History ComicBook / Transformers2019

* IntroducedSpeciesCalamity: Unusually, this version of Cybertron is home to a number of organic species, including [[FantasticVermin skitters]] and [[PteroSoarer flyts]], with the implication that they're descended from imported alien pets and other foreign livestock. In an aversion of the trope, however, the Cybertronians don't seem to mind their presence... probably because there ''was'' no pre-existing biosphere for them to disrupt.

* AscendedExtra: With the exception of Thunderclash and Aileron, the rest of the team has never been very prominent in previous media.

The comic, and all other IDW ''Transformers'' titles, will come to an end in 2022, after which IDW lost the license to publish ''Transformers'' comics. The series was concluded in a 48-page special titled ''Transformers: Fate of Cybertron''.

The comic, and all other IDW ''Transformers'' titles, will come to an end in 2022, after which IDW will lose the license to publish ''Transformers'' comics. The series was concluded in a 48-page special titled ''Transformers: Fate of Cybertron''.

** Arcee is, essentially, a middle ground between her original characterization (a kindhearted, motherly [[TheChick Chick]]) and her self from the previous IDW continuity (an AxCrazy BloodKnight with a dark past); a friendly but hot-tempered BoisterousBruiser and ex-soldier who’s trying to settle down into a peaceful life as a mentor.

** In [[PsychoPsychologist Froid]]'s case? Maybe. He seems to be a decent guy in this universe, but there are hints that he’s not all he seems, like his strange insistence on seeing a patient he’s been forbidden from working with. [[spoiler:Completely subverted in issue 26; when we see Froid alone and in private for the first time, he’s revealed to be just as much of a [[SmugSnake snide little prick]] as he usually is, [[BitchInSheepsClothing just really good at hiding it around others]].]]

* DrJerk: Froid, though he isn’t ''trying'' to be a jerk; he wants to help Cyclonus, but clearly has a very poor sense of boundaries and butts his way in even when his company is obviously unwelcome. [[spoiler: Except the bumbling is really an act, he's just as rotten as he was in the previous series]].

* TheRedBaron: [[spoiler: Skywarp]] has a self appointed title: "The Lord of Misrule".

* HumanoidAbomination: Whatever [[GreaterScopeVillain Exarchon]] was, he clearly wasn’t a normal Transformer by the time of [[GreatOffscreenWar the War of the Threefold Spark]]. Amongst other things, [[HiveMind his consciousness was spread out over multiple people]] and he waged war with technology beyond anything Cybertron had. Nobody knows how it happened; according to Megatron, he went into space on an exploratory mission one day and just came back like that.
** Notably, later issues show that there's a reason he's known as The Threefold Spark: he ''needs'' a minimum of three bodies.

* HesJustHiding: InUniverse; Cyclonus seems to think [[GreaterScopeVillain Exarchon]] is still alive and plotting a return. His “ghosts” mock him for it, insinuating that he just can’t move on from his experiences in the War of the Threefold Spark.

* DrJerk: Froid, though he isn’t ''trying'' to be a jerk; he wants to help Cyclonus, but clearly has a very poor sense of boundaries and butts his way in even when his company is obviously unwelcome.

** Some years prior to the events of the series, Shockwave was exiled from Cybertron by Nominus Prime for some unknown crime (later issues imply that Shockwave was on Exarchon's side during [[GreatOffscreenWar the War of the Threefold Spark]]). Megatron smuggled him back to [[RunningBothSides run the Rise for him]].

* GentleGiant: The dormant ship modes of the city sized titans are accompanied by information describing their personalities or deeds they've done which shown that many of them were quite benevolent, this also highlights why [[spoiler:their destruction at the hands of the Decepticons [[ColonyDrop decaying their orbit]] is such a tragedy]].

** Wheeljack’s crew manage to save the Winged Moon from being captured by the Rise by creating a miniature singularity and detonating their reserve Energon... and in doing so, [[spoiler:they accidentally turn Sunstorm into a [[ManOnFire perpetually-burning]] and [[ILoveNuclearPower radioactivity-powered]] madman.]]

** Sunstorm [[spoiler:winds up becoming a perpetually-burning NuclearNasty with a god complex, just like he did in the Dreamwave comics]].

