History Characters / TransformersDespairAutobots

* BadassInCharge: The Second-In-Command of the Autobots and is capable enough to fill the position.

A soldier among the Autobots, watching Cybertron crumbled around him left him crestfallen, but he persevere with the intention of making sure no other planet ends up like Cybertron, taking a special interest in Earth. When peace came, he quickly went to work setting up guidelines for people to follow in order to protect the environment and make sure Cybertron would bloom once more. [[spoiler:In Chapter 5, he is caught in the explosion that injured many people and was unable to physically attend the trial.]]

Beachcomber doesn't gather much respect, always being overshadowed by other scientists in the field as well as being shackled by his drug addiction, but he is still the best geologist around. This skill didn't see much use in the war for him, but when peace came, Beachcomber felt a spike in relevance as he was commissioned to test the surrounding areas of Cybertron for survivability and radiation testing. Beachcomber plays a major role in Case 3 as [[spoiler:the last to see Counterpunch alive and being friends with the other personality inside him.]]

One of the more morally flexible Autobots, Smokescreen made his name getting involved in a wide-variety of illegal games that he was involved in, even during the war itself and peacetime. Still, he is on the Autobot’s side, which is good enough for them. He is the head detective of Chapter 4 before being playing a major role in [[spoiler:the murder of Chapter 5, having set the bomb up at the racetrack and being revealed as a serial killer, but is innocent of the murder of Blast Off.]]

A skilled mnemosurgeon, he worked as a forensic mnemosurgeon pre-war before lending his talents to the Autobots and forming a relationship with Rewind. Post-war, he took a job back in forensic mnemosurgeon. [[spoiler:He is the culprit of Chapter 3, killing Counterpunch in order to prevent him from killing Rewind. He is executed through an impromptu mnemosurgery session.]]

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: [[spoiler: When Onslaught, Beachcomber, Swindle and Smokescreen declares that they found out that the only suspect left of being the mole to Monobear is him, he starts to get nervous and tries to run away, only to be subdued by Skywarp, Blurr and Jazz. He desperately said that if he said he’s the mole, his reputation and career will be destroyed and claims that he [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial already broke and burned his datapad in the incinerator.]]]]

A mech of influence and affluence, Mirage was a former senator before becoming the primary financier of the Autobots during the war and is now funding the reconstruction efforts. [[spoiler:In Chapter 4, he is both a victim and culprit. He is killed during a fight with Nightbeat before being pushed into the spikes of a behemoth and slowly bleeding out. He becomes a culprit when Nightbeat sets off the trap that Mirage had planted in the basement of the mall, a device Mirage set up to escape with Hoist with him.]]

* [[spoiler: DiedInYourArmsTonight: To Hoist when he finds him barely clinging on to life in the Repair Bay. He shortly passes away after that.]]

* [[spoiler: ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: How he is murdered.]]

* [[spoiler: PartingWordsRegret: Wishes him and Hoist could be better friends before passing on.]]
* [[spoiler: SympatheticMurderer: His reason for committing the murder? So that he could escape with Hoist, his only friend.]]

* [[spoiler: BitchInSheepsClothing / WellIntentionedExtremist: Downplayed. Jazz is a nice guy and is well-meaning, but he has been involved in amoral activities in the past for the success of the Autobots, a prime example being the creation of the Counterpunch personality. This still applies to when there’s peace, as Jazz has been spying on the Decepticons to ensure they’re not planning on another war.]]

* NiceGuy / SoulBrotha: He’s a pretty chill dude who is easy to get along with.

* BlackAndWhiteMorality: Believes in this. Ratchet does his best to prove him wrong.

* [[spoiler: TheLostLenore: After the events of Chapter 3, Chromedome is this to him.]]

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: [[spoiler: Him and Chromedome are both affected by the Chapter 2 motive, turning them into a violent couple.]]

* [[spoiler: VillainousBreakdown: In Chapter 3. While Chromedome is the killer, he is fine with the accusations being made against him. Rewind, the accomplice, is ''not'' happy and once the blame is on Chromedome, Rewind gets desperate with his defenses.]]

* [[spoiler: CruelAndUnusualDeath: Dies via an impromptu mnemosurgery that ends with him impaled through the head multiple times.]]

