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* AuthorsSavingThrow: Both writers are famous for this, so it comes as no surprise that a lot of poorly explained or unexplored story elements (Shockwave's Regenesis Ores, the origin of the Dead Universe) are fleshed out.
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** [[spoiler:Brainstorm having been [[DeadAllAlong Undead All Along]].]] Some think it's a real shocking twist with ''extremely'' subtle {{Foreshadowing}}, others that it's a poorly written ShockingSwerve. Though reception seems to have largely warmed now that it seems the character in question will continue to function normally, there's yet a smaller contingent who find ''this'' objectionable, calling it a one-off AssPull to write Orion's team out of a corner.

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** [[spoiler:Brainstorm having been [[DeadAllAlong Undead All Along]].]] Some think it's a real shocking twist with ''extremely'' subtle {{Foreshadowing}}, others that it's a poorly written ShockingSwerve.twist. Though reception seems to have largely warmed now that it seems the character in question will continue to function normally, there's yet a smaller contingent who find ''this'' objectionable, calling it a one-off AssPull to write Orion's team out of a corner.
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* CounterpartComparison: After TheReveal in part 10, Shockwave has gotten a lot of comparisons to [[spoiler: ComicBook/{{Thanos}}. Likewise the ores are compared to the Infinity Gems.]]

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* HolyShitQuotient: Oh yes.
* HypeBacklash: After IDW hyped up the epicness of the crossover, it was inevitable that some people would be underwhelmed.

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* HolyShitQuotient: Oh yes.
* HypeBacklash: After IDW hyped up the epicness of the crossover, it was inevitable that some people would be underwhelmed.
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** Andy Griffith's work on Dark Cybertron #9 was also welcomed, especially after [[BaseBreaker Rojo's art]].

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** Andy Griffith's work on Dark Cybertron #9 was also welcomed, especially after [[BaseBreaker Rojo's art]].art.



** More female Transformers showing up (even if one of them is a BaseBreaker).

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** More female Transformers showing up (even if one of them is a BaseBreaker).up.
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* CrackPairing: Some fans have started shipping Whirl with Arcee, thanks to both of them being [[AxCrazy incredibly violent]] {{Blood Knight}}s who get a BackToBackBadasses moment in Issue 12, and are shown arm-wrestling on the cover of Issue 10. Considering who we're talking about here, that's probably pretty close to intense flirtation.

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* CrackPairing: Some fans have started shipping Whirl with Arcee, thanks to both of them being [[AxCrazy incredibly violent]] {{Blood Knight}}s who get a BackToBackBadasses moment in Issue 12, and are shown arm-wrestling on the cover of Issue 10. Considering who we're talking about here, that's probably pretty close to [[ShipTease intense flirtation.flirtation]].
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* CrackPairing: Some fans have started shipping Whirl with Arcee, thanks to both of them being [[AxCrazy incredibly violent]] {{Blood Knight}}s who get a BackToBackBadasses moment in Issue 12, and are shown arm-wrestling on the cover of Issue 10. Considering who we're talking about here, that's probably pretty close to intense flirtation.

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* BaseBreaker: Windblade. Not really the character herself, rather how IDW handled things when first introduced to the media. This actually led to a gigantic FlameWar in the IDW forums, fansite forums, tumblr, twitter, blogs, et al, with extreme sides of the argument having feminists against misogynists, and even had Simon Furman publicly snapping at Mairghread Scott, after she brought up the whole Arcee and the UnfortunateImplications her origin story carries as baggage as the reason why Windblade will serve as an OrwellianRetcon to the canon that Cybertronians were the [[OneGenderRace One Gender]][=/=]NoGender Race Furman always pushed for.

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* BaseBreaker: BaseBreakingCharacter: Windblade. Not really the character herself, rather how IDW handled things when first introduced to the media. This actually led to a gigantic FlameWar in the IDW forums, fansite forums, tumblr, twitter, blogs, et al, with extreme sides of the argument having feminists against misogynists, and even had Simon Furman publicly snapping at Mairghread Scott, after she brought up the whole Arcee and the UnfortunateImplications her origin story carries as baggage as the reason why Windblade will serve as an OrwellianRetcon to the canon that Cybertronians were the [[OneGenderRace One Gender]][=/=]NoGender Race Furman always pushed for.