** Arcee is, essentially, a middle ground between her original characterization (a kindhearted, motherly [[TheChick Chick]]) and her InNameOnly self from the previous IDW continuity (an AxCrazy BloodKnight with a dark past); a friendly but hot-tempered BoisterousBruiser and ex-soldier who’s trying to settle down into a peaceful life as a mentor.

* SignificantNameShift: After quietly scheming behind the scenes, Megatron launches a coup and takes over much of Cybertron's government. When Autobot leader Sentinel Prime is killed during an attempt to rally people against the coup his old friend Orion Pax inherits the Matrix of Leadership and is renamed Optimus Prime. Megatron insistently refers to him as "Orion Pax", declaring him a sham and refusing to treat with him as an equal... until he's completely outplayed and realises that now [[AllOrNothing he's lost his chance for a quick victory]]. Only then does he start referring to his archfoe as "Optimus Prime".

* ArcWords: "Choosing to stop" and variations thereof take on great significance during the second half of the story. Pyra Magna could've chosen to stop during her pursuit of Turmoil and saved countless innocent lives. Vigilem could've chosen to stop fighting Lodestar and lived. Megatron can choose to stop any time he wanted, but can't let go of the power he's seized. The ghosts who haunt Cyclonus tell him that they'll stop when he's finished his mission and won the war. Cyclonus ''does'' choose to stop his quest to kill Pyra Magna and comes out the other end alive... if not nessecarily healed.

** Despite being arrogant and full of himself, when [[InsufferableGenius Straxxus]] is made aware Geomotus is present during a meeting with luminaries such as Highbrow and Mainframe he appeals to the neurodivergent geologist as the only one present who would understand the implications of his discoveries. When Geomotus not only agrees but brings up the absolute worst case scenario ([[EarthShatteringKaboom that Cybertron might literally shake itself apart]]), Straxxus outright acknowledges that he hadn't forseen ''that'' particular scenario. A later issue would clarify that the more Straxxus respects your intelligence, the nicer he is to you (he outright smiles while greeting Nautica, for example), suggesting that in terms of geology he acknowledges Geomotus as an equal.

* CutShort: Due to IDW's loss of the ''Transformers'' franchise, the implied involvement of humanity (mentioned in the very first issue) never comes to pass and many plot threads are left hangning. Among other things, the main series ends with Megatron and the Decepticons in control of Cybertron but Optimus Prime and the Autobots live to fight another day, while the Wreckers never learn they were duped and left one of their members behind in the hands of Decepticon sympathisers.

The comic, and all other IDW ''Transformers'' titles, will come to an end in 2022, after which IDW will lose the license to publish ''Transformers'' comics. The series will be concluded in a 48-page special titled ''Transformers: Fate of Cybertron''.

** When Megatron plans to set up a special elite unit to root out Autobot sympathisers and holdouts, he considers Starscream for the role of commander due to Starscream having an almost complete knowledge of Cybertron's surface thanks to his travels alongside his mentor. Since ElitesAreMoreGlamorous, an eavesdropping Starscream is thrilled to hear it... until Sixshot points out that Starscream has such a ItsAllAboutMe ChronicBackstabbingDisorder reputation ( a reputation Starscream himself does nothing to refute, in fact even revelling in it) that appointing him to such a prestigious position would probably be met with apprehension by both Decepticons and neutrals. Megatron explains why he thinks Starscream would be great in the role, but is forced to concede to Sixshot's logic and decides to appoint [[TheRival Soundwave]] instead.

The comic, and all other IDW ''Transformers'' titles, will come to an end in 2022, after which IDW will lose the license to publish ''Transformers'' comics.

** When Megatron plans to set up a special elite unit to root out Autobot sympathisers and holdouts, he considers Starscream for the role of commander due to Starscream having an almost complete knowledge of Cybertron's surface thanks to his travels alongside his mentor. Since ElitesAreMoreGlamorous, an eavesdropping Starscream is thrilled to hear it... until Sixshot points out that Starscream has such a ItsAllAboutMe ChronicBackstabbingDisorder reputation ( a reputation Starscream himself does nothing to refute, in fact even revelling in it) that appointing him to such a prestigous position would probably be met with apprehension by both Decepticons and neutrals. Megatron explains why he thinks Starscream would be great in the role, but is forced to concede to Sixshot's logic and decides to appoint [[TheRival Soundwave]] instead.

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