History Characters / TransformersAnimatedDecepticons

* PetTheDog: Her ''Allspark Almanac II'' description of Waspinator implies that, even though she considers him an easily-manipulated glitchead she still somewhat cares about him since, as "technoorganic freaks", they have to stick together.

%%** {{Arm Cannon}}s: In his toy-only Earth form, they become [[GatlingGood gatling guns]].

%%** RingsOfDeath: His Earth form has an arm-mounted disc launcher.

* {{Expy}}: Being a misshapen and dim-witted clone of a PrimaryColorChampion, he's obviously an analogue for Franchise/{{Superman}}'s backwards doppelganger Bizarro.

* PintsizedPowerhouse: Even without his drill, he is still capable of giving roundhouses that can knock over bots larger than he is.

* EverybodyHasStandards: When Sentinel learns about her techno-organic state, being the xenophobe he is, ''he'' has more issues about it than she does, leading to her cutting him off and saying that it's bad, not ''that'' bad. Considering Season 4 would've provided closure on her character arc, it's possible this was {{foreshadowing}} that she would [[IAmWhatIAm come to terms with herself]].

'''Blackarachnia:''' Okay, okay, I get it! It's bad, but it's not ''that'' bad, all right?!\\

* DecompositeCharacter: Lugnut take his G1 self's UndyingLoyalty to Megatron
* DemotedToExtra: Unlike in ''Generation 1'', he's not an official member of the Decepticons and only shows up in one episode as a [[MonsterOfTheWeek Villain of the Week]]. Even when he's under Megatron's command, he manages to ''use'' him for his own goals too. However...

* DevilInPlainSight: He obviously looks a little sinister and yet no civilians get the hint that he's evil.

* BadBoss: To Mixmaster and Scrapper. He physically abuses them, and is even willing to sacrifice Mixmaster.

* TheNapoleon: He was plotting to take over Detroit minutes after being created, and doesn't take kindly to anyone contradicting him. He also doesn't like people mocking his height.

* TokenGoodTeammate: Scrapper is definitely the kindest member of the Constructicons. Sari is even able to recruit him into helping the Autobots.

* BadBoss: To Mixmaster and Scrapper. He physically and verbally abused them, and is even willing to sacrifice Mixmaster.

* {{Greed}}: Dirge is this trope in spades.
* GreenEyedMonster: Thrust, the clone created late in the game according to the [=AllSpark=] Almanac II, is the embodiment of Starscream's intense envy. He pals around with Dirge, which is appropriate since their quirks more or less complement one another.

* ProfessionalButtKisser: Sunstorm will praise anyone if it will allow him to weasel his way out of getting hurt.

* VillainousGlutton: Dirge, the one toy-only clone, represents Starscream's insatiable greed.

* BigBad: Of Team Chaar.

* SmugSnake: Thinks he's better than everyone else.

* VillainsWantMercy: After Ratchet tears Optimus' grappling hook out of his arm, Lockdown begs Ratchet to take his EMP generator back from Lockdown and use it on him to make the pain go away -- this coming ''after'' Lockdown scarred Ratchet for life in more ways than one during the Great War, and ''after'' Lockdown gleefully mocked Ratchet about all of it without a shred of remorse. (Though knowing Lockdown, and seeing as he tries to attack Ratchet the second he makes a step towards him, it was probably a WoundedGazelleGambit.)

* PetTheDog: While Lugnut's sycophantic behavior often gets on his nerves, Megatron nonetheless values his UndyingLoyalty, to the point he realizes Omega Sentinel clones being imprinted onto Lugnut rather than himself is a ''much'' better choice as they'll likewise be loyal to him, reasoning that if they imprinted upon his own power-thirsty mind pattern, they'd eventually try to overthrow him.

* TheNapoleon: He was plotting to take over Detroit minutes after being created, and doesn't take kindly to anyone contradicting him. He also doesn't like people pointing out his height.

* ArchEnemy: Double subverted with Optimus Prime. At the beginning, he just sees Optimus as just another Autobot, not even worthy to remember his name. But over the course of the series, Optimus thwarts his plans from destroying the [=AllSpark=] to pushing him into the unstable Space Bridge to crippling his Lugnut Supremes. By the end of the series, Megatron finally [[SayMyName calls Optimus Prime by his name]] and single-mindedly attempts to kill him, not caring if he dies in the process as well.

