History YMMV / TransformersArmada

* HarsherInHindsight: Wheeljack accused that Hot Shot betrayed him by leaving him in a fire to die when the latter actually went to get help in ''Armada.'' In Micron Legend, however, the same accusation becomes even more painful to swallow [[spoiler: as Hot Shot really ''did'' abandon Wheeljack to die out of his own cowardice and fear. Hot Shot telling Wheeljack that he was going to get help was just an excuse, and his attempt to rush back into the fire was second thoughts motivated by guilt and the realization that the Autobots weren't going to send someone else in to save Wheeljack. This makes Wheeljack's grudge towards Hot Shot in Micron Legend far more justified.]]

* SpecialEffectsFailure: The show is infamous (though not to the degree of [[WesternAnimation/TheTransformers Transformers Generation 1]]) for its ropy, often episode-breaking animation quality, especially during its first half. Characters are often miscolored, badly proportioned, and for several scenes in the episode "Decisive Battle"[[note]]considered the worst looking episode of the series[[/note]], Starscream is represented as nothing but a [[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/File:Dotscream.jpg floating black dot with wings]]! Robot animation in the first few episodes often amounted to static drawings sliding across the scene. At times, you can barely tell what's going on because the animation is just nuts.

* FoeYay: Every scene between Megatron and Optimus makes the war sound like a lover's quarrel as well as their overwhelming obsession with each other. Hot Shot and Sideways have their moments as well, along with Starscream and Jetfire.
** Just see Megatron's reaction at [[https://youtu.be/Kh57Yn_3hiQ?t=199 Optimus's ''death'']].

* BetterThanCanon: There exists a fan subbed version of ''Micron Legend'' that includes the English ''Armada'' dub synched to the more polished Japanese episodes.

* AwesomeMusic:

* SugarWiki/NoProblemWithLicensedGames: [[VideoGame/Transformers2004 The PS2 game]]. So much so that before ''[[VideoGame/TransformersWarForCybertron War for Cybertron]]'', it was considered by many to be the best Transformers game ever. Its only issues are its difficulty (not because of FakeDifficulty, [[NintendoHard it's just a hard game]]) and small roster (only Optimus, Hot Shot and Red Alert are playable).

** Thrust was commonly called "Squidhead" among fans, as his peculiar head design makes him resembles a squid.
** Some fans refer Megatron as "Megamoose", as his head design with the pincers makes him resembles a moose.

* AudienceColoringAdaptation: While still not without its fans, the English dub of Armada had garnered disapproval and criticism from some dedicated fans of Micron Legend of negatively affecting Micron Legend's reputation due to the various technical and dubbing flaws in Armada that caused more viewers to judge and associate the show as the flawed Armada instead of the more competently made Micron Legend.

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_Y2_BN_C4I Painful War]] is perhaps, outside of the main theme, one of the most iconic themes from the show. A heavy and tragic tune perfectly setting the stage for [[spoiler:Starscreams LastStand]].

** To a lesser extend, something similar also occurs between fans of Armada vs. Micron Legend. Fans of Micron Legend decry the English Armada dub for its {{Bowdlerization}} such as the use of incomplete animation, the [[DubInducedPlotHole Dub Induced Plot Holes]] created by the translation errors, with the blatant scripting and dialogue errors remove nuanced details in dialogue that makes the story and emotional moments less impacting compared to Micron Legend; While some think that despite its dubbing shortcomings, Armada is still a perfectly fine way to watch the show due to its solid English voice cast, its writing is still passable enough to make some of the emotional moments resonate as intended, and handling some of the characterization just as good as the Japanese version.

** To a lesser extent, the show as a whole. While still hated in some circles, its contributions to the Transformers mythos, unique takes on certain characters such as Starscream have caused many to reevaluate it as a passable, if flawed effort - especially when considering the divisive nature of later installments of the Unicron Trilogy.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic:

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mb3tAqBY4Ho The main theme may be among the best in the franchise.]] The overall soundtrack for the show is also widely considered to be one of the best in Transformers history.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mb3tAqBY4Ho The main theme may be among the best in the franchise.]] The overall soundtrack for the show is also widely considered to be one of the best in Transformees history.

* TheWoobie: Starscream.

* FoeYay: Every scene between Megatron and Optimus makes the war sound like a lover's quarrel as well as their overwhelming obsession with each other. Hotshot and Sideways have their moments as well, along with Starscream and Jetfire.

** Tons of this with Hotshot and Red Alert and the dialog between Jetfire and Optimus when they're talking about what they used to do and the whole scene where they are explaining why they can link-up after and during the battle with (mainly) Starscream is rife with suggestion, especially when Optimus says its been awhile since they had done it.

* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: Hotshot notably becomes less obnoxious after his BreakTheHaughty moment in Credulous.

* For all of her talk of wanting to become President someday, Alexis never gets a moment to show or develop any leadership skills that'd come in handy in politics. Rad is the children's designated leader, while Alexis gets relegated to merely being the computer whiz and the kid that would later bond with [[spoiler:Starscream]].

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Starscream in ''Energon'' and ''Cybertron.'' ''Armada'' reimagined him as a sympathetic, [[WesternAnimation/BeastWars Dinobot]]-esque AntiVillain, resulting in easily the most complex characterization that Starscream has ever had. However, the later series then throw all that away. In ''Energon'' he basically spends the whole series as Megatron's loyal lackey, while in ''Cybertron'' he reverts to [[TheStarscream the Classic Starscream personality]], with both personality shifts being poorly explained.

* JustHereForGodzilla: The Armada comic is mostly known for the admittedly epic clash between Armada Megatron and G1 Galvatron, acting as Unicron's herald.