* DeusExMachina: [[spoiler: Brainstorm being only-mostly dead so he can serve as a bridge, and then Brainstorm coming with a cure to heal himself, Cyclonus and others affected by the Dead Universe.]]
* EnsembleDarkhorse: Nautica and Chromia were given a warm reception due to their amusing dialogue, passing UsefulNotes/TheBechdelTest, neat designs, and avoiding the BaseBreaker aspects that Windblade slipped into (one is a previously established character, neither has goofy Kabuki designs, etc.)
* FanNickname:
** Gun-Butt or Butt-Gun for Waspinator's weapon, which is formed out of his beast mode stinger. His gun has always been like that, but it being a minor plot point for this comic caused it to get more attention from fans.
** Slagslug or Slugslag, for Slug, after [[ExecutiveMeddling Hasbro]] forced the change of Slag's name to Slug as "Slag" is a slang for "woman of loose morals" in the UK.
** The Prowlestator trend continues from ''ComicBook/TheTransformersRobotsInDisguise'' for the Prowl and the Constructicons gestalt.
* FixFic: Both writers are famous for this, so it comes as no surprise that a lot of poorly explained or unexplored story elements (Shockwave's Regenesis Ores, the origin of the Dead Universe) are fleshed out.

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* DeusExMachina: [[spoiler: Brainstorm being only-mostly dead so he can serve as a bridge, and then Brainstorm coming with a cure to heal himself, Cyclonus and others affected by the Dead Universe.]]
* EnsembleDarkhorse: Nautica and Chromia were given a warm reception due to their amusing dialogue, passing UsefulNotes/TheBechdelTest, neat designs, and avoiding the BaseBreaker divisive aspects that Windblade slipped into (one is a previously established character, neither has goofy Kabuki designs, etc.)
* FanNickname:
** Gun-Butt or Butt-Gun for Waspinator's weapon, which is formed out of his beast mode stinger. His gun has always been like that, but it being a minor plot point for this comic caused it to get more attention from fans.
** Slagslug or Slugslag, for Slug, after [[ExecutiveMeddling Hasbro]] forced the change of Slag's name to Slug as "Slag" is a slang for "woman of loose morals" in the UK.
** The Prowlestator trend continues from ''ComicBook/TheTransformersRobotsInDisguise'' for the Prowl and the Constructicons gestalt.
* FixFic: Both writers are famous for this, so it comes as no surprise that a lot of poorly explained or unexplored story elements (Shockwave's Regenesis Ores, the origin of the Dead Universe) are fleshed out.
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* IKnewIt: Metalhawk is brought back to life. That part people saw coming. Him basically being brought back as a psychotic zombie working for Shockwave was a little less expected.



* MagnificentBastard: Shockwave, natch.
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** Few characters in all media can say something as earnestly and nakedly righteous and good as "If he stands between us and ''freedom'', [[BadassBoast Nova Prime doesn't stand a chance.]]" [[BigGood Optimus]] [[IdealHero Prime]] is one such character.
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* AngstWhatAngst: [[spoiler: Nightbeat]] is surprisingly chipper about not only ''being dead'' but being greeted in the Dead Universe by the same person who murdered him. In fact, he ''thanks'' him for doing it without any apparent irony.
-->'''[[spoiler: Nightbeat]]:''' If you ever discover you've been brainwashed into being a sleeper agent for Nova Prime, ask Hardhead to take care of the problem - he's ''brilliant'' at it!

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* AuthorsSavingThrow[=/=]FixFic: Both writers are famous for this, so it comes as no surprise that a lot of poorly explained or unexplored story elements (Shockwave's Regenesis Ores, the origin of the Dead Universe) are fleshed out.

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* AuthorsSavingThrow[=/=]FixFic: AuthorsSavingThrow: Both writers are famous for this, so it comes as no surprise that a lot of poorly explained or unexplored story elements (Shockwave's Regenesis Ores, the origin of the Dead Universe) are fleshed out.


