironic Echo: Bumblebee delivers the same line that Shockwave used on Blurr when the Decepticon Double Agent tried to silence the Autobot spy.
  Bumblebee: I can't catch you, but I can trap you.
• It's All My Fault: Optimus has been feeling guilty for many things, including bringing Megatron and Kaon to Earth.
• It's Personal: Megatron's campaign against the Autobots began after Ultra Magnus shut down the gladiatorial arena where Megatron fought and first met Shockwave.
• Kangaroo Court: Masterson is hired by Powell to be a judge and keep the Autobots off his back.
• Karmic Death: Shockwave is killed by Wasp, the very bot he framed so long ago.
• Keep the Reward: Subverted. Wreck-Gar becomes Mayor of Detroit. The reason this happens because Ratchet says that while heroes won't do it for the rewards, sometimes it's good to earn them.
• Kill and Replace: Subverted with the killing part. Megatron switches places with SG!Megatron to get the Dark AllSpark, causing this to be The Bad Guy Wins.
• Killed Off for Real: At the end of the series, the ones who are off-lined/dead are Ultra Magnus, Ramjet, Sunstorm, Lockdown, Meltdown, Prowl, Starscream, Jetfire, Jetstorm, Sentinel Prime, Shockwave, and Megatron.
• La Résistance: Arcee, Blurr, and Cliffjumper decide to go against Sentinel Magnus, having had enough of his tyrannical rule over Cybertron.
• Laser-Guided Karma: Dirt Boss gets bossed around by Megatron this time around in a deliciously ironic reversal of how he treated his Constructicon subordinates.
• Living MacGuffin: Bulkhead is the central component for the Constructicons' gestalt form of Devastator, which also means he can disassemble them.
• Loop Hole Abuse: Jazz tells his friends to revert back to their Cybertronian vehicle modes since Powell can't sue them if they using their own original designs.
• Meaningful Echo: Alpha Trion refers to Optimus as the bot programmed to be a hero.
• Mind Control: Starscream uses this to control all Cybetronians except Megatron through possessing the AllSpark.
• Mirror Universe: Sari and Bumblebee enter an alternate universe where Autobots are villains and the Decepticons are heroes.
  • Outside of the altered Autobots & Decepticons, Isaac Sumdac is the tyrannical ruler of Detroit who keeps Sari as a lab rat, Captain Fanzone is a thug who loves machines, the Dinobots are far more intelligent, Wreck-Gar is an Ax-Crazy collector, Blurr is the slowest Autobot alive, Omega Supreme is incredibly small, the Constructicons disassemble everything they see, Swindle is an altruistic sales-bot, Soundwave fights for unity between humans & machines, and Lockdown pays others in upgrades to hunt him.
• Mistreatment-Induced Betrayal: After Megatron viciously diminishes Blitzwing and Lugnut, the two turn against Megatron. The same happens to Mixmaster and Scrapper after the Constructicons bully them for the last time.
• Monumental Damage: Played for Laughs. The Dinobots spent all their time wrecking Dinobot Island, making into looking like an actual dinosaur.
• Musical Episode: Thanks to Soundwave. The creator isn't proud of that episode, so he made a different version that isn't a musical.
• My Greatest Second Chance: Bulkhead helps Mixmaster and Scrapper escape from the Constructicons to make it up to them for dragging them into the war.
• My God, What Have I Done?:
  • Bulkhead has this reaction when Scrapper and Mixmaster point out he was responsible for the crappy situation they're currently in. In the end, he does reconcile with the two Constructions, helping them free themselves from the influence of Dirt Boss.
  • Sentinel gets hit hard with this when he realizes how everything he's done has played straight into Megatron's hands, especially when he realizes that his actions not only got Jetfire and Jetstorm killed, but also has doomed both Earth and Cybertron. Unfortunately for him, he doesn't get a chance to make things right because Megatron kills him shortly after delivering a "Reason You Suck" Speech.
• Mythology Gag: Several of these pops up in the season.
  • Jazz's line "You want a piece of me?" is based on his film counterpart's defiant boast to Megatron in Transformers.
  • Cade is based on Cade Yeager from Transformers: Age of Extinction.
  • Much of the plot is based on the canceled Season 4.
