History Heartwarming / TheTransformersMoreThanMeetsTheEye

* After being [[spoiler: rejected by Tailgate, Cyclonus goes on another one of his SelfHarm sprees. Cue [[BloodKnight Whirl]] gently taking his hands away from his face, and sitting down next to him. CharacterDevelopment indeed.]]

* On a Meta level IDW achieve what neither DC nor Marvel managed, they reformed a former major villain, and ended his story with him alive and the reformation intact!

* A somewhat meta example, but [[spoiler: the Scavengers are teaming up with the Lost Lighters. Really, considering that both teams are a bunch of misfits with no other place to go, the former have ''finally'' found like-minded company!]]

* Rodimus' speech as the crew struggle to open the Matrices and save the universe. Who else can hear "The Touch"?

-->'''Rodimus:''' This is your co-captain speaking - and I've got a question. Have you ever wondered how we made it this far? I mean, [[RagTagBunchOfMisfits we're not the smartest, or the strongest, or the bravest, or the best]]. We don't have the most [[MoreDakka fire power]], or the [[BadassArmy largest army]], or the [[CoolStarship fastest ships]]. And God knows we're [[WithFriendsLikeThese not natural bedfellows]]. I mean think about it -- an archivist, a retired mnemosurgeon, a gunsmith, an archaeologist, a waste disposal expert, a poet, a watchmaker, a barkeep... [[SpringtimeForHitler it shouldn't work -- but it does]]. And it works because we've got one thing in common. [[TrueCompanions Each other]]. Think of who's listening to this message and I bet you'll think of someone you respect. [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure Someone whose judgement you trust]]. Someone who makes you laugh. Someone who makes you happy. Someone who makes you feel it's okay to be exactly who you are. And I promise -- in fact I ''guarantee'' -- that someone listening to this is thinking about ''you'' in exactly the same way. Okay, so you've made some bad decisions. You've hurt people. You've hurt yourself. You've stumbled through life from one self-inflicted disaster to the next without anything even approaching a plan. To which I say: '''[[YouAreNotAlone Welcome aboard]]'''. [[WartsAndAll Maybe you're not good]]... [[YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre but you're sure as hell good enough]].
** Also note that Rodimus doesn't call [[HeroicComedicSociopath Whirl]] a warrior, a Wrecker, a maniac or anything of the sort. He calls Whirl a ''watchmaker'' - the role Whirl chose, rather than any of the ones forced on him by the Senate or by circumstances.

-->'''Rodimus:''' This is your co-captain speaking - and I've got a question. Have you ever wondered how we made it this far? I mean, [[RagTagBunchOfMisfits we're not the smartest, or the strongest, or the bravest, or the best]]. We don't have the most [[MoreDakka fire power]], or the [[BadassArmy largest army]], or the [[CoolStarship fastest ships]]. And God knows we're [[WithFriendsLikeThese not natural bedfellows]]. I mean think about it - an archivist, a retired mnemosurgeon, a gunsmith, an archaeologist, a waste disposal expert, a poet, a watchmaker, a barkeep...[[SpringtimeForHitler it shouldn't work - but it does]]. And it works because we've got one thing in common. [[TrueCompanions Each other]]. Think of who's listening to this message and I bet you'll think of someone you respect. [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure Someone whose judgement you trust]]. Someone who makes you laugh. Someone who makes you happy. Someone who makes you feel it's okay to be exactly who you are. And I promise - in fact I ''guarantee'' - that someone listening to this is thinking about ''you'' in exactly the same way. Okay, so you've made some bad decisions. You've hurt people. You've hurt yourself. You've stumbled through life from one self-inflicted disaster to the next without anything even approaching a plan. To which I say: '''[[YouAreNotAlone Welcome aboard]]'''. [[WartsAndAll Maybe you're not good]]...[[YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre but you're sure as hell good enough]].

** And after ''everything,'' after being responsible for millions of deaths and millions of years of brutal conquest and suffering, he doesn't call Megatron a tyrant or a despot, but a ''poet'', his defining trait as the nascent revolutionary during the Functionst Era. Rodimus recognizes that as bad as Megatron has been, he originally meant well with his anti-Functionist stance, and a part of him still intends to do the right thing.