* TheScrappy: With the exception of Alexis due to her role in Starscream's character arc, the human characters are largely despised. Rad is largely seen as generic, Carlos is seen as an EthnicScrappy, Billy is seen as a generic bully, and Fred is seen as a walky fat joke. The kids scrappydom is likely the reason why Creator/SimonFurman chose to pretend they didn't exist once he began writing the Armada comic around Issue #6. The one comic that focused on the kids, prior to Furman taking over writing duties, is widely considered the worst issue of the entire run.

** Specifically, once the kids got DemotedToExtra and the show started focusing on the Transformers (specifically [[EnsembleDarkhorse Starscream]] and [[KidAppealCharacter Hotshot]]) fan response turned positive.
* HarsherInHindsight: Wheeljack accused that Hot Shot betrayed him by left him in a fire to die, when the latter actually went to get help in Armada. In Micron Legend, however, the same accusation becomes even more painful to swallow [[spoiler: as Hot Shot did abandon Wheeljack to die out of his own cowardice and fear, and Hot Shot telling him he was going to get help was just an excuse; Making Wheeljack's grudge towards Hot Shot in Micron Legend took on a justified, but even more malicious edge.]][[labelnote:note]]Due to executive demands, Armada was aired months earlier than Micron Legend, with large number of animation and dubbing problems that Micron legend didn't suffer from.[[/labelnote]]

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mb3tAqBY4Ho The main theme may be among the best in the franchise.]]

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Starscream, at least in ''Energon'' and ''Cybertron.'' After Armada gave us one of the most complex and sympathetic versions of Starscream to ever exist, the later series throw all that away by having him revert back to a more Classic Starscream personality for very poorly-explained reasons.

** To a lesser extend, something similar also occurs between fans of Armada vs. Micron Legend. Fans of Micron Legend decry the English Armada dub for its {{Bowdlerization}} such as the use of incomplete animation, the [[DubInducedPlotHoles Dub Induced Plot Holes]] created by the translation errors, with the blatant scripting and dialogue errors remove nuanced details in dialogue that makes the story and emotional moments less impacting compared to Micron Legend; While some think that despite its dubbing shortcomings, Armada is still a perfectly fine way to watch the show due to its solid English voice cast, its writing is still passable enough to make some of the emotional moments resonate as intended, and handling some of the characterization just as good as the Japanese version.

** To a lesser extend, something similar also occurs between fans of Armada vs. Micron Legend. Fans of Micron Legend decry the English Armada dub for its {{Bowdlerization}} such as the use of incomplete animation, the {{DubInducedPlotHoles}} created by the translation errors, with the blatant scripting and dialogue errors remove nuanced details in dialogue that makes the story and emotional moments less impacting compared to Micron Legend; While some think that despite its dubbing shortcomings, Armada is still a perfectly fine way to watch the show due to its solid English voice cast, its writing is still passable enough to make some of the emotional moments resonate as intended, and handling some of the characterization just as good as the Japanese version.

** To a lesser extend, something similar also occurs between fans of Armada vs. Micron Legend. Fans of Micron Legend decry the English Armada dub for its Bowdlerization such as the use of incomplete animation, the Dub Induced Plot Holes created by the translation errors, with the blatant scripting and dialogue errors removes nuanced details in dialogue that makes the story and emotional moments less impacting compared to Micron Legend; While some think that despite its dubbing shortcomings, Armada is still a perfectly fine way to watch the show due to its solid English voice cast, its writing is still passable enough to make some of the emotional moments resonate as intended, and handling some of the characterization just as good as the Japanese version.

** To a lesser extend, something similar also occurs between fans of Armada vs. Micron Legend.

* EpilepticTrees: [[spoiler: There are a couple characters called Sideways throughout the multiverse, and it's definitely been speculated that they're all the same guy.]]

* HarsherInHindsight: Wheeljack accused that Hot Shot betrayed him by left him in a fire to die, when the latter actually went to get help in Armada. In Micron Legend, however, the same accusation becomes even more painful to swallow [[spoiler: as Hot Shot did abandon Wheeljack to die out of his own cowardice and fear, and Hot Shot telling him he was going to get help was just an excuse; Making Wheeljack's grudge towards Hot Shot in Micron Legend took on a justified, but even more malicious edge.]][[labelnote:Explanation]]Due to executive demands, Armada was aired months earlier than Micron Legend, with large number of animation and dubbing problems that Micron legend didn't suffer from.[[/labelnote]]

* HarsherInHindsight: Wheeljack accused that Hot Shot betrayed him by left him in a fire to die, when the latter actually went to get help in Armada. In Micron Legend, however, the same accusation becomes even more painful to swallow [[spoiler: as Hot Shot did abandon Wheeljack to die out of his own cowardice and fear, and Hot Shot telling him he was going to get help was just an excuse; Making Wheeljack's grudge towards Hot Shot in Micron Legend took on a justified, but even more malicious edge.]]

* HarsherInHindsight: Wheeljack's accused that Hot Shot betrayed him by left him in a fire when the latter actually went to get help in Armada. In Micron Legend, however, the same accusation becomes even more painful to swallow [[spoiler: as Hot Shot did abandoned Wheeljack to die out of his own cowardice and fear in Micron Legend, and Hot Shot telling him he was going to get help was just an excuse; Making Wheeljack's grudge towards Hot Shot in Micron Legend took on a justified, but even more malicious edge.]]

* HarsherInHindsight: Wheeljack's accusation that Hot Shot betrayed him by left him in a fire when the latter actually went to get help in Armada becomes even more painful in the Japanese Micron Legend run of the show, [[spoiler: as Hot Shot did abandoned Wheeljack to die out of his own cowardice and fear in Micron Legend, and Hot Shot telling him he was going to get help was just an excuse; Making Wheeljack's grudge towards Hot Shot in Micron Legend took on a justified, but even more malicious edge.]]