  • The porcupine-looking Decepticon is based on Quillfire from Transformers: Robots in Disguise.
  • Episode 4 has references to Beast Wars. Other than the Pteranodon, who is most likely a reference to Terrorsaur, Blackarachnia's test animals consists of a gorilla, cheetah, rhinoceros, rat, white tiger, and falcon.
  • The song during the battle between Jazz and Soundwave is from the original G1 Transformers. Even Jazz's original Cybertronian form is based on his G1 counterpart.
  • The final scene of the Shattered Glass characters is directly based on The Transformers: The Movie.
  • Shattered Glass Optimus's voice is based on the Beast Wars Megatron, complete with frequent declarations of "YEEESSS!"
  • The title of "Trukk, Not Munky!" is derived from a phrase used by Transformers fans to mock those complaining about the franchise. Fittingly, this is the episode featuring characters from Beast Wars, which was the origin of that saying.
• Nice Job Fixing It, Villain: Megatron's ability to turn Allspark energy into Anti-Allspark's is used to weaponized Slo-Mo's time stopping device to destroy the Allspark. However, this allows Slo-Mo to use the device on him.
• No Good Deed Goes Unpunished: Sentinel has Optimus and Team Prime locked in the stockades even though they succeed in bring Megatron to justice. Most likely for this is due to Sentinel refusing to give up his position as Magnus.
• No Indoor Voice: Sari explains her whole plan to Mayor Edsel's former aide for some reason and predictably, the latter didn't like it.
• Not So Above It All: Ratchet decides to use a mod and likes it, despite his qualms about them.
• Obstructive Bureaucrat: Heroic example with Alpha Trion and Perceptor, who intervene whenever Sentinel does something stupid (which is to say, all the damn time).
• Oh, Crap!:
  • Sunstorm and Ramjet when they realized they are about to be killed for the Allspark fragments that power them.
  • Cliffjumper claims that Omega Supreme was shut down, but the problem is that Sentinel brought him back online again.
  • Shockwave after Bumblebee reveals to Waspinator that he was the one who framed him.
• Only Sane Man: Hook to the Constructicons.
• Out of Focus: While Starscream’s general absence is justified (due to being dead), his lack of presence is still notable in “Ideals”, which is entirely dedicated to fleshing out and exploring the backstories of the other main Decepticons, yet Starscream is only there as a silent extra, and in “Mirror, Mirror”, where his heroic counterpart is said to have committed a Heroic Sacrifice off-screen.
• Pet the Dog: After freeing himself, Mixmaster, and Scrapper from Devastator, Bulkhead persuades them to leave and be free.
• That Man Is Dead: Lockdown was formerly named Lance when he was a student of Yoketron.
• "The Reason You Suck" Speech:
  • Blackarachnia admonishes Meltdown for sacrificing his own humanity for his ego.
  • Megatron calls out each member of the SUV on their self-importance and outlines how they are insignificant in the grand scheme of things.
  • Megatron later chews Sentinel out, stating that his incompetence and desire for power made him an unworthy Magnus and that he's responsible for the deaths of Jetfire and Jetstorm along with Cybertron's destruction.
• Redemption Equals Death: Lockdown, of all bots, destroy Swindle's operation to save Ratchet and Fanzone. In "Optimus Rising", he receives a statue in memory of him alongside statues of Master Yoketron and Prowl.
• Refusal of the Call: Most of Team Prime sans Optimus and Ratchet refuses to aid the people of Cybertron for locking them up in the stockades.
• Replacement Goldfish:
  • Since being with Optimus is not possible, Blackarachnia decides to be with the techno-organic clone of him.
  • Jazz went through this since everyone was accustomed to Prowl long before he arrived.

• The Reveal: Sari learns that she was created by Primus.
• Roaring Rampage of Revenge: Powermaster Optimus takes on the entire Decepticon army to avenge Sentinel and the Elite Guard. And based on the massacre, Optimus is clearly winning.
• Sadistic Choice: Megatron presents this to Optimus that he either help him escape to Earth or let Kaon be destroyed along with possibly hundreds of innocents and never see Sari again.
• Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right!: Convinced by Sari, Omega Supreme heads back to Kaon to rescue the captured Autobots and their allies.
