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* EvenEvilHasStandards: Inferno, the poster child for UndyingLoyalty, is among the Predacons scooting away from Megatron to avoid the blast radius of Rhinox "attack."
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* ComputerVirusesAreComputerIllnesses: The cybervirus that Tarantulas uses to infect Rhinox causes him to sneeze and become weak.
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** Dinobot takes Tarantulas hostage. It doesn't work since Megatron has no regard for his troops' lives.

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** Dinobot takes Tarantulas hostage. It doesn't work since Megatron [[BadBoss Megatron]] has no regard for his troops' lives.



* SurroundedByIdiots: Why does Megatron talk to himself? He likes intelligent conversation.

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* SurroundedByIdiots: Why does Megatron talk to himself? He likes prefers intelligent conversation.
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** Among the items that Scorponok and the others find in Tarantulas' lab is one of Waspinator's dismembered arm.

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** Among the items that Scorponok and the others find in Tarantulas' lab is one of Waspinator's dismembered arm.arms.

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* TalkingToHimself: Blackarachnia comments on Megatron's habit of talking to himself.


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* ThinkingOutLoud: Blackarachnia comments on Megatron's habit of talking to himself.
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* SlapstickKnowsNoGender: Blackarachnia gets blown away by Rhinox's fart and lands on a dead tree along with the rest of the Predacons sans Tarantulas.
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* ButtMonkey: Tarantulas puts Waspinator to shame in this episode.

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* ButtMonkey: Tarantulas puts Waspinator to shame in this episode. He suffers far more physical abuse, and even gets completely blown to pieces in a style not unlike what the wasp usually goes through.

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* TalkingToHimself: Rattrap and Dinobot, both voiced by Creator/ScottMcNeil, spend most of the episode bickering with each other. Blackarachnia also comments on Megatron's habit of talking to himself.

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* TalkingToHimself: Rattrap and Dinobot, both voiced by Creator/ScottMcNeil, spend most of the episode bickering with each other. Blackarachnia also comments on Megatron's habit of talking to himself.



-->'''Megatron:''' Hold your fire, you fools. Wait for a target!

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-->'''Megatron:''' Hold your fire, you fools. Wait for a target!target!
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* TrashTheSet:
** The Axalon's bridge gets another notch of this on its belt, this time thanks to Rhinox's hiccupping due to Tarantulas' disease. Rattrap is seen at the end fixing it with Dinobot.
** Tarantulas' lab falls victim to Rhinox's atomic {{Fartillery}}, rendering it to rubble with a giant gaping hole in the ceiling.
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* TriggerHappy: When they detect the Maximals coming, the Predacons open fire blindly into the tunnel. It totally ruins any chance of an ambush as it lets Rattrap and Dinobot see that they're expected.

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* TriggerHappy: When they detect the Maximals coming, the Predacons open fire blindly into the tunnel. It totally ruins any chance of an ambush as it lets Rattrap and Dinobot see that they're expected.expected.
-->'''Megatron:''' Hold your fire, you fools. Wait for a target!
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-->'''Megatron:''' [[BigNo NO!]] [[AnythingButThat Not]] ''[[AnythingButThat THAT!]]''

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-->'''Megatron:''' [[BigNo NO!]] [[AnythingButThat Not]] ''[[AnythingButThat THAT!]]''that!]]''

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* ChekhovsGun: The beans seen growing around the Maximal base at the beginning prove unexpectedly instrumental in foiling the Predacons plans.

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* ChekhovsGun: The beans seen growing around the Maximal base at the beginning prove unexpectedly instrumental in foiling the Predacons Predacons' plans.


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-->'''Megatron:''' [[BigNo NO!]] [[AnythingButThat Not]] ''[[AnythingButThat THAT!]]''

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* HostageSituation: Dinobot takes Tarantulas hostage. It doesn't work since Megatron has no regard for his troops' lives.

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* HostageSituation: HostageSituation:
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Dinobot takes Tarantulas hostage. It doesn't work since Megatron has no regard for his troops' lives.

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** There's also a dart riddled picture of Megatron.

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** There's also a dart riddled dart-riddled picture of Megatron.


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* SlapstickKnowsNoGender: Blackarachnia gets blown away by Rhinox's fart and lands on a dead tree along with the rest of the Predacons sans Tarantulas.
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* ShootTheHostage: Dinobot tries to make Megatron give him the antidote in exchange for Tarantulas. Megatron doesn't fall for it. ChronicBackstabbingDisorder at its ''finest''.
-->'''Dinobot:''' (''holding Tarantulas'') Do not fire, Megatron! I have a hostage!
-->'''Megatron:''' Why, so you do. (''shoots Tarantulas'')

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* BadBoss: Dinobot takes Tarantulas hostage to try and negotiate with Megatron. Megatron shoots Tarantulas out of Dinobot's hands and lampshades what a stupid tactic that was.

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* BadBoss: Dinobot takes Tarantulas hostage to try and negotiate with Megatron. Megatron shoots Tarantulas out of Dinobot's hands and lampshades what a stupid tactic that was.was (although Dinobot may have just been creating a distraction for Rattrap's next move).


