History YMMV / TransformersRobotsInDisguise2015

** It would also have been refreshing to see the Autobots trying to deal with the Decepticons from a position different than that of an underdog, for a change, which [[WonTheWarLostThePeace wouldn't automatically guarantee that they'd get their way]]. [[spoiler: When a corrupt Autobot High Council does enter the stage, they are revealed to be Decepticons, thus undermining the idea that Autobots can ever be portrayed as the villains.]]

* VindicatedByHistory: Over time, many people warmed up to the series thanks to factors such as the fan-favorite characters in the EnsembleDarkhorse [[EnsembleDarkhorse/{{Transformers}} section]] and good moments underneath the flaws.

* When Ratchet's toys were released all the way back in 2016, fans were notably unimpressed due to the fact that the vehicle modes for all of them have been non-descript white trucks. This was so bad that a third-party company made stickers to make the warrior class Ratchet's vehicle mode look like an ambulance. When Ratchet comes BackForTheFinale in the final season, he finally transforms for the first time in the series... and his vehicle mode looks ''exactly'' like the stickered version of the toy, despite the stickers coming out at least a ''year'' before the final episode did.

* VindicatedByHistory: Over time, many people warmed up to the series thanks to factors such as the fan favorite characters in the EnsembleDarkhorse [[EnsembleDarkhorse/{{Transformers}} section]] and good moments underneath the flaws.

*** [[spoiler:The High Council]], the GreaterScopeVillain and TrueFinalBoss of the series, are certainly a looming presence for much of the season, and in fact the entire series, but don't physically appear until the final two episodes [[spoiler:and only Cyclonus is an established character. Cyberwarp is just the TokenGoodTeammate and the other three Council members don't even have names or speaking lines, making all of the build up feel like a let down]].

* DracoInLeatherPants: Steeljaw. [[EvilIsSexy Maybe it's the voice]], [[EvilIsCool maybe it's the charisma]], [[VisionaryVillain maybe it's the rhetoric]]. Whatever the reason, Steeljaw's got a lot of admirers who feel he's in the right in building a new Decepticon utopia. Some of the justifications borrow aspects from the IDW canon in which Beast-Transformers were considered inferior due to FantasticRacism. The other Decepticons get this as well to different effects.

* EvilIsSexy: Steeljaw, from Creator/TroyBaker cooing in one's ear with a voice sautéed in charm and dripping with charisma to his attractive wolf-like features which have picked up a bit of a UsefulNotes/FurryFandom. Same with Thunderhoof, Fracture, and Chop Shop, all of who have garnered significant following in the fandom for their design and voice-acting.

* UNintentionalUncannyValley: While the animation is generally much better than similar efforts by Creator/PolygonPictures utilizing CelShading; Many of the designs look off. This is particularly noticeable on the humans; where the shading makes their exaggerated features stick out like lumpy clay. Some fans have also taken umbrage with lack of noses on the Autobot designs, an issue also present in [[WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime the previous series]].

* CriticalBacklash: Over time, many people warmed up to the series thanks to factors such as the fan favorite characters in the EnsembleDarkhorse section and good moments underneath the flaws.

* SeasonalRot: While the series is often regarded as SoOkayItsAverage, the ''Combiner Force'' season is cited by fans as the point where the show's flaws were at their most prevalent with stagnant character growth and lackluster payoffs. While the season tried to introduce another recurring team of 'Cons for the Autobots to face, the Stunticons were viewed as a major downgrade from Steeljaw for being one-dimensional and uninteresting. Soundwave returns after being built up in the background for most of the season, only to be dealt with in the span of a single episode. While the season managed to improve by bringing back Steeljaw and introducing the High Council as the true puppet masters, the show waits until the final two episodes for the Autobots to even confront them, yet again repeating the show's trend of major villains being defeated almost as soon as they appear. The season is often regarded as the point where the series' flaws are readily apparent and no major improvements are made to the writing.

*** The High Council, the GreaterScopeVillain and TrueFinalBoss of the series, are certainly a looming presence for much of the season, and in fact the entire series, but don't physically appear until the final two episodes and only Cyclonus is an established character. Cyberwarp is just the TokenGoodTeammate and the other three Council members don't even have names or speaking lines, making all of the build up feel like a let down.

*** Shockwave, despite being one of the few major Decepticons left at the end of ''Predacons Rising'', never gets a single appearance. Considering he's one of the few who could credibly lay claim to leadership of the Decepticons, he could have served well as an overarching villain for the series - [[spoiler: instead, [[RememberTheNewGuy the High Council is made up of characters who had never appeared before]].]]

* MoralEventHorizon:
** ''Guilty As Charged'': [[spoiler: Nightra crossed it when she was about to eject Strongarm's friends out of Blastwave's ship.]]
** ''Collateral Damage'': [[spoiler: Soundwave crossed it hard the moment he declares that he will summon Megatron, even if it means obliterating all life on Earth.]] This strongly angers Steeljaw (who wants to rule Earth, [[EvilVersusOblivion not destroy it]]), as well as the Autobots.

* AuthorsSavingThrow:
** While it was [[WordOfGod confirmed quite early]] in the show's development that certain characters from ''Prime'' wouldn't show up until Season 2, there were complaints about the much more heavy use of BroadStrokes in regards to the previous series. The second season makes more explicit references to the ''Prime'', and even [[TheBusCameBack brings Soundwave back]] for one episode.
** Adam Beechan, the producer, eventually said that the Grimlock in this series [[DecompositeCharacter is a separate individual]] from the ''WFC'' Grimlock.