• Screw This, I'm Outta Here: Swindle attempts to flee after the battle is over. Instead, he gets trapped in his storage dimension.
• She's All Grown Up: Sari has grown a lot. Prowl commented she has become a beautiful human woman.
• Sickeningly Sweethearts: Implied. Ratchet and Arcee have grown quite close since the Season 3 finale.
• Spanner in the Works: Ironhide, freed from the stockades, informs Alpha Trion about Sentinel's deceit and later recruits Team Athenia to stop Sentinel's invasion on Earth.
• Spirit Advisor: Prowl serves as this to Sari during "AllSpark-Alypse, Now!".
• Suddenly Voiced: Mayor Edsel finally speaks in the final scene of "The Machine-Churian Candidate" by declaring "I'm done with this city."
• Taking the Bullet: Sari protects Optimus and everyone in Detroit from the cyberforming. She's able to survive thanks to her AllSpark energy, however.
• Tempting Fate: At the moon, Sentinel boasts to his troops about his plan on attacking the Decepticons when their guard is down. However, the Decepticons are aware of their presence and fire their artillery at them.
• Third Wheel: Bumblebee feels sad that he left Sari alone for ten years and he has to come back when her life was doing fine. Sari informs him that life was miserable. This also applies to Cade.
• Thrown Out the Airlock: Ratchet and Fanzone launch Rattletrap into outer space for causing a lot of the trouble in the first place.
• Time Skip: Transformers Animated Season 4 takes place ten years after the original series.
• Token Good Teammate: Blitzwing was the only one who questions Megatron's slow descent into madness and his increasingly questionable actions. This culminates in him trying to usurp his leader to prevent Megatron from causing even more death and destruction in his insainty and later making a Heel–Face Turn with Lugnut to help the Autobots in the final battle.
• Took a Level in Kindness: Fanzone shows more appreciation towards the Autobots.
• Trash the Set: The Autobots' Earth base is destroyed by Megatron in "Optimus Rising". Prime doesn't take this very well.
  Optimus: This will be the last mistake Megatron makes.
• Understanding Boyfriend: Deconstructed. Unable to take the insanity of the Cybertronian Wars, Cade decides to break up with Sari.
• Undying Loyalty:
  • Shockwave will do anything for Megatron.
  • Even after Sentinel's latest foul-up almost cause Cybertron to be conquered, Jetfire and Jetstorm remained by his side, which tragically leads to their demise.
• Unexplained Recovery: Blurr is revived prior to Season 4, with the events of "The Return of Blurr" script reading taking place offscreen.
• Universally Beloved Leader: Everyone on Cybertron pretty much agrees that Optimus Prime should be the next Magnus due to all his accomplishments and are angered when he and his team are imprisoned in the stockades. Even Megatron of all bots agrees Optimus is more worthy of being Magnus than Sentinel.
• Unwilling Roboticisation: Megatron intends to cyberform Earth to make it into a new Cybertron.
• Villain Episode: "Ideals" primarily focuses on the Decepticons, in particular Megatron & Shockwave.
• Vocal Dissonance: The Shattered Glass version of Lugnut is revealed at the end of "Mirror Mirror" to have a very high-pitched voice in contrast to the deep, booming voice of his main universe self.
• Watching Troy Burn: Megatron has Kaon's cannons to fire upon the Autobot base. Optimus and the Autobots manage to escape but everyone is distraught at what happened, especially Prime.
• We Hardly Knew Ye: Scalpel's only animated appearance is in the first episode where he became a bomb to allow Megatron and the Decepticons to escape.
• What the Hell, Hero?:
  • Both Sentinel Magnus and Blackarachnia call out on Optimus for his mistakes, though Blackarachnia has a better point in her criticism of Optimus Prime.
  • Scrapper and Mixmaster get fed up with Bulkhead continually judging them as bad guys, pointing out that it's his fault they got caught in the war between Autobots and Decepticons in the first place, and the reason they are even working for Dirt Boss is partially because Bulkhead created Dirt Boss in the first place (albeit unintentionally), leading Scrapper and Mixmaster to become enslaved. Bulkhead didn't take it well.