** Pulls a ''delicious'' gambit in the final episodes with Shockwave, Starscream and Lugnut as his pawns in the game. He needs a template for his Omega clones, but using himself will likely result in massive Megatron clones that ''will'' try to overthrow him and likely will succeed. Starscream is currently in league with him out of no other choice, so Megatron keeps him around to help out despite knowing he will betray him and likely try to become the template himself. So when Shockwave returns to the fold full-time, he begins showering him with praise as his most loyal servant - deliberately to piss off Lugnut, who's loyal to Megs to the point of religious fanaticism and starts making obscenely over-the-top displays of loyalty. When the time comes to make a template, Lugnut stops Starscream from betraying Megatron... and becomes the template for the clones himself. Now Megatron has three massive Lugnut's with UndyingLoyalty to him to do his bidding.

* FalseFriend: Paints himself as a friend of the Autobots and ally of humanity during his time trapped in Professor Sumdac's lab.

* OmnicidalManiac: Became one in the Season 1 finale when he outright says he wants to lay waste to Earth before conquering Cybertron upon merging with the Allspark. If any doubts about this is present, had the show continued, he definitely would be one when he outright would've tried to destroy Earth in what would've been the Season 4 finale.

* PragmaticVillainy: While Megatron does show mercy to those who are not Autobots or Starscream, these moments are motivated by pragmatism than compassion. For example, he stops Lugnut and Blitzwing from killing the Constructicons, not out of kindness but because he sees their skill at building objects as a useful asset. And when they later confront him about duping them, he opts to bribe them with his personal brew of motor oil rather than kill them.

** Sumdac spent almost a year trying to repair him and was nothing but respectful and kind while doing so. Yet not only does Megatron sabotage his inventions more than once in order to destroy the Autobots, he says he ''hated'' all of their interactions, takes Sumdac as a hostage as soon as he gets his body back and forces him to work for the Decepticons, [[EvilIsPetty all the while being as openly callous and disrespectful as possible.]] This might have something to do with the fact that Sumdac built his entire empire from Megatron's salvaged remains while he was offline all those years, which he saw as a ''massive'' insult.

* TheStarscream: [[TropeNamer Obviously]], but with a twist. Though Starscream's main goal is to usurp Megatron's position as leader of the Decepticons, he was under Megatron's command only once, at the beginning of the series. After Megatron discovers his subordinate's treachery, he permanently exiles Starscream from the Decepticon ranks when his attempts to execute former second-in-command fail. Thus, Starscream has his own faction he commands and the only time he and Megatron would work together is through an EnemyMine situation.

* GroundPunch: Lugnut often uses his [[PowerFist Punch Of Kill Everything]] in this manner, leaving enormous craters and devastating any Autobots (and unfortunate Decepticons) who happen to be in nearby.

* AdaptationalBadass: Shockwave's inclusion came from a conversation between Corey Burton and the creators of ''Animated'' about how Shockwave didn't get to do much in the original cartoon. As such, while this Shockwave appears less, he accomplishes ''far'' more, including taking down several prominent Autobots and dealing several hard blows after infiltrating their ranks, compared how the original Shockwave would get clobbered every time the Autobots used the space bridge he was meant to guard.

* DragonWithAnAgenda: Megatron intended him to break him free from Sumdac labs. Soundwave instead chose to go with his own ambition of overthrowing the human race.

* FaceHeelTurn: His size, car-based vehicle mode, and training with Yoketron indicate that Lockdown was an Autobot before his current line-of-work.
* FashionableAsymmetry: to represent that he has parts from former preys, each of his limbs has a different color, with a yellow right arm, a purple left arm, a metallic left leg with purple features, and his right leg is the only one that actually fits with the black and green pattern of his torso. The first figure of the character is the only one that keeps him that way (even if both arms are the same color when removing the hook hand), while later recolors and the movie versions miss the point by keeping him in more uniform color patterns, with the hook as the only asymmetrical element.

