History Characters / TheTransformersMoreThanMeetsTheEyeTeamRodimus

* BadassBookworm: While seemingly nothing but a lowly psychiatrist, he swims out of the ''Lost Light'' and takes on the Ammonites with nothing but a staff during the ''[[ComicBook/TransformersDarkCybertron Dark Cybertron]]'' crossover. As it turns out, the key word is [[spoiler:"[[PhysicalGod seemingly]].]]"

* BadassGay: He falls in love with Tailgate.

* {{Foil}}: To Whirl, clearly deliberately. They are both enthusiastic, courageous and skilled warriors with pasts that weigh heavily on them, and both can prove difficult to control for High Command. However, Cyclonus is calm and rational while Whirl is brash and AxCrazy, Cyclonus can plan ahead while Whirl is extremely impulsive, Cyclonus is subtle but forthright, while Whirl can be obnoxious but cunning, and Cyclonus is an honourable warrior while Whirl will do almost anything to win his battles.

* ShipTease: Quite a few. In the book and in the fandom, she's frequently paired with one of the following: Brainstorm, Skids, Nightbeat and Velocity.

* ComediSociopathy: His stock and trade. Whirl is positively delighted to learn that Cybertronians are the only race to be ''blacklisted'' from the [[OmniscientCouncilOfVagueness Galactic Council.]]

* JerkassHasAPoint: He's not off base in accusing Megatron of running from his trial as Megatron had confessed to Ravage that he was keeping escape options open and trying to prolong the quest before he decided to stop running. As of ''Lost Light'' #6, [[spoiler:Rodimus has every reason to believe that he was right about Megatron.]]

* WhatTheHellHero: He gets this and TheReasonYouSuckSpeech from Optimus after he confesses [[spoiler:his involvement on the Overlord affair.]]

* TheBait: The Sparkeater sought him due to the brightness of his spark. When Rodimus figures this out he grabs him and uses him to lure the monster into the range of the ship's engines.

* DeathSeeker: As an Ex-Wrecker, this is inevitable. Website/TFWikiDotNet has suggested that he intended to [[DrivenToSuicide burn himself alive along with the sweep corpses]] before Cyclonus walked in on him. ''Lost Light'' issue 16 has him admit he was trying to get himself killed all these years. [[spoiler:Winding up in the Afterspark with everyone else disappoints and annoys him.]]

** The "lean" part is averted with his appearances in the past, where he was slightly more blocky, though the mean part is still there.

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: When Rodimus left the ship along with Megatron and Ultra Magnus, Rodimus personally took time to let Whirl know that Cyclonus was being left in charge. Despite once taking part in heavy fighting against the Autobots at Galvatron's side, Cyclonus is considered both reliable and honourable.

* TrueNeutral: Of the 'balance' variation. Cyclonus doesn't want to be an Autobot, but whenever it comes up he is very insistent that he's not a Decepticon either.

* ArmCannon: Averted. While he's still armed, his iconic cannon is absent from his new form as Optimus had him melt it down. This is a bit of an in-joke hearkening back to his novel "Towards Peace," where he states that it is his burden, and when the rejection of it is significant to no one else but himself, he will remove it from his arm. Unlike in his novel, this was removed in conjunction with him renouncing his ideals rather than fulfilling them and not needing it to fight. [[spoiler: He gets a new one during the "Dying of the Light" arc, but refuses to use it out of fear of reverting to his old ways until Ratchet convinces him otherwise. It gets destroyed before the end of the issue. Appears to have a new one when he returns from the Functionist Universe, but this one turns out to be a form of medical kit.]]

-->'''Whirl:''' ''([[TheParanoic pointing a blaster at Cyclonus through the doorway of his cabin]])'' Sorry about the mess.

* ShipTease: With now amica endura Velocity, as mentioned above, particularly so in issues LL8 and LL9. She even once said she wanted to worship Velocity "like a god".

* BigBad: Of ''Robots in Disguise'' “City on Fire" arc. Obviously, he was also this in the Great War, making his role here a lot more surprising. However the Decepticons considered (and some ''still do'') him to be the BigGood.

* BrokenPedestal: In the past, to a young Orion Pax. In the present, to everyone who follows the Decepticon cause. [[spoiler: Unintentionally becomes one to Rodimus after Megatron is tricked into remaining in the Functionist universe; Rodimus believes that Megatron has played him specifically in order to avoid his eventual judgement, and it destroys any good feelings Rodimus had about his co-captain. Megatron, for his part, was dead-set on returning too, but is led to believe by Terminus (who may or may not have been the one who engineered all of this) that the rest of the Team left without him to "give him a second chance".]]

* ByronicHero: A textbook example.

* GoodCostumeSwitch: Sort of. His body was reformatted after his change-of-heart, but nobody's about to call him "good" any time soon.

* NobleBigot: Developing into this. Recent events and a harsh chewing out from Skids causes him to realize his bigotry towards organic races was wrong.

* WeUsedToBeFriends: With Impactor, who was his fellow miner before the War. This winds up saving Impactor's life on at least one occasion, when he manages to scribble a sardonic "Not more of your poetry," on a piece of rubble just as Megatron was about to kill him. The realisation that he was about to kill his old friend stunned Megatron enough for Impactor to escape.