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** Even after all his hypocritical [[{{Jerkass}} Jerkassery]] before the crossover, one can't help but be a little touched to see [[spoiler:Metalhawk give up his second chance at life to undo Shockwave's plan.]]

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** Even after all his hypocritical [[{{Jerkass}} Jerkassery]] {{Jerkass}}ery before the crossover, one can't help but be a little touched to see [[spoiler:Metalhawk give up his second chance at life to undo Shockwave's plan.]]



** Megatron's speech on stopping the Necrotitan, and trying to be badass, becomes really Narmy because Bumblebee is carrying his torso in one arm, and his legs in the other. It's obviously a joke, especially when Bumblebee admits that [[CrowningMomentOfFunny Megatron had him wait before walking over in order to make it more dramatic]].

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** Megatron's speech on stopping the Necrotitan, and trying to be badass, becomes really Narmy because Bumblebee is carrying his torso in one arm, and his legs in the other. It's obviously a joke, especially when Bumblebee admits that [[CrowningMomentOfFunny [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments Megatron had him wait before walking over in order to make it more dramatic]].



* TearJerker: [[spoiler:Bumblebee]]'s death at the hands of Shockwave, right after a particularly poignant HeartwarmingMoment with Megatron.

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* TearJerker: [[spoiler:Bumblebee]]'s death at the hands of Shockwave, right after a particularly poignant HeartwarmingMoment SugarWiki/{{Heartwarming Moment|s}} with Megatron.
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* {{Narm}}: Nova Prime and Galvatron entering the normal universe through Megatron's ''[[BodyHorror body]]'' starts off as pure, unleaded NightmareFuel. But than on the first page of part 5 the way it's drawn (juxtaposed with CasualDangerDialogue) causes it to look ''really'' silly. It's less "undead abominations entering our plain of existence" and more "[[WesternAnimation/TheJetsons Jane get me out of this crazy thing!"]].

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* {{Narm}}: Nova Prime and Galvatron entering the normal universe through Megatron's ''[[BodyHorror body]]'' starts off as pure, unleaded NightmareFuel. But than on the first page of part 5 the way it's drawn (juxtaposed with CasualDangerDialogue) causes it to look ''really'' silly. It's less "undead abominations entering our plain plane of existence" and more "[[WesternAnimation/TheJetsons Jane get me out of this crazy thing!"]].
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** Many fans can list Prowl [[spoiler: smirking about Rewind's (Chromedome's late Conjunx) death at his indirect hands]] as the moment they lost any sympathy with the character. Especially since Prowl was Chromedome's Conjunx in the past.

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** Many fans can list Prowl [[spoiler: smirking about Rewind's (Chromedome's late Conjunx) death at his indirect hands]] as the moment they lost any sympathy with the character. Especially since Prowl was Chromedome's Conjunx romantically involved with Chromedome in the past.

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* MoralEventHorizon: Shockwave murders [[spoiler:Bumblebee. Subverted in that he's ''horrified'' once his old, pre-shadowplay self re-emerges.]]

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** Many fans can list Prowl [[spoiler: smirking about Rewind's (Chromedome's late Conjunx) death at his indirect hands]] as the moment they lost any sympathy with the character. Especially since Prowl was Chromedome's Conjunx in the past.
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* HarsherInHindsight: The Rodpod, and Getaway's incredulous reaction to it become this when it turns out over in MTMTE that that [[spoiler:was the moment he began his plan to get rid of Rodimus.]]
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** Ever since [[ComicBook/TheTransformersIDW Chaos]] Livio Ramondelli has divided the fans. Some love the picturesque images he creates, others hate them for their lack of detail and murkiness. There has been a lot of support for him drawing the Dead Universe scenes (and he has picked up quite a few fans since Chaos) as they find his art suits the dark dreary nature of the world. Some fans still have a dislike for his art (one of the biggest examples would be the hard to make out panel in chapter 6, see InternetBackdraft). Finally, there are fans who think he's hit and miss with his panels, some are good, some lacking.