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler: His talent is what leads to the situation where Counterpunch attempts to kill Rewind and Chromedome kill the deranged Decepticon to save him.]]
* HopeSpot: [[spoiler: His execution features one. When the tentacles enter his head the first time and retreated, it seemed like it malfunctioned and Monobear had to fix it. After that, the arms came back, this time wielding large knives instead of needles and entered his head in the most violent way.]]
* [[spoiler: ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Through his head. [[TheresNoKillLikeOverkill Multiple times.]]]]
* LoveHurts: His relationship with Rewind suffers considerably from the stress of the game. [[spoiler: It eventually ends with his own death from protecting Rewind.]]
* [[spoiler: INeverSaidItWasPoison: Accidentally calls Counterpunch a ''‘Bot'' during the investigation, well before the reveal that he’s an Autobot. This is what clues Nightbeat in on Chromedome’s involvement.]]

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: [[spoiler: Him and Rewind are both affected by second motive, turning them into a violent couple.]]

* [[spoiler: VillainousBreakdown: Completely averted. Unlike the other murderers, he doesn’t lose his cool once when the accusation is made against him and is accepting of it. ''Rewind'', on the other hand, loses his shit and gets desperate to defend him.]]

* TheSquire: In Chapter 5, after seeing Onslaught keeps getting his health worse because of him continuously keep on worrying about [[spoiler: Swindle’s sanity,]] Beachcomber insisted that Onslaught should take a break and helping him to come to the race on the next day with a special energon to boost him.

* LackOfEmpathy: Implied. [[spoiler:The recorder Hoist fixed reveals his plan to manipulate the crime scene into a two-culprit situation by letting himself to be killed by Mirage's trap. Mirage calls him out for this, only for Nightbeat to coldly retort that the group are getting too reliant on him for solving murder mysteries in class trials. Upon finding the recording was on, he stomped it without remorse.]]

* ConsummateLiar: He lies about almost everything in the story about [[spoiler: himself and his sincerity with everyone. Then in Chapter 5, he develops multiple lies to cover up his tracks as the bomber. He's even [[WhatTheHellHero called out on this in the story multiple times.]]]]

* DissonantSerenity: [[spoiler: After he revealed himself as a serial killer, he's unnervingly calm with an equally disturbing relaxed smile on his face.]]

* {{Expy}}: Of fellow gambler and liar, [[DanganRonpaFemaleStudents Celestia Ludenberg]] and [[DanganronpaV3MaleStudents Kokichi Oma]] respectively.

* NominalHero: He’s an Autobot and was a head detective, but his own motivations for doing so is entirely self-serving.

* PetTheDog: [[spoiler: He says that he still considers Hoist a friend, not that Hoist wants his friendship. He even gives Hoist his knife in Chapter 6, not out of sentimental value for the knife, but because he wants Hoist to have some form of protection.]]

* ThroughTheEyesOfMadness: Unintentionally done in Chapter 4 when he becomes the focus character in Chapter 4 as the head detective. He’s the one heading the investigation into Mirage and Nightbeat’s death, but [[spoiler: his mental state is far from sane, although he’s good at hiding it to the readers.]]

* OddFriendship: You never thought that an unnoticeable pacifist like Beachcomber would be friends with the Combaticon leader Onslaught. He’s the one who approaches the Decepticon and asks him how to deal with his self-esteem issues, cheers for him in a game of pool, and the bot who [[spoiler: slaps him out of a [[DespairEventHorizon Despair Event Horizon]] in Chapter 5.]] They have pretty much the only stable friendship between an Autobot and a Decepticon.

* LackOfEmpathy:

The chief medical officer of the Autobots. He served throughout the entire war as the one in charge of medical support as well as being one of the oldest and closest friends of Optimus Prime. Cynical and jaded, but cares for his patients above all else. After the war, he busied himself by establishing a new clinic to help more people. He is the [[TheProtagonist initial protagonist]] from the Autobot side, head detective and [[spoiler:accidental culprit of Chapter 5, having accidentally injected an acid-laced anesthetic into Blast Off after a bombing at the racetrack and a botched suicide attempt by Dead End. He is executed by getting hit with an explosion and going through a mock surgery.]]

* [[spoiler: TheAlcoholic: Was this at one point, until he caused a patient to die, which led to…]]
* TheAtoner: [[spoiler: He’s this for a surgery that he botched up one time that caused the death of a patient.]]

* [[spoiler: CruelAndUnusualDeath: Is caught in an explosion before suffering through a botched surgery without anesthetic that leaves him in agonizing pain until he dies.]]
* [[spoiler: DecoyProtagonist: Was set up to last a long time, but dies a little over halfway through the story as a Sacrificial Lion.]]
* [[spoiler: FaceDeathWithDignity: In spite of the unfair circumstances, Ratchet takes his execution well enough, instead doing his best to encourage people to work together before dying.]]

