History Fridge / TransformersPrime

* So why did Unicron have an eye inside his own body. 2 reasons: 1) he finally caught on [[MythologyGag to the fact that]] [[WesternAnimation/TransformersTheMovie anyone who]] [[Anime/TransformersArmada wants to defeat him]] [[Anime/TransformersEnergon will enter his body to do it,]] (2) He realized you can't fly a ship through his eye when it's on the inside.

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* There are both Autobot and Decepticon crashed ships, energon deposits scattered all around the planet, tombs of ancient Decepticon warriors, not to mention various random alien artifacts lying around, and an entire graveyard of Cybertronians. Why hasn't a single earthling stumbled upon these? ''Especially'' the ships and dead Cybertronians?!
** Well, the Energon Harvester has been discovered and put in a museum...
** They probably have, but what's to say that they weren't killed in the process, deemed insane or just laughed at?
*** Here's another question, why would the U.S. government allow Skyquake's remains to stay out in the open for anyone to stumble across? Yes he was ''buried'' but still?
* In the season 2 finale, why didn't Optimus just use the Star Saber to finish off the Decepticons when he had a chance? Obviously, making sure Jack, Miko, and Raf were safe was his top priority, but once they were through the space bridge, there was nothing stopping him from taking advantage of the chaos he just caused by destroying the Omega lock and killing Megatron, Starscream, Soundwave, Knockout, and the rest of the 'Cons present right then and there. Also, after the Decepticon fortress on earth was revealed, why didn't he just use the Star Saber to wipe out the attacking Decepticons? Even the Nemesis is unable to withstand the power of the Star Saber, so there was no reason for Optimus not to make a stand and annihilate the attacking 'Cons. Yeah, there wouldn't be a third season, but there's no in-universe reason not to fight back.
** It is possible that the Star Saber takes time to recharge before it can use the sword beam again. Thus, Optimus wasn't sure he'd have time to fight back. Also, consider that the cons were essentially throwing EVERYTHING at the autobots at the time. Depending on how they maneuvered, they might have found a way around Optimus Prime, and taken him down that way. Finally, and most importantly, Optimus wanted to ensure the rest of his team survived, so he wanted to see them off before he tried fighting. He might have expected a ground invasion instead of just a Nuke Em All option, so he wanted that taken care of first.
** Moreover, he could just pull one key out of the Lock and it would presumably stop functioning. Then he would have been able to defeat the decepticons with the Star Saber (now that the children are not threatened by them) and restore Cybertron. Well, maybe the firefight would result in casualties.
** Many modern automobiles have a safety feature where the key can't be removed from the ignition while the engine is running. It's not unthinkable that something as powerful as the Omega Lock would have similar safeguards.
*** Also, there just wasn't time to consider every option. Optimus knew that the longer the Omega Lock was hitting Earth, the higher the casualty count would rise. If he tried and failed to stop the Decepticons once, they'd pile in and kill him, the other Autobots, and the kids. He only had one chance. Destroying the Lock was the one surefire way to stop it.
** It's important to note that Optimus ''did'' use a SwordBeam against the 'Cons when they were attacked on Earth. Immediately after wiping out a wave of them, a second one descended on the Autobots. In short, Optimus simply didn't have the opportunity to fully utilize the range advantage of the Star Sabre's beam attack.
** With the ZergRush going on Optimus knew their best chance was to retreat and disperse (ensuring ''everyone's'' survival) rather than trying to hold their ground in a conflict that had changed drastically in the last 2 minutes. It was a tactical retreat rather than leading a potentially deadly offense. The Star Saber was a game changer in the previous status quo but the fact it was shattered in the second episode shows that even it has its limits.
** There's another explanation for Optimus' decisions: maybe he was just unlucky? Think about it. Optimus had no trouble at all in reclaiming the Star Saber at the start of Darkest Hour; maybe he just wanted to get the kids out of the way (rather than risk them getting harmed in the crossfire)? I think that, had Megs not opened fire on Earth and screwed Prime over, the Autobots would have "won" (keeping in mind that the Omega Lock only grants a ''political'' advantage) after the Lock had been activated. Then, his choice at the end of the episode (i.e. staying behind) may have ended better if the Nemesis hadn't fired a laser into the base. That was kinda unexpected to us too.
* When it was revealed that Predacons had inspired much of Earth's folklore, how come no-one looked to said tales or revealed common knowledge about them to find out any weaknesses that a Predacon might possess? For instance it is common knowledge that a dragons weak spot is its heart and Predaking had a circle on his chest that was heavily implied to be more VULNERABLE than the rest of him, yet NO-ONE struck him there ONCE.
** Remember, Predaking is one of the strongest beings in the Primeverse, one who bested Megatron if not for Starscream, easily mowed through what is implied as hundreds of Vehicons, defeated Optimus' powered-up mode and stood against Unicron longer than anyone else, ALONE. The Autobots may be fully aware that he is weak at the heart but is not strong enough to exploit it, as he's not only fast enough to dodge blasts in dragon form, rumored enough to resist them altogether, but he's also an offensive fighter that strikes first, leaving them no time to try it. After all, we know all of Mike Tyson or Bruce Lee's weaknesses, that doesn't mean we can beat them.
* Long one: It may have rendered the series moot in its most positive outcome, but in the second episode, Agent Fowler suggests full military mobilization against the Decepticons and Optimus shoots down the idea. Assuming the Pentagon had time to prepare and that the series had stayed on-course with the destruction of the first space bridge and Megatron's coma, who's to say that the military going all-in on the Decepticons while Starscream was in command - while the other big-name Decepticons had yet to show up - wouldn't work out. By that point, it was just Starscream, Soundwave, Knockout, and Breakdown acting as leaders. Other Decepticons show up later, yes, but it's implied that the mass-produced troops occupying the warship - the vehicons and seekers - were the sum total of its manpower, as in, NOT INFINITE. Plot armor aside, it's later said by the characters that mass-produced Cybertronian combatants are merely programmed for battle, not experienced, and they're pretty stupid otherwise; the entire Seeker armada couldn't shoot down Agent Fowler while he was charging at them headlong in a barely-armed helicopter, and vehicons can't adapt to non-combat. Decepticon engineering and architecture are also not human-proof, since Agent Fowler's squadron destroyed Darkmount with regular missiles. With all that being said; the Decepticons were at their weakest, operating on as limited manpower as a species without a homeworld can, said manpower being of below-average combat skill, while their leader lay dying, with no other leaders up to bat, and being led by the second-in-command who if snuffed out would have left them without any strategic minds. Yet Optimus claimed that five Autobots were "the best, possibly [only] defense against the Decepticon threat," because humans by themselves are squishy. Even Megatron complimented humanity's resilience when he failed to kill a 12-year-old with Unicron's power; and considering all the holes it dug the Autobots into, the idea of humanity fully joining the fight doesn't seem like such a bad idea in retrospect.
** This assumes that humanity has the capability to wage a war against an alien warship. Humanity ''sucks'' when it comes to space warfare, and the Nemesis shows time and again that it evades even the best forms of tracking it - the Autobots only manage to find it by locking onto Rachet's signal in the finale, and it can enter the atmosphere without, as {{Webvideo/Cinemasins}} would put it, anyone watching space for a living noticing it. Certainly, it's just one warship, but the problem is not waging war against it, the problem is engaging it in the first place, and preventing it from escaping into space where our militaries can't follow; it was hit by the Star Saber, and though it was rattled, the damage was negligible, not even worth mentioning in the following episodes. Finally, even if you remove Starscream from the picture, that just leaves [[HypercompetentSidekick Soundwave]] in control.
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* [[MadDoctor Knock Out]] was rather pissed when he found out just what happened to Breakdown. And you know, the episode never really showed just ''what'' [[BodyHorror CYLAS's]] fate was... like [[ColdBloodedTorture how]] [[KickTheSonOfABitch he died]]. [[NightmareFuel Or]] [[AndIMustScream not]].