* VitriolicBestBuds: Constantly argues and snarks with Megatron, but still gave him a Rodimus Star. One can't help but feel that the two have more in common than they like to admit. [[spoiler: Rodimus getting chummy with Megatron is even used by Getaway as another reason why the crew has decided he's unfit to lead them, amongst others. As of ''Lost Light'' #6, Rodimus now hates Megatron more than ever.]]

* ArmCannon: Averted. While he's still armed, his iconic cannon is absent from his new form as Optimus had him melt it down. This is a bit of an in-joke hearkening back to his novel "Towards Peace," where he states that it is his burden, and when the rejection of it is significant to no one else but himself, he will remove it from his arm. Unlike in his novel, this was removed in conjunction with him renouncing his ideals rather than fulfilling them and not needing it to fight. [[spoiler: He gets a new one during the "Dying of the Light" arc, but refuses to use it out of fear of reverting to his old ways until Ratchet convinces him otherwise. It gets destroyed before the end of the issue.]]

* TheBusCameBack: [[spoiler:After Pharma opens a portal to the Functionist Universe, Megatron returns leading a huge fleet of ships.]]

* {{Flanderization}}: The early Furman stories had him prone to incredibly reckless JustCrazyEnoughToWork behaviour, while Shane McCarthy's ''All Hail Megatron'' portrayed him as naive and almost chldlike in comparison to the battle-hardened Kup and the Wreckers. MTMTE would take these traits to the extreme, to the point it's a minor miracle Optimus let him be in charge of ''anything'', let alone a ship full of Autobots entrusted with a sacred quest.

* GreenEyedMonster: He ''really'' dislikes Thunderclash, on account of the 'bot being noble, heroic, decent, inspirational, kind... or to put it another way, because Thunderclash is everything Rodimus ''isn't''. It gets to the point that when informed Thunderclash is dying Rodimus breaks out in a giddy grin, and is a few seconds away from dancing.

* RedOniBlueOni: With Cyclonus Ironically (considering their respective color schemes) Whirl is the red.

* ShipTease: She becomes very close to Skids, dancing with him and they're often seen comforting each other. [[spoiler: She's completely devastated when he sacrifices his life in the second season finale]]. She is also frequently seen solving mysteries with Nightbeat and acting as Brainstorm's lab partner. Coincidently, all three share a predominantly blue color scheme, as well as largely known for their quirky personalites; Skids an all-absorbing theoretician, Nightbeat a deep-thinking detective, and Brainstorm a perpetually-inventing scientist. All three bots reflect facets of her own personality; education, deduction and engineering.

* ShipTease: She seems very fond of Swerve, which becomes more active towards the end of Lost Light.

[[folder:Rung]]

The ship psychiatrist who's incredibly nice and well-meaning to just about everyone. Despite his affable personality he often goes unnoticed and secretly desires to be remembered. May or may not be more than he seems...

* CoolOldGuy: He was a big name during Nova Prime's time, big enough that even a two-week old Tailgate knew about him, and big enough he was ''almost'' part of the Ark's crew (by sheer coincidence, the Senate called him away just before launch). So he's at least six million years old, if not more. [[spoiler:He's old enough that information creep has caused him to forget his purpose.]]
* TheConstant: Rewind refers to him as a "historical constant"; he's been present at numerous major events throughout history, but almost never plays a direct part in them, almost as if he's just an outside observers. ''Elegant Chaos'' reveals that at least a few of these instances were caused by [[spoiler: time travel]].
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Not a moron by any definition, but he isn't much of a fighter. He's surprisingly good with a staff.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Issue 48 reveals that [[spoiler: he isn't actually a licensed psychiatrist like he claims. He was stripped of his license to practice after he became too close to one of his patients. The ship he was serving on crashed with Rung as the sole survivor, which he used to cover up his disbarment, much to his own shame.]]

** It may work in another way too. Whereas Drift was hyped upon his introduction, he has since been played down and integrated with the cast. Rung was introduced quietly and casually, and is gradually hinted that he is going to be very important later. For example, his alt mode is ''not'' actually an office ornament. No one knows what it is, so the Functionists invented a new and complete BS category for him.
* TheFogOfAges: He himself lampshades this in issue 5 of ''Lost Light''. He's been around so long, he's forgotten his purpose. [[spoiler: It's to produce photonic crystals. The same kind of crystal that the Matrix is and that can store the energies of Sparks.]]

* NonActionGuy: Lampshaded by himself when his internal monologue reveals he was happy when he was forced to sit out during the Battle of Temptoria.

* ToylessToylineCharacter: Rung has no official toy as of yet, just a made-up figure featured on a comic cover. Though in the Combiner Wars Toyline, the Bios are written as Psych-Profiles by Rung.

* TheUnReveal: Just what ''is'' his alt-mode for? His body produces photonic crystals, but he does that in robot mode. Notably, the first story arc of ''Lost Light'' explores everything else, but never answers this. Nightbeat speculates on an answer, [[spoiler:but he dies immediately after he figures it out.]]
* WarriorTherapist: He knows how to study people and find physical and mental weak points, which he's more than willing to exploit in case he does get into fights.

* ShipTease: By the end of season two, he's fallen in love with Cyclonus.

* CrosscastRole: While the AmbiguousGender trope is getting played up more and more as of late, currently male (as far as we know) Tailgate is played by Susan Blu in the Botcon 2014 script reading.

* {{Transgender}}: She was assigned as male since that was all Cybertronians ''knew'', but after leaving the planet and seeing the universe for herself she came to realize that she identified with female pronouns and got a modification of her chassis to match.