History Characters / TheTransformersMoreThanMeetsTheEyeDecepticonJusticeDivision

* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler: He was a psychotic TortureTechnician, yes, but his death in issue in #52 is still kind of sad.]]

* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:Much as Trailcutter, his sense of affection - or the closest thing to it he has - ultimately leads to him being torn apart and having the contents of his head crushed.]]

* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler: We already knew he was a torturer, but the Pet's true identity retroactively erases any sympathy for him after his death in issue in #52.]]

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Perhaps his sole redeeming quality is that he genuinely loves the Pet. [[spoiler: Who is actually one of his lobotomised and mutilated victims, so maybe not so "redeeming" after all.]]

* PetTheDog: He really does love the Pet and treats him very well. [[spoiler: Psych. He made the Pet what he is in the first place.]]

* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:Much as Trailcutter, his own compassion ultimately leads to him being torn apart and having the contents of his head crushed.]]

* ColdSniper: In issue #54 she uses a transformed Vos to great effect, wounding Chromedome and [[spoiler: blowing up Megatron's new fusion cannon, demoralizing him and leaving him helpless before Tarn, Deathsaurus, and Overlord.]]

* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler: He's a sadistic monster who had it coming when Tarn rips out his head in #52.]]

* PetTheDog: He really does love the Pet and treats him very well.

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Perhaps his sole redeeming quality is that he genuinely loves the Pet. [[spoiler: Drift, Ratchet, and Ten use this against him in issue 52 by taking the Pet hostage, causing Kaon to hold his strike team back out of fear of the Pet getting hurt. Problematically for him, however, Tarn's rather soured on compassion by this point...]]

* ChekhovsGunman: And how! Despite initially appearing to be an utterly unimportant SatilliteCharacter, he ultimately proves to be [[spoiler: the answer to the long-standing question of what happened to Dominus Ambus.]]

A Sparkeater in the form of a turbofox and Kaon's pet/makeshift guide dog. The DJD like to have it chew their victim's sparks for added torment.
* AnimalisticAbomination: It's a Sparkeater in the form of a turbofox, though it won't eat sparks, instead preferring to chew them a bit.

* PetMonstrosity: The unholy combination of a Sparkeater (by far one of Cybertron's most notorious monsters) and a turbo fox (commonly domesticated wildlife) domesticated by the Decepticons most feared killers.

* AFatherToHisMen: Unlike most Decepticon commanders, he appears to respect his team, never belittling or insulting them. For example, the genuine concern he shows Kaon when the latter is affected by the kilswitch, and later refuses to kill his crew to forge an alliance with Deathsaurus.

* {{Badass}}

* BecomingTheMask: In quite a literal way; in issue #51, when Megatron meets with Tarn alone [[spoiler: to surrender himself]] he asks Tarn to at least let Megatron see his face by taking off his Deceptibrand mask. Tarn coldly rebuffs that the mask ''is'' his real face.

* BondVillainStupidity: His adherence to "the script" for DJD operations seems like this on the Necrobot's planet. [[spoiler: He has the rest of the DJD plus Deathsaurus and his army trapping Megatron and Team Rodimus in the Necrobot's very lightly-defended fortress. The Autobots have no weapons or defenses to speak of, have been abandoned by the ''Lost Light'', and no way to escape. Rather than pressing his advantage and attacking right then, Tarn orders a withdrawal, but leaves notice that they will return in force at sunset, eight hours away. Deathsaurus is somewhat annoyed by this, but Tarn-and Megatron back in the fortress-both explain that forcing the Autobots to wait eight hours for certain death is meant as an act of torture. Later, Tesaurus brings up at a meeting that he's pretty sure the Necrobot's fortress is equipped with a storm-shield generator, which could hold them off for weeks, as previous target Heretech once did. Tarn dismisses this as not an issue, since it would take an incredible amount of energy to sustain, which the Autobots simply do not have. Except Ten figures out that they do, though nobody listens to him, so he leaves them a message before trying to follow Ravage in his scouting mission. The Necrobot's flowers, which are in plentiful supply, can be used to provide enormous amounts of power to the generator, creating an impenetrable forcefield. If Tarn had pressed his advantage when he had the chance, he'd have won without a doubt. Now it seems his victory is far less certain.]]

* VillainousBreakdown: It's minor, but he's clearly not enjoying that the Scavengers were able to get a couple over on him in ''Who's Afraid Of The DJD?''.
** Finding out about Megatron denouncing and renouncing the Decepticon cause puts him in a major one, and he nearly commits suicide via super-Nucleon overdose. He snaps out of it after seeing Nickel's face and realizing there's another way out.

* BitchInSheepsClothing: WordOfGod has clarified that she is just as monstrous as the rest of the DJD since she facilitates their murdering and torturing and is "cute" only in terms of her design.

* FatalFlaw: Quite possible their one major weakness is that they can never do things the quick and easy way -- they always have to make it as bloody, brutal, and prolonged as possible. See DickDastardlyStopsToCheat. Issue 39 shows that this is at least partly because they power themselves up on Nuke, which is a highly addictive and makes it's users highly violent and possibly delusional.

* TrueCompanions: They're all incredibly loyal and caring towards one another, in stark contrast to how they treat others.

** ''Horrifically'' subverted in ''Speak, Memory''. While serving as the warden of Grindcore prison, he asked Skids to fix the prison teleporter's generator in exchange for sending 50 Autobot prisoners to a more humane prison every time Skids does so. After several incidents, the problem with the generator is corrected permanently, and Tarn tells Skids he's free to join the next batch of prisoners. Skids gives his place to Quark instead, and Tarn, claiming to be moved, allows both of them to go. [[spoiler: Then Skids learns just in time that the freed prisoners have been instead sent into a smelting pit to be melted alive into raw material for MTO soldiers, and Tarn forces him to watch.]]

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Perhaps his sole redeeming quality is that he genuinely loves the Pet. [[spoiler: Drift, Ratchet, and Ten use this against him in issue 52 by taking the Pet hostage, causing Kaon to hold his strike team back out of fear of the Pet getting hurt.]]

* FauxAffablyEvil: [[spoiler: In ''Births, Deaths & Interventions'', he bids Bluestreak, Mainframe and First Aid a friendly farewell...not long after having ripped Trailcutter to shreds.]]

* HeWasRightThereAllAlong: [[spoiler: In ''Births, Deaths & Interventions'' his presence isn't revealed until Trailcutter's forcefield accidentally revives him.]]

* KickTheDog: [[spoiler:Casually crushes the dead Trailcutter's brain for no other reason than First Aid asking that his remains be treated respectfully.]]

* SlasherSmile: Upon killing [[spoiler: Trailcutter.]]

* KickTheDog: While preparing to kill Blip, he mocks the guy while he was struggling to speak due to his injuries. {{Lampshaded}} in his internal monologue, berating himself for doing something so petty.

** He knows or knew Skids, back from his days at the Academy. And Skids has the Empyrian Suite stuck in his head, noted to be Tarn's "theme tune".

** In a straighter example, they never attack Neutrals like the Necrobot.

* ArmCannon: A double-barrelled one.

* VillainousBreakdown: It's minor, but he's clearly not enjoying that the Scavengers were able to get a couple over on him in ''Who's Afraid Of The DJD?''