* VillainBall: He ultimately terminates his partnership with Sentinel because Ramjet offered him a better deal. Putting aside the fact that a minute listening to Ramjet reveals him to be a compulsive liar, what guarantee did Lockdown have that Ramjet had any kind of capital? For a bot as business-savvy as Lockdown is, he bought into Ramjet's trickery rather easily.

* GreenEyedMonster: Thrust, the clone created late in the game according to the [=AllSpark=] Almanac II, is the embodiment of Starscream's intense envy. He pals around with Dirge, which is appropriate since their quirks more or less compliment one another.

* KickThemWhileTheyAreDown: Ramjet does this to Starscream after the latter has had his clones rebelling against him and head removed from his body by Professor Sumdac.

** In what is ultimately their final appearance in the show, Thundercracker and Skywarp are last seen with each other. In ''Generation 1'', it is implied that the both of them were reformatted by Unicron alongside Megatron.

** Slipstream did eventually get a toy...in the ''Webcomic/TransformersLegends'' line. This is a confusing example as while the tie in comic ''does'' say she's the same character having jumped dimensions (with her head specifically made to look animated style), it's a completely different toyline altogether.

* RedBaron: Holds title of Megatron's "General of Destruction".

* UnreliableIllustrator: His depiction in the show doesn't match the toy that was released the show's canellaction, as his toy as based on the original design when Slick had a differnt design in a comic that came out before Season 3. Mainly his head and the color scheme.

* NobleDemon: He finds Oil Slick's tactics distateful, preferring to face his enemies one-on-one.

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: This particular version of Motormaster is based in appearance and mannerisms on "Macho Man" Randy Savage.

* HadTheSillyThingInReverse: He at one point shoots himself by accident because he was holding his weapon backwards.

* GenderFlip: By virtue of ''Animated'' Arcee's mold being the closest availabe approximation in alternate mode to Drag Strip's usual race car mode, she is female when most versions of Drag Strip have been male.

* SecondaryColorNemesis: He's colored green and purple to contrast wth Optimus' red and blue.

-->'''Lugnut''': "That is no way to speak to a loyal servant of Megatron!"

* AdaptationPersonalityChange: Soundwave's defining trait in G1 is his UndyingLoyalty to Megatron. Here, while Megatron is the reason for Soundwave turning to villainy, he mostly acts on his own agenda rather than taking orders from Megatron.

* LineOfSightName: Thanks to the name tag on Mix's vehicle mode and a pile of, well, scrap.

** His [[spoiler:Triple Changer]] robot mode appearance looks to be based on ''WesternAnimation/BeastMachines'' Megatron.

* AdaptationalVillainy: ''Beast Wars'' Blackarachnia had a HeelFaceTurn because of LoveRedeems, and wasn't evil by her own choice as she was the result of the Predacons tampering with a Maximal protoform, while Elita-One from the original series was always good. Here, she has a DarkAndTroubledPast that may possibly justify her FaceHeelTurn, though she's done some undeniably evil things.

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: In-universe. After being transwarped by Waspinator's explosion by containing it, Optimus thinks she did it as a HeroicSacrifice. Sentinel, on the other hand, thinks she did it to escape. We're not entirely sure either.

* DumbMuscle: He's as strong as Optimus, but unfortunately does not share his intelligence. For instance, when he is offered a plea bargain, he argues to have his sentence ''extended'' rather than reduced.

* CanonCharacterAllAlong: He first appears as an Autobot named Longarm, who seems to be an original character created for the series, before it's revealed he's a Decepticon spy named Shockwave, who is an established character in ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}''.

* CoDragons: Once Starscream is ousted, Lugnut and Shockwave shared his position and they literally fought for this role, but Megatron found them both to be equally useful.

* DropTheHammer: He doesn't use it often.

* HonorBeforeReason: "I will not hide! I will stand proudly and shout Megatron's name to the HEAVENS!"

* VitriolicBestBuds: With Blitzwing, the two often bicker and sometimes even fight with Lugnut sometimes hitting Blitzwing when he's annoyed by Random's antics or him disrespecting Megatron, but until Blitzwing's capture at the end of "Air Decepticon" the two almost always seen together and Lugnut shows of being sorry after he punched Blitzwing by mistake in "Lost and Found".

* BoobsOfSteel: Quite literally. Mostly because she's a BrawnHilda and that her chest literally contains [[ChestBlaster two bombs]].