* Earlier in the series, Starscream spends a lot of time trying to get around Soundwave rather than directly challenging him whilst in command of the Decepticons. Then this season finale comes along and Airachnid doesn't think she needs to. Cue Soundwave utterly [[CurbStompBattle owning]] her and forcing her to yield. Starscream was worried about getting his skidplate kicked if he tried anything too ambitious.
** Also note that, in the fight, Airachnid doesn't land a single damaging blow onto Soundwave. Why? Because Soundwave is a scout; it's his ''job'' to watch people and listen in on them, meaning he's been watching Airachnid's moves, and accordingly created a strategy.

** Ratchet mentions that Soundwave's loyalty was important for Megatron when the latter was leading his revolution. This seems like a offhanded mention at first. However:

** Why was Starscream worried about Soundwave when Airachnid wasn't? Because Starscream has worked with Soundwave since the earliest days of the Decepticons, and thus knows how dangerous Soundwave is, whereas Airachnid was new to Megatron's inner circle, and thus had no idea what she'd just picked a fight with until it was too late.

* Megatron single-handedly bests ''all'' of the Autobots with little effort. This shows above all else, why the Autobots are so desperate to get Optimus back aside from being their leader or friend. He is the only one of them shown to be an even match for Megatron, thus without him they literally do not stand the slightest hope of a chance of winning against the Decepticons.
* If you pay attention to the modified image of Optimus Prime Decepticons make, it is actually does not resemble to Optimus Prime(i.e Orion Pax) at all, but more like Ultra Magnus, who showed up in season 3 and look similar to Original Optimus Prime.

* Silas thinks he's so awesome now he's in Breakdown's body. But to Megatron, he's just another soldier, with the downside of previously torturing his Sergeant (Breakdown seems to manage the Vehicons a lot) and having all that dirty, short-lived organic stuff inside. Considering that Silas' best gear can't take out a single Autobot, he can't beat Bulkhead when the guy's still weak, when Breakdown could give him a solid run for his money at full strength, Megatron risks losing his Medic's full loyalty by keeping him around, and he's trumped by three human children, then from Megatron's perspective, what use is he?

