History Characters / TheTransformersMoreThanMeetsTheEyeTeamRodimus

* ObfuscatingStupidity: The reckless and childish antics conceal a surprisingly sharp mind. Part of it seems to be that if he pretends to be a juvenile jackass, Megatron and Ultra Magnus will do the hard parts of his job for him. Megatron sees right through it. [[SuperOCD Magnus… not so much.]]

* SuperOCD: Magnus has an obsession with orderliness and organization. In several scenes he's seen obsessing over trivial things like the rivet count on a ship. While before he was able to keep his compulsions in check, his nervous breakdown and heightened anxiety have made his disorder much worse post war and he struggles at times. Though after the confrontation with Tyrest he's done a better job of managing his anxiety as well as his OCD.

* AFatherToHisMen:
** He'd like to be one, but he lacks the maturity even now and his idea of good advice leaves something to be desired.
** Also, he's perfectly willing to make certain members do things that could seriously injure or kill them just to make things easier, like repeatedly making Chromedome inject, despite Rewind's objections.

* {{Flanderization}}: The early Furman stories had him prone to incredibly reckless CrazyEnoughToWork 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.

* InsaneTrollLogic: When the crew finds a coffin drifting in space with what appears Rodimus' corpse from the future, he notices that his dead self has two arms. He reasons that if he cuts off his arm, he will avert the future where he's dead.

* CowardlyLion: Doesn't like fighting, and in a bad situation he'll try to run away or cower, depending on his options. He also claims he's "allergic" to hostile environments. [[spoiler:As he could probably figure out to kill most people with little effort it's implied that this is his way of not being forced into using lethal force.]] After [[spoiler:Getaway leaves them to the mercy to the DJD]] however, Brainstorm quickly proves able to fight with the best of them, both with weapon and GoodOldFisticuffs, even if his first instinct is still to run.

-->'''Brainstorm:''' Forget ''fancy weaponry'' -- Let's hear it for the humble fist!

* DirtyCoward: Doesn't like fighting, and in a bad situation he'll run away or cower, depending on his options. He also claims he's "allergic" to hostile environments. [[spoiler:As he could probably figure out to kill most people with little effort it's implied that this is his way of not being forced into using lethal force.]]

* GunNut: It's even his title in his newer "Meet the Crew" bio.
** Note that this pertains to designing them, but not firing them. He's fairly useless in a fight, and admits that throughout the entire war he's never actually killed anyone. Though weapons he's designed certainly have.

* NonActionGuy: He has mentioned throughout the series that he's too smart to die young and that he's allergic to hostile environments. In fact issue 38 reveals that [[spoiler: he's never taken a life by his own hand.]]

* TechnicalPacifist: [[spoiler:He's ''never'' taken a life by his own hand, in spite of the fact that he was ''literally'' built solely to kill. As he says: not by chance. By ''choice.'']]

* KilledOffscreen: [[spoiler:His spark went unstable and the resulting explosion atomized his body... [[NeverFoundTheBody Maybe]].]]

* PutOnABus: Absent throughout the whole of ''ComicBook/TheTransformersDarkCybertron'', while he's recovering from Cybercrosis. He returns once it's over[[note]]This was because James Roberts initially intended Tailgate to succumb to cybercrosis, and would have been, well, dead.[[/note]].
** BusCrash: [[spoiler: [[UncertainDoom Maybe.]] If Fortress Maximus actually is right about what happened then he's DeaderThanDead after his spark quite literally exploded while trapped in a tiny box where no-one could find him on the Necroworld.]]
** TheBusCameBack: [[spoiler: Somehow, the Mederi illusion of him became the real deal after the whole place shut down. [[MST3KMantra Don't think about it too hard]].]]

* TheRedBaron: [[spoiler: His alternate self in the Functionist-controlled Cybertron is known by his devotees as "The Useless One" because of his altmode that defies the Grand Cybertronian Taxonomy. Then however we find out what he's for...]]

* NamesTheSame: Over in [=RiD=] it turned out that the Fallen, a dreaded warlord of Cybertron's early days who almost took over the planet, was originally named Megatronus. Unlike other continuities (where Megatron would actively take his name from Megatronus), Optimus treats it as a coincidence while Alpha Trion believes it a dangerous warning of the tendency for certain themes to reoccur in Cybertron's history. [[spoiler:Turns out a time-displaced Shockwave gave Megatronus the name because [[StableTimeLoop he already knew who Megatronus was and what he would turn out to be.]]]]