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** Ever since [[ComicBook/TheTransformersIDW Chaos]] Livio Ramondelli has divided the fans. Some love the picturesque images he creates, others hate them for their lack of detail and murkiness. There has been a lot of support for him drawing the Dead Universe scenes (and he has picked up quite a few fans since Chaos) as they find his art suits the dark dreary nature of the world. Some fans still have a dislike for his art (one of the biggest examples would be the hard to make out panel in chapter 6, see InternetBackdraft).6). Finally, there are fans who think he's hit and miss with his panels, some are good, some lacking.
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* DeusExMachina: [[spoiler: Brainstorm being only-mostly dead so he can serve as a bridge, and then Brainstorm coming with a cure to heal himself, Cyclonus and others affected by the Dead Universe.]]

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* InternetBacklash: The art of the last page of chapter 6 caused loads of anger because the dark nature of the last panel caused numerous people to completely miss out on the issue's big twist: [[spoiler:Kup]] was virtually unrecognizable.

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* EnsembleDarkhorse: Nautica and Chromia were given a warm reception due to their amusing dialogue, passing TheBechdelTest, neat designs, and avoiding the BaseBreaker aspects that Windblade slipped into (one is a previously established character, neither has goofy Kabuki designs, etc.)
* FanNickname: Gun-Butt or Butt-Gun for Waspinator's weapon, which is formed out of his beast mode stinger. His gun has always been like that, but it being a minor plot point for this comic caused it to get more attention from fans.

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* EnsembleDarkhorse: Nautica and Chromia were given a warm reception due to their amusing dialogue, passing TheBechdelTest, UsefulNotes/TheBechdelTest, neat designs, and avoiding the BaseBreaker aspects that Windblade slipped into (one is a previously established character, neither has goofy Kabuki designs, etc.)
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Gun-Butt or Butt-Gun for Waspinator's weapon, which is formed out of his beast mode stinger. His gun has always been like that, but it being a minor plot point for this comic caused it to get more attention from fans.



* GrowingTheBeard: The crossover hasn't been without its low points, but towards the second half the writers' schedules cleared up and the series picks up tremendous steam as a result.
** The art has gotten much more streamlined in later issues as well.

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* GrowingTheBeard: The crossover hasn't been without its low points, but towards the second half the writers' schedules cleared up and the series picks up tremendous steam as a result.
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** The Prowlestator trend continues from ''ComicBook/TransformersRobotsInDisguise'' for the Prowl and the Constructicons gestalt.