* [[spoiler: TheHeroDies: Being the initial protagonist of the Autobots and the story in general seemed poise to establish himself as one of the most important characters by being the focus of the prologue and as the head detective of Chapter 5, only for him to be the accidental culprit of the chapter through a series of unfortunate events.]]

* [[spoiler: LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt: '''Averted.''' Yes, the author ''will'' kill the initial protagonist a little over halfway into the story.]]

* [[spoiler: MentorOccupationalHazard: Inverted. He offered to be Scavenger’s teacher, but dies before he could start.]]

* [[spoiler: SacrificialLion: His death triggers a [[HeroicBSOD Heroic BSOD]] among the cast with how unfair it is.]]

** When it comes to Drift, Ratchet is really annoyed by Drift’s [[BlackAndWhiteMorality Black and White Morality]] and constant asking to protect him. Despite that, he means well as he keeps on trying to make Drift change his biased perspective about the world.

A private detective pre-war and investigator during the war uncovering Decepticon plots. His detective skills are well respected, but he seems to delve into conspiracy theories too much for people’s liking, with his most notable one being the existence of the Institute. After the war, he went back to being a normal detective, doing what jobs are available for him. He is the head detective in Chapters 1 & 3 [[spoiler:before becoming both a culprit and victim of Chapter 4. He killed Mirage after a fight in the Repair Bay and pushing him onto the spikes of the behemoth. He himself is killed after purposely tripping Mirage’s trap at the basement of the mall to test the group’s ability to solve crimes without him.]]

* {{Deuteragonist}}: The most competent investigator especially in Chapters 1 & 3. [[spoiler: Even when his voice became distorted in Chapter 2, he can still argue about inconsistencies about the case.]]

* GreatDetective: His Ultimate title that he shares with two characters, [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/DanganRonpaFemaleStudents Kyoko Kirigiri]] and [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/DanganronpaV3MaleStudents Shuichi Saihara]].

* [[spoiler: ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: With a slot machine lever.]]
* [[spoiler: TheKillerBecomesTheKilled: Posthumously revealed during the Chapter 4 trial, but he killed Mirage before tripping the trap that would kill him.]]
* [[spoiler: MutualKill: Slightly delayed, but him and Mirage do end up killing each other in the same chapter.]]
* [[spoiler: SacrificialLion: Incredibly important while he was alive for getting people to work with one another to solve murders before his death in Chapter 4 causes people to become more independent in their search for the truth.]]
* SherlockScan: Deduces the relevant evidence for the crime very quickly.

* ArmorPiercingSlap: Surprisingly gives this to his [[spoiler: mentor Onslaught to snap him out of his [[DespairEventHorizon Despair Event Horizon]] after Blast Off was killed.]]

* KnifeNut: His most valued item is a butterfly knife. [[spoiler: He gives it to Hoist later on.]]

* GreatEscape: During the war, Perceptor escaped from Grindcore, an infamous Decepticon prison camp, which was considered a legend among the Autobots and infamy among the Decepticons. However the main investigator, [[spoiler: Onslaught]], couldn’t figure out how Perceptor was able to broke out, and the blame fell on to [[spoiler: Deadlock aka Drift, leading him to defect to the Autobots.]]

* {{Adorkable}}: His reaction to learning about a casino in the academy in Chapter 4 is pure glee.

* {{Expy}}: Of fellow gambler and liar, [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/DanganRonpaFemaleStudents Celestia Ludenberg]] and [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/DanganronpaV3MaleStudents Kokichi Oma]] respectively.

The youngest of the Autobots. Created during the war, Bumblebee had never experience peace in his lifetime as he worked as a scout in the Autobot army. When peacetime finally came, it was the first time he ever felt true happiness and would like to enjoy it for as long as it last. [[spoiler:In Chapter 5, he was caught in the explosion at the racetrack and injured, but was still able to attend the trial.]]

* DarkAndTroubledPast: Suffers from PTSD due to trauma experienced during the war, mostly from Shockwave’s torturing.

* AffectionateNickname: Rewind sometimes calls him “Domey.”
* BerserkButton: Anyone and anything who harms Rewind.
* BigGuyLittleGuy: The Big Guy to Rewind’s Big Guy.

* BreakTheCutie: [[spoiler: Cries heavily when Chromedome is executed, then [[EmptyEyes stares blankly afterwards]] [[DespairEventHorizon as he freezes in place.]] It took him a while to snap out of it.]

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [He’s the one responsible for the circumstances involving Chapter 3’s murder.]