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** Megatron attempts the same- with more success- by threatening Rhinox's life through destroying the counter-virus unless the Maximals surrender.
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* ChekhovsGun: The beans seen growing around the Maximal base at the beginning prove unexpectedly instrumental in foiling the Predacons plans.


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* NeverMyFault: Rhinox's infection happens in large part due to Dinobot and Rattrap's fighting, but neither of them take any personal responsibility for it and blame the other for everything.


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* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Dinobot and Rattrap spend the whole episode working together on some task, whether it's cutting down wild bean vines around the base, or looking for the countervirus. They also spend the whole episode screaming at and insulting each other with more vitriol than ever.
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* GenreSavvy: The Maximals are sure that Tarantulas synthesized an antidote for the virus.

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* BigShutUp: Dinobot and Rattrap, shortly before punching Tarantulas silly
* Fartillary: How Rhinox dispatches the Predacons
* TalkingToHimself: Rattrap and Dinobot, both voiced by Scott McNeil, spend most of the episode bickering with each other. Also, Blackarachnia comments on Megatron's habit of talking to himself.

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* Among the items that Scorponok and the others find in Tarantulas' lab is Waspinator's dismembered arm.
* When the maximals enter Tarantulas' lair, Airrazor is cuddling Optimus' leg for some reason.

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* BadBoss: Dinobot takes Tarantulas hostage to try and negotiate with Megatron. Megatron shoots Tarantulas out of Dinobot's hands and lampshades what a stupid tactic that was.
* BigShutUp: Dinobot and Rattrap, shortly before punching Tarantulas silly
silly.
* Fartillary: BreatherEpisode: Pretty obvious at this point.
* ButtMonkey: Tarantulas puts Waspinator to shame in this episode.
* DistantReactionShot: Rhinox's fart can be seen from ''orbit''.
* {{Fartillery}}:
How Rhinox dispatches the Predacons
Predacons.
* TalkingToHimself: {{Flanderization}}: Though Rattrap and Dinobot, both voiced by Scott McNeil, spend most of the episode bickering with each other. Also, Dinobot always bicker, they ''really'' fight in this episode.
* {{Foreshadowing}}:
Blackarachnia comments mentions that Tarantulas has encrypted all data on Megatron's habit of talking to himself.

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his computers.
* FreezeFrameBonus:
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Among the items that Scorponok and the others find in Tarantulas' lab is one of Waspinator's dismembered arm.
** There's also a dart riddled picture of Megatron.
* GenreSavvy: The Maximals are sure that Tarantulas synthesized an antidote for the virus.
* HostageSituation: Dinobot takes Tarantulas hostage. It doesn't work since Megatron has no regard for his troops' lives.
* LampshadeHanging: Blackarachnia outright asks Megatron why he talks to himself so frequently.
* TheNoseKnows: How Dinobot locates Tarantulas.
* ShoutOut:
** Dinobot mentions Silicon Valhalla.
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When the maximals Maximals enter Tarantulas' lair, Airrazor is they reenact the poster of ''Film/ANewHope'' complete with Airazor cuddling Optimus' leg for some reason.as Leia did Luke's.
* SurroundedByIdiots: Why does Megatron talk to himself? He likes intelligent conversation.
* TalkingToHimself: Rattrap and Dinobot, both voiced by Creator/ScottMcNeil, spend most of the episode bickering with each other. Blackarachnia also comments on Megatron's habit of talking to himself.
* ThisIsGonnaSuck: Megatron when he sees Rhinox is going to use {{Fartillery}}.
* ToiletHumor: The episode is built on it.
* TriggerHappy: When they detect the Maximals coming, the Predacons open fire blindly into the tunnel. It totally ruins any chance of an ambush as it lets Rattrap and Dinobot see that they're expected.

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Not sure what trope this would fall under, but among the items that Scorponok and the others find in Tarantulas' lab is Waspinator's dismembered arm.

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Not sure what trope this these would fall under, but among but:
* Among
the items that Scorponok and the others find in Tarantulas' lab is Waspinator's dismembered arm.arm.
* When the maximals enter Tarantulas' lair, Airrazor is cuddling Optimus' leg for some reason.
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* TalkingToHimself: Rattrap and Dinobot, both voiced by Scott McNeil, spend most of the episode bickering with each other. Also, Blackarachnia comments on Megatron's habit of talking to himself.

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* TalkingToHimself: Rattrap and Dinobot, both voiced by Scott McNeil, spend most of the episode bickering with each other. Also, Blackarachnia comments on Megatron's habit of talking to himself.himself.

Not sure what trope this would fall under, but among the items that Scorponok and the others find in Tarantulas' lab is Waspinator's dismembered arm.
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'''When Rhinox is infected with a cybervirus, Dinobot and Rattrap must track down the countervirus, assuming they don't turn on each other first.'''

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* BigShutUp: Dinobot and Rattrap, shortly before punching Tarantulas silly
* Fartillary: How Rhinox dispatches the Predacons
* TalkingToHimself: Rattrap and Dinobot, both voiced by Scott McNeil, spend most of the episode bickering with each other. Also, Blackarachnia comments on Megatron's habit of talking to himself.

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