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** The Prowlestator trend continues from ''ComicBook/TransformersRobotsInDisguise'' ''ComicBook/TheTransformersRobotsInDisguise'' for the Prowl and the Constructicons gestalt.
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* AccidentalInnuendo: The "[[ThatCameOutWrong Starscream won't come out of the closet]]" conversation in part 2.
* AlasPoorScrappy: [[spoiler:Nice knowing you, Bumblebee. Towards the end, anyhow.]]
** Even after all his hypocritical [[{{Jerkass}} Jerkassery]] before the crossover, one can't help but be a little touched to see [[spoiler:Metalhawk give up his second chance at life to undo Shockwave's plan.]]
* AuthorsSavingThrow[=/=]FixFic: Both writers are famous for this, so it comes as no surprise that a lot of poorly explained or unexplored story elements (Shockwave's Regenesis Ores, the origin of the Dead Universe) are fleshed out.
* BaseBreaker: Windblade. Not really the character herself, rather how IDW handled things when first introduced to the media. This actually led to a gigantic FlameWar in the IDW forums, fansite forums, tumblr, twitter, blogs, et al, with extreme sides of the argument having feminists against misogynists, and even had Simon Furman publicly snapping at Mairghread Scott, after she brought up the whole Arcee and the UnfortunateImplications her origin story carries as baggage as the reason why Windblade will serve as an OrwellianRetcon to the canon that Cybertronians were the [[OneGenderRace One Gender]][=/=]NoGender Race Furman always pushed for.
** Windblade also has fans split on her design. Her kabuki "makeup" and onna bugeisha "hairdo", remind them of Drift and how he was originally introduced into the IDW universe, GratuitousJapanese and all, including the overly-narmy "Dorifto" kanji on his shoulders. Other fans like the aesthetic, feeling it makes her stand out and visually interesting. Still others don't care or don't mind the design.
*** It should be noted that Windblade was the winner of a fan-based poll to create a new character. The poll chose a "knight-like" female Transformer in the end, but Hasbro themselves decided to take her in a Japanese-themed direction.
** [[spoiler:Brainstorm having been [[DeadAllAlong Undead All Along]].]] Some think it's a real shocking twist with ''extremely'' subtle {{Foreshadowing}}, others that it's a poorly written ShockingSwerve. Though reception seems to have largely warmed now that it seems the character in question will continue to function normally, there's yet a smaller contingent who find ''this'' objectionable, calling it a one-off AssPull to write Orion's team out of a corner.
* BrokenBase: While many people like the art in the comic, the fact they're using 3 artists in a single comic alone to tell 3 concurrent stories is a big cause of complaints, due to its jarring effect. However, rumblings have started to be heard about the art for the "Lost Light" segments of the story. Continue below for more information.
** Also, the seemingly slow pace, with TalkingIsAFreeAction being very prominent in the Cybertron thread, with Bumblebee and the rest of the Autobots just talking, and the Necrotitan just standing there in front of them.
** While some reviewers were initially okay with James Raiz' art for MTMTE#22, that's not the case anymore after seeing it constantly in "Dark Cybertron" for the Lost Light segments of the storyline, calling it a "Count the Rivets-game" art style, and coupled with the heavy inking make the Lost Light thread unnecessarily dark, sad and outright depressing.
--->'''The Underbase Podcast''': (paraphrasing) Ultra Magnus always looks so sad, like he would need constant hugs from a [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic little pony]] to cheer himself up.
*** Raiz' style has softened up a bit, being less "rivety" and the lineart not as heavily inked as the first issues, drawing much better reviews in general than it did at the beginning.
** Rojo has not escaped criticism either, with The Underbase Podcast even remarking about how he draws [[YouDontLookLikeYou Starscream's head looking nothing like it should]]; and Rattrap having the same body build as a japanese high school girl.
** Ever since [[ComicBook/TheTransformersIDW Chaos]] Livio Ramondelli has divided the fans. Some love the picturesque images he creates, others hate them for their lack of detail and murkiness. There has been a lot of support for him drawing the Dead Universe scenes (and he has picked up quite a few fans since Chaos) as they find his art suits the dark dreary nature of the world. Some fans still have a dislike for his art (one of the biggest examples would be the hard to make out panel in chapter 6, see InternetBackdraft). Finally, there are fans who think he's hit and miss with his panels, some are good, some lacking.
** Some of the MTMTE fans have voiced their displease at seeing their favorite series basically hijacked for 5-months for what truly is a RID-centric event, and have mentioned just taking a 4-5 month break and pick up MTMTE once Dark Cybertron is over.
* CounterpartComparison: After TheReveal in part 10, Shockwave has gotten a lot of comparisons to [[spoiler: ComicBook/{{Thanos}}. Likewise the ores are compared to the Infinity Gems.]]