  • Downplayed on the hero part with Sentinel but Alpha Trion chews him out for letting Megatron go because even if Cybertron will not be harmed, the Decepticons will have free reign to pillage the galaxy and their planet will have to live in fear.
• "Where Are They Now?" Epilogue:
  • Wreck-Gar turns Trypticon Prison into a mayoral palace, one that the Dinobots also make into their own castle.
  • Jazz runs the Dojo and continues his cyber-ninja training while surrounded by statues of Master Yoketron, Prowl, and Lockdown.
  • Bulkhead works in the Decepticon Rehabilitation Center and helps reform the Decepticons that want to live in peace with the Autobots.
  • Ratchet, Arcee and Omega Supreme head to Maccadam's for a well earned rest, and Ratchet's chevron has been repaired too.
  • Fanzone stays on Cybertron and helps the Autobots in capturing criminals.
  • Ironhide and Blurr help put away Team Chaar.
  • Swindle is still trapped in his storage dimension and will go out of business soon due to being unable to reach any of his customers.
  • Blackarachnia lives peacefully with her new technorganic brethren on Archa Seven.
  • Sumdac's business is returning to prominence thanks to a deal he made with Wreck-Gar.
  • Bumblebee becomes the new drill sergeant, but unlike Sentinel, he's a Cool Teacher who actually treats his cadets with respect.
  • The Shattered Glass Autobots and Decepticons declare peace between their factions.
  • Sari remains on Earth and lives her life as she starts college.
  • Optimus Prime leads the Autobots to a new age as Optimus Magnus.
• Wham Shot: The final shot of the Shattered Glass universe reveals that Unicron is the SG equivalent of Cybertron here.
• Wise Beyond Their Years: Played for Laughs. Despite how very young they are, the children of Detroit know about income taxes and talk about revolution.
• You Are Better Than You Think You Are: Primus tells Sari that no matter her origins and purpose, she is still her own person and has her decisions to choose.
• You Are Not Alone: Sari's genuine sympathy towards Slipstream regarding how both of them had been abandoned by their friends touches the Decepticon femme into pulling a Heel–Face Turn.
• You Have GOT to Be Kidding Me!: The Decepticons' reaction when seeing the Constructicons abandon their mission to destroy the Autobots and head into the Autobot base to drink oil.
• You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: Swindle betrays Lockdown and Rattletrap to ensure their crimes will not tie back to him.
• You Shall Not Pass!: Arcee, Blurr, Cliffjumper Prime and Team Athenia protect Cybertron from the onslaught of the Decepticons.

Colored Version

• Adaptational Expansion: Sentinel's Green-Eyed Monster is fleshed out more in "Resurgence Part 2".
• Adaptational Wimp: Sentinel's first outing as Powermaster is worse than what happened in the old draft. He constantly gets knocked around by the Decepticons till only he had to resort to the Magnus Hammer to get some edge.
• Adapted Out: Cade is no longer in this version and is instead replaced with a Bumblebee robot Professor Sumdac created.
• But to Me, It Was Tuesday: Much to Bumblebee's annoyance, Ironhide has no memory of him from their days in bootcamp.
• Explosive Leash: Shockwave plants this on Lugnut and Blitzwing as revenge for their constant abuse towards him.
• Mythology Gag: The Bumblebee robot is modeled after the Bumblebee from the film series while maintaining speech patterns and audio clips from the Prime version.
  • Before returning to Cybertron with Sentinel and Omega Supreme, Ironhide scans a nearby pickup truck which alters his robot form as well; both allude to concept art◊ from the original series had a fourth season been made.
• O.O.C. Is Serious Business: After being subjected to Shockwave's Explosive Leash, Blitzwing's Crazy Mode is scared for once, outside of fearing Megatron's wrath.
• "The Reason You Suck" Speech: Alpha Trion chews out Sentinel for his selfish decisions and that Optimus will always be a better Magnus than him.
  • The Autobots give Sentinel a thorough chewing-out for his actions during "Resurgence, Part IV".
• Reformed Bully: While Bumblebee is wary of Ironhide given their past at bootcamp, it's evident the latter has changed for the better since then (not to mention having little-to-no-memory of his time at bootcamp).
• Replacement Goldfish: Professor Sumdac creates a robot in Bumblebee's image to fill the void the Autobots left in Sari's heart.