* UncannyValley: This is the intended effect of Whirl's Empurata on other Cybertronians - we don't see it because he's a robot anyway, but to other Cybertronians Whirl is a freak, and his disfiguration makes people see him as an object.

* BitchInSheepsClothing: [[AmbiguousSituation Subverted.]] [[spoiler: It was suggested in issue #6 of Lost Light that he might have intentionally given Terminus a false set of coordinates to take Megatron to, and ensure he got left behind in the Functionist Universe (and also destroying his reputation with at least Rodimus and who knows who else amongst the crew). Apparently, he didn't, and [[PoisonousFriend Terminus took Megatron to the wrong place intentionally instead]]. [[WordOfGod Word of Roberts]] is that [[https://twitter.com/jroberts332/status/873683917362126848 "any ambiguity was wholly unintentional! (FWIW I don't think Roller's earned the right to be a contender for Mr Duplicitous)"]].]]

* WeaponOfChoice: ''My First Blaster'' [[TradeSnark ™]], a large gun designed to look like a children's toy, courtesy of Brainstorm.

* AmbiguousDisorder: She seems to have difficulty socializing with others and has issues with telling when others don't want to be touched.

* CantHoldHisLiquor: In his defense, it was weapons-grade nucleon.

* UnrelatedInTheAdaptation: The original G1 Rewind has a place as one of Blaster's mini-cassettes, but in this continuity, he and Blaster have zero relationship.

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* WallOfBlather

* HeroicSacrifice:Each version of him attempts at least one.

* NiceGuy: [[BerserkButton So long as you're not Prowl]].

* OlderThanTheyLook: Old enough to remember Nova Prime ''before'' the guy went off the deep end. That's somewhere to the order of six million years old. It doesn't exactly show.

* AMillionIsAStatistic: Played with and explored. By his time as captain of the Lost Light, Megatron had something of a HeelRealization and concluded he made a mistake in his actions. While he was genuinely interested in trying to make ammends, the fact that he was personally responsible for the death of billions of individuals is something that isn't easily forgotten. Other characters reflect that his crimes are far too large to even conceptualize. However, a large part of his character development is coming to terms that with the fact that there can be no escape from what he's done, and that ultimately he has to pay for the staggering loss of life he has unleashed. His final words are even admitting that no matter what punishment he faces, it will never be enough.

* IJustWantToBeNormal: ZigZaggingTrope. It is true that Whirl would like his hands back, but at the same time, he uses the PowerOfHate to cushion himself from having to act normally or feel bad about the bad things he's done. [[spoiler:By the DistantFinale, he concludes that he doesn't ''need'' his hands back; he's not broken and he doesn't need fixing.]]

* PositiveDiscrimination: Mentions this verbatim when Rodimus asks him to come along to Luna-1, sarcastically referring to himself as the "[[TokenMinority token]] Empurata victim." Note that [[SubvertedTrope Whirl himself is]] ''[[{{Jerkass}} FAR]]'' from a "good example" of an Empurata victim, about the only one who's ''worse'' is Shockwave.

* IllBoy: Every time Chromedome injects somebody, it weakens him severely, and it takes longer and longer for him to recover. By issue #52 he's still recovering from injecting Tailgate, an act that happened ''months'' previously and needs rest. As Rewind sadly says, one day he won't recover.

* [[IllBoy Ill Bot]]: Sitting in a hole for six million years was not good for Tailgate's health.

* SimpleStaff: His WeaponOfChoice, as seen in MTMTE #24 (Dark Cybertron #4). A different one was seen in a flashback [[spoiler:from when he was Primus.]]

* BecomingTheMask: A dark, tragic example. In the past Megatron behaved like a bloodthirsty tyrant, actively cultivating a reputation as TheDreaded, believing that fear, pain and death were [[NecessaryEvil necessary instruments]] in his crusade to destroy everything standing in his way of [[WellIntentionedExtremist creating a better society]], having learned [[PoliceBrutality firsthand]] from [[spoiler: Whirl]], back when he was the Senate's vicious lackey, [[MightMakesRight that fists mattered more than words.]] Years later however, during a captive conversation with Optimus, where he was saying very monstrous things to evoke retaliation from him, Megatron was shocked to note he ''meant'' every word.