* EnsembleDarkhorse: Nautica and Chromia were given a warm reception due to their amusing dialogue, passing TheBechdelTest, neat designs, and avoiding the BaseBreaker aspects that Windblade slipped into (one is a previously established character, neither has goofy Kabuki designs, etc.)
* FanNickname: Gun-Butt or Butt-Gun for Waspinator's weapon, which is formed out of his beast mode stinger. His gun has always been like that, but it being a minor plot point for this comic caused it to get more attention from fans.
** Slagslug or Slugslag, for Slug, after [[ExecutiveMeddling Hasbro]] forced the change of Slag's name to Slug as "Slag" is a slang for "woman of loose morals" in the UK.
** The Prowlestator trend continues from ''ComicBook/TransformersRobotsInDisguise'' for the Prowl and the Constructicons gestalt.
* FridgeBrilliance: Prowl's KickTheDog moment with Chromedome makes a lot more sense when you take into consideration that Prowl probably thought Chromedome [[spoiler: wiped out his own memories of Rewind, just like those of all his previous conjunx endura]]. Doesn't change that he's a {{Jerkass}}, but it does make him less of a totally stupid one.
* GrowingTheBeard: The crossover hasn't been without its low points, but towards the second half the writers' schedules cleared up and the series picks up tremendous steam as a result.
** The art has gotten much more streamlined in later issues as well.
* HilariousInHindsight: The RunningGag involving the binocular microscope and Shockwave is funnier once you remember that Whirl once complained about a targeting visor being designed for robots with 100% more eyes.
* HoYay: Brainstorm and Perceptor start ''finishing each other's sentences''.
-->'''Brainstorm''': You? Me? Simpatico.
* HolyShitQuotient: Oh yes.
* HypeBacklash: After IDW hyped up the epicness of the crossover, it was inevitable that some people would be underwhelmed.
* InternetBacklash: The art of the last page of chapter 6 caused loads of anger because the dark nature of the last panel caused numerous people to completely miss out on the issue's big twist: [[spoiler:Kup]] was virtually unrecognizable.
* IKnewIt: Metalhawk is brought back to life. That part people saw coming. Him basically being brought back as a psychotic zombie working for Shockwave was a little less expected.
* InferredHolocaust: [[spoiler: Lampshaded by Starscream, who points out that Metalhawk's sacrifice took out over ''70 billion'' Stentarians with him (granted, they were Ammonites working with Shockwave), likely crippling the Stentarian species.]]
* JerkassWoobie: [[spoiler:Galvatron gets screwed over by Shockwave just like everyone else and is revealed to be far less of a bastard than Nova Prime was. By the time of part 11, upon seeing what he's helped cause, he begs Megatron to kill him out of remorse.]]
** Even more surprisingly: [[spoiler:Megatron.]]
** It's hard not to feel for Soundwave in the ending. [[spoiler: He completely and utterly devoted his life to Megatron's cause and now after '''four million years''' of UndyingLoyalty, Megatron has abandoned said cause. Unsurprisingly, this leaves Soundwave devastated at the perceived betrayal from the one person he looked up to the most. Even worse, this made it easy for Galvatron to sweet-talk him...]]
* MagnificentBastard: Shockwave, natch.
* MemeticMutation:
** Science! [[note]]How Waspinator was able to control the Metrotitan.[[/note]]
** [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaI It's dangerous to go alone]]. [[note]]Brainstorm handing out Orion Pax two items he claims he'll need in order to stop the Dead Universe[[/note]]
** Science! Again! [[note]]Perceptor explaining how the Ammonites were to hijack the Lost Light's quantum slipstream. [[/note]]
** After fans spotted a [[http://evilhasnever.tumblr.com/post/69028732006/e512-science microscope]] in Shockwave's lair that has two eyeholes (despite the fact that Shockwave only has ''one eye'') its uselessness quickly became a joke in the fandom (especially on Tumblr).
--->'''Shockwave''':"I can't see '''shit'''"