* Why does Megaton want his new arm placed without being out to stasis. Well first, he has a rather high pain tolerance. Second he was from a much less powerful social class and probably not has that luxury for when be needed to be repaired after a battle, thus not really seeing the point of it.

* In a meta-example, one of Megatron's first lines is "Decepticons, I have returned.". This is a clever nod to how much this is the first cartoon since the original series that Creator/FrankWelker voiced Megatron. [[note]]He did reprise the role for the video games based on the Michael Bay films from before the show came out, but it's not the same since he originally auditioned to reprise the role for the movies.[[/note]]

* Fowler's constant mistakes of get his aircrafts scanned by Decepticons were often considered idiotic and funny moments. A dramatic irony is that none of them lived in the end of this series, or suffered a FateWorseThanDeath.(Skyquake was killed and later become a zombie, Dreadwing was shot in the back by Megatron, and Airchanid got stuck on a Cybertronian moon as a vampire) Maybe think twice before scanning a too obvious target next time, eh?

* The "minimal force" used against M.E.C.H. seems excessive, as in [[EveryCarIsAPinto blown up cars]] excessive. However, that kind of force would have been minimal ''against Decepticons''. Clearly, human vehicles are more fragile than what the Autobots are used to fighting, making this a collective DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength.

* Starscream's disdain for an automobile alternate mode makes more sense if you remember that a good portion of the Vehicons, the ''minions'', turn into cars. To Starscream, not only does it lack the perks, but also, to Decepticons, flight is a symbol of status and command.

** If Megatron's backstory is what we think it is, the Decepticon cause started thanks to Caste-based oppression. The very concept of flight could represent freedom, which is what the Decepticons were originally fighting for, and even if the ideals of the cause no longer apply, it could be a cultural thing for Decepticons to prefer flight-based modes.

* Rock Bottom is often a term where a character hits at his/her lowest emotional and psychological state. When the mine collasped, the five characters( Megatron, Starscream, Jack, Miko, and Bulkhead) all hit into a desperate situation with little to no help coming soon and we see how they react to this situation, revealing [[WhatYouAreInTheDark what they are in dark]].

* The Transformers Wiki for this episode asks how Dreadwing didn't sense Skyquake's raising as a terrorcon. This is actually fairly simple; Dreadwing's knowledge of Skyquake's awakening and passing was because they shared a split spark, Skyquake's death extinguished his spark, the terrorcon Skyquake is a sparkless corpse driven by Dark Energon, so Dreadwing would have no way to sense this.

* Why Starscream's clones have T - Cogs. If you assume that the genetic code he's talking about is equal to DNA, it's completely logical for said DNA to contain code for T Cogs, we would have code for 2 kidneys even if one were removed, the respective genes would just be dormant everywhere but the kidneys.

** Even before that, close-ups reveal that clone!Starscream's scar is missing.

* Remember in "One Shall Rise, Part 2, when Miko said that Megatron would never forget her face if he hurt any of her friends? Take a good on Megatron's face when an Insecticon informs him that Hardshell was killed by ''a human girl.''

* Breakdown!Silas makes many shrewd errors in judgment, such as murdering his own men after they seem to have no more use to him, which could be chalked up to his ego, but is still rather questionable. But within him, you can see that Silas has a dilated right pupil, which is a sign of severe brain damage.

** Furthermore, in a lot of continuities the [[https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Transformer_afterlife Cybertronian afterlife is fully acknowledged to exist]] and in ''Prime'' it's shown that becoming one with the AllSpark is the fate of all deceased Cybertronians since [[spoiler: Megatron is mocked by Unicron for polluting his Spark with Dark Energon and thus not being allowed to merge with the AllSpark]]. Even putting aside VillainsNeverLie, that is a heavy thing to consider for any Cybertronian to consider and it's just as well the Terrorcons were made from deceased (and therefore Sparkless) bots.

* Fowler's constant mistakes of get his aircrafts scanned by Decepticons were often considered {{Idiot plot}}s and funny moments. A dramatic irony is that none of them lived in the end of this series, or suffered a FateWorseThanDeath.(Skyquake was killed and later become a zombie, Dreadwing was shot in the back by Megatron, and Airchanid got stuck on a Cybertronian moon as a vampire) Maybe think twice before scanning a too obvious target next time, eh?

* Fowler's constant mistakes of get his aircrafts scanned by Decepticons were often considered WhatAnIdiot plots and funny moments. A dramatic irony is that none of them lived in the end of this series, or suffered a FateWorseThanDeath.(Skyquake was killed and later become a zombie, Dreadwing was shot in the back by Megatron, and Airchanid got stuck on a Cybertronian moon as a vampire) Maybe think twice before scanning a too obvious target next time, eh?