** Bumblebee listening to Sideswipe’s music players has been a subject of meme edits.
** The episode, “ Adventures in Bumblebee-Sitting!” became a popular spot for reaction memes due thanks to Bumblebee, such as [[https://tfwiki.net/mediawiki/images2/4/4f/BumblebeeSitting_Bumblebee_watches_tv.jpg this goofy face]].

** During Starscream's monologue about how he escaped from the Predacons after the events of ''Predacons Rising'', it's revealed that [[spoiler: he led Darksteel and Skylynx into a trap inside the Decepticon citadel which ended up killing them. In TransformersPrime, Predaking's story revolved around how he was the only one of his kind and the SeriesFinale movie finally gave him some closure as he was united with Darksteel and Skylynx, thus giving him a Predacon people to rule over once more. In this series, however, assuming Starscream isn't an UnreliableNarrator and was telling the truth about Darksteel and Skylynx's deaths, then that means Predaking is once more the last of his kind and is no better off now than he was during the previous series.]]

* AntiClimaxBoss: While Megatronus and the Pack all get fight scenes in the Season 1 finale, [[spoiler:Fracture and his Minicons]] are taken out off screen by Optimus in a few seconds.

* NightmareFuel: [[spoiler: Underbite crushing Denny's car, with him in it ''as his son watches''.]]

* CompleteMonster: [[GreaterScopeVillain Megatronus]], once a member of the Thirteen Primes, was locked away for betraying his comrades and murdering Solus Prime. [[LeakingCanOfEvil Still having influence outside of his prison]], Megatronus causes the Decepticon prison transport ship, ''The Alchemor'', to crash on Earth, unleashing dozens of Decepticons on the planet. Contacting [[BigBad Steeljaw]], Megatronus manipulates him into releasing him from his prison, and uses his psychic powers to force one of Steeljaw's soldiers to begin amputating his own arm to convince Steeljaw to work faster. When unleashed from his prison, Megatronus betrays Steeljaw, tries to murder both him and the Autobots attempting to thwart him, and reveals he plans to use the power of Unicron and the Allspark to [[OmnicidalManiac destroy both Earth and Cybertron in one fell swoop]] as revenge for his imprisonment. [[FaceHeelTurn Perhaps once a good person]], Megatronus shed any heroic traits and replaced them with pure sociopathy and blind

* UglyCute: Underbite. Sure he's a giant dog with an unending appetite but you just want to pick him up and snuggle him. Even [=TFWikiDotNet=] describes him as adorable.

* The episode, “ Adventures in Bumblebee-Sitting!” became a popular spot for reaction memes due thanks to Bumblebee, such as [[https://tfwiki.net/mediawiki/images2/4/4f/BumblebeeSitting_Bumblebee_watches_tv.jpg this goofy face]].
** The death of Russell’s TV in, “Collateral Damage” is ridiculed for the sheer Narm behind it.

** “Collateral Damage” is ridiculed for the ‘’ huge '' drama over Russell’s TV being broken by Sideswipe. What’s worse is that he never expresses this amount of grief over ''losing his home'' two episode ago!

* FountainOfMemes:
** Thunderhoof for his [[Catchphrase “AYOOO!”]].
** Grimlock due to his lovable antics throughout the series
** Bumblebee is this thanks to providing many reaction memes.

** [[Catchphrase AYOOOO!]]

** The death of Russell’s TV in, “Collateral Damage”

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* CompleteMonster: [[GreaterScopeVillain Megatronus]], once a member of the Thirteen Primes, was locked away for betraying his comrades and murdering Solus Prime. [[LeakingCanOfEvil Still having influence outside of his prison]], Megatronus causes the Decepticon prison transport ship, ''The Alchemor'', to crash on Earth, unleashing dozens of Decepticons on the planet. Contacting [[BigBad Steeljaw]], Megatronus manipulates him into releasing him from his prison, and uses his psychic powers to force one of Steeljaw's soldiers to begin amputating his own arm to convince Steeljaw to work faster. When unleashed from his prison, Megatronus betrays Steeljaw, tries to murder both him and the Autobots attempting to thwart him, and reveals he plans to use the power of Unicron and the Allspark to [[OmnicidalManiac destroy both Earth and Cybertron in one fell swoop]] as revenge for his imprisonment. [[FaceHeelTurn Perhaps once a good person]], Megatronus shed any heroic traits and replaced them with pure sociopathy and blind hatred.

* {{Narm}}: In "One of Our Mini-Cons Is Missing" the stolen human tank looks like it's about to run over Drift, and his minicons needs to save him! Except due to the tanks pretty generous ground clearance and Drift's position, it would probably just pass over him and he'd be unharmed.

* UncannyValley: Russell can look a bit off at times.

** [[WesternAnimation/TransformersBeastWars Airazor]] and [[WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated Slipstream]] being in the series as male characters, not helped by the general lack of female characters (''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime'' also had very few female characters, but the use of Airazor and Slipstream as names for males seems to be the main cause of the brokenness--never mind that the characters in question are Minicons, glorified accessories who rarely have much in the way of personality, and are known for reusing names from more distinctive characters), nor likely ''VideoGame/TransformersWarForCybertron'' ([[Franchise/TransformersAlignedUniverse set in the same universe]]) featuring a version of the latter that was more true to her namesake.

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation:

* {{Fanon}}: Wildbreak is [[WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime Breakdown and Knock Out's]] son.