** [=AUUUUGHHHHAAAAHHH!=] [[note]]Megatron's nipple twisting torture at the hands of Shockwave makes him sound an awful lot as an alarm, as noted by the Underbase Podcast.[[/note]]
** A comment from Ultra Magnus in part four says that the Lost Light is 15 miles long and 10 miles wide. On a two-dimensional perspective, this gives it a rough surface area of 150 square miles, roughly the equivalent of the Bronx and Brooklyn combined. However, because its a tri-dimensional figure, and based on the artwork, it has roughly a height of 3 miles, thus giving it a rough estimate of 450 square miles of total exterior surface area, about the total of ALL OF NEW YORK CITY. This also means that it dwarfs even the biggest starships in just about every science fiction story ever. And yet, The Benign Intervention, a ship seen in ''More Than Meets The Eye'', is much bigger than the Lost Light and would be [[SciFiWritersHaveNoSenseOfScale the size of Connecticut]]. This promptly became a RunningGag in the fandom.
** MORE SCIENCE! [[note]]The explanation to Shockwave's master plan, and how to do it[[/note]]
** Shockwave/Jhiaxus's Milking Machine [[note]]The device they created in order for Shockwave to siphon in the Dead Universe's energies with the Ores and finish their plan looks like an automatic milking machine normally used on cows.[[/note]]
* MoralEventHorizon: Shockwave murders [[spoiler:Bumblebee. Subverted in that he's ''horrified'' once his old, pre-shadowplay self re-emerges.]]
* {{Narm}}: Nova Prime and Galvatron entering the normal universe through Megatron's ''[[BodyHorror body]]'' starts off as pure, unleaded NightmareFuel. But than on the first page of part 5 the way it's drawn (juxtaposed with CasualDangerDialogue) causes it to look ''really'' silly. It's less "undead abominations entering our plain of existence" and more "[[WesternAnimation/TheJetsons Jane get me out of this crazy thing!"]].
** There's also the revelation that Waspinator controls the Necrotitan with his "staff", i.e. the gun formed out of his energon stinger in beast mode. As one reviewer pointed out, this means Waspinator controls the Metrotitan with his ''butt''. Even worse when Shockwave takes off his gun hand so he can replace it with the aforementioned butt-gun.
** InUniverse, the comic makes plenty sure to lampshade how completely ridiculous the Rodpod is. By the end of chapter 6, Whirl is hoping that someone steals it and later tries to smash it up with a pipe because of how obnoxious and embarrassing it is.
** Some feel that Windblade's Japanese styling counts as this, though for others it looks fine or fits into NarmCharm.
* NarmCharm: Some of the action scenes in Dark Cybertron #5 are so ridiculous, with the CasualDangerDialogue and stuff that its almost as if the comic is self-aware of how bad it can be at times -- Shockwave using the [[FanNickname GunButt]] included.
** Megatron's speech on stopping the Necrotitan, and trying to be badass, becomes really Narmy because Bumblebee is carrying his torso in one arm, and his legs in the other. It's obviously a joke, especially when Bumblebee admits that [[CrowningMomentOfFunny Megatron had him wait before walking over in order to make it more dramatic]].
* NightmareFuel: [[spoiler:Hardhead]]'s death.
** The Dead Universe's gradual corruption of [[spoiler:Cyclonus.]] Hell, the Dead Universe in general.
** The assorted BodyHorror the Necrotitan's blast causes.
* OneSceneWonder: Astrotrain's revelation that he has bad eyesight surprisingly gained him lots of fans.
* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: Bumblebee has been notably better received in the crossover than RID itself, mostly for [[TookALevelInBadass finally growing a pair]], his interactions with Megatron, and [[TakeThatScrappy everybody else lampshading what a poor leader he is]]. [[spoiler:[[AlasPoorScrappy Dying also helped a bit]].]]
* TakeThatScrappy: Many fans had begun to dislike Bumblebee in ''Robots In Disguise'' due to his behavior and poor leadership. Here Prowl, the Dinobots, and Soundwave all call out Bumblebee on his incompetence and stupidity as a leader, with Prowl clearly wanting to kick him out of leadership position.
* TearJerker: [[spoiler:Bumblebee]]'s death at the hands of Shockwave, right after a particularly poignant HeartwarmingMoment with Megatron.
** In part 10 a brief scene shows that Blurr doesn't remember who Swerve is. At all. And than he comments that he thinks Swerve is annoying.
** [[spoiler:Metalhawk giving up his life to stop the Ammonites.]]
** [[spoiler:Shockwave]]'s death.
--> '''[[spoiler:Optimus]]''': The bench with the broken leg! Remember? You'd say, 'Forget overthrowing the Senate—I'd settle for a decent bench!'
--> '''[[spoiler:Shockwave]]''': ...And I fixed it myself in the end, didn't I. My greatest achievement. From fixing a bench to breaking the universe. [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone How did that happen?]]
* WinBackTheCrowd:
** The fandom went crazy after finding out Alex Milne is doing the art for Dark Cybertron #10.
** Andy Griffith's work on Dark Cybertron #9 was also welcomed, especially after [[BaseBreaker Rojo's art]].
** Having [[EnsembleDarkhorse Ensemble Darkhorses]] turn up (sort of) alive certainly didn't hurt.
** More female Transformers showing up (even if one of them is a BaseBreaker).
** [[spoiler: Bumblebee dies ]] after [[CreatorsPet swallowing the plot since Mike Costa's run.]]
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