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* Swerve and Misfire immediately bonding
* Ultra Magnus stepping in between [[spoiler: Grimlock]], who definitely does ''not'' like him, and a decepticon he's just met to try protect the latter from being presumably torn apart. [[spoiler: Luckily the scavengers and Grimlock have a history and there was never any real danger]] but it's the thought that counts.

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* The Scavengers deciding that they will find all the lost Decepticons, the ones that don't want to fight and are just looking for a place to belong, and help them. Remembering that the Decepticons were originally outcasts who were oppressed, it is nice to see that, just maybe, their original goals will be achieved.

** It gets better. Megatron doesn't just know the Scavengers names. He knows their "nicknames." Misfire's real name is Flyhigh, and Krok renamed himself after his dead pet. Not only did Megatron know who they were, he knew what they called themselves.

* Ultra Magnus learns that Megatron anonymously wrote his favorite poem. He serves once again as Megatron's defense attorney, and is convinced by him to dispose of his armor. Megatron tells him "You're so much bigger without it".

* '''And the big one''': the Lost Light crew are allowed to take the ship on one last jaunt before it is decommissioned. They manage to replicate the accident that began the series, resulting in a quantum duplicate of the ship and the crew, which is sent into a parallel universe. Although one set of them will never know if they succeeded, the other set arrives in uncharted territory with a whole universe to explore...and all the time there is to explore it. Although this IDW Transformers universe may be coming to a close, they are all still out there somewhere.

-->'''Ratchet''': Tell First Aid he's ready, tell Whirl he can have my hands and tell all my patients [[spoiler: they'll have to make new appointments.

* Rodimus refusing to let any of his crew be [[spoiler: left behind while a chosen few are taken to the Grand Architect's ship]], ''especially'' with the speech that follows that doubles as a CrowningMomentOfAwesome.

* Tailgate tells Crankcase how important it is to tell people your feelings about them. As the Scavengers fly off, Crankcase gives [=Cons4Eva=] a call.

* Tailgate tells Crankcase how important it is to tell people your feelings about them. As the Scavengers fly off, Crankcase gives Cons4Eva a call.

* '''And the big one''': the Lost Light crew are allowed to take the ship on one last jaunt before the ship is decommissioned. They manage to replicate the accident that began the series, resulting in a quantum duplicate of the ship and the crew, which is sent into a parallel universe. Although one set of them will never know if they succeeded, the other set arrives in uncharted territory with a whole universe to explore...and all the time there is to explore it. Although this IDW Transformers universe may be coming to a close, they are all still out there somewhere.

* Perceptor acknowledges Brainstorm's brilliance, finally giving him the acknowledgement he craved. He even imitates the gesture Brainstorm did to him, pointing at his forehead and declaring them "simpatico".

-->'''Rodimus:''' This is your co-captain speaking - and I've got a question. Have you ever wondered how we made it this far? I mean, we're not the smartest, or the strongest, or the bravest, or the best. We don't have the most fire power, or the largest army, or the fastest ships. And God knows we're not natural bedfellows. I mean think about it - an archivist, a retired mnemosurgeon, a gunsmith, an archaeologist, a waste disposal expert, a poet, a watchmaker, a barkeep...it shouldn't work. And it works because we've got one thing in common. Each other. Think of who's listening to this message and I bet you'll think of someone you respect. Someone whose judgement you trust. Someone who makes you laugh. Someone who makes you happy. Someone who makes you feel it's okay to be exactly who you are. And I promise - in fact I guarantee - that someone listening to this is thinking about you in exactly the same way. Okay, so you've made some bad decisions. You've hurt people. You've hurt yourself. You've stumbled through life from one self-inflicted disaster to the next without anything even approaching a plan. To which I say: '''Welcome aboard'''. Maybe you're not good...but you're sure as hell good enough.

** Ratchet's gleeful expression at his success
** The look Cyclonus gives Tailgate when he manages
** Misfire helping out an injured Swerve with his

** Ratchet and Drift affirm that beneath all the bickering, they think well of one another. [[IUhYouTooEven if they don't quite know how to express it.]]
** As Brainstorm opens fire on the approaching Functionists, he and Nautica end up [[ShipTease holding hands]].
** Lug and Anode share a BigDamnKiss.

* Whirl opens one of the Matrices. Whirl; who, at the beginning of the series, was so full of bitterness and self-hatred over what he's endured and the part he played in starting the Great War, is able to pass the morality lock of a Matrix and open it.
-->'''Whirl''': Even... ...Team... ...Whirl.