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* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: While Starscream is certainly a snake, and is definitely the Decepticon with the healthiest respect for his own skin, how much of a coward he is is a little bit up for debate. He has no problem taking both Ironhide and perhaps (offscreen) Create-A-Bot (albeit with backup from Mooks, which Megatron also uses against Optimus) and only flees when he deems the fight pointless (as Megatron isn't in the arctic, as he has presumably discovered by taking data midfight similar to Bumblebee), he kills Bumblebee armed with the Allspark before then killing Blackout and Barricade (and possibly Brawl), and is both DefiantToTheEnd and [[FaceDeathWithDignity surprisingly calm when Megatron is about to kill him]]. On the other hand however, he is audibly scared when he finds out Megatron (who he knows is stronger than himself) might soon be revived, and refuses to face Optimus Prime (The other biggest threat he faces), either because he fears the Autobot leader and/or because he wants him to kill or soften up Megatron. This leaves a rather open-ended question of where Starscream leans on the scale between DirtyCoward to CombatPragmatist.
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* CompleteMonster: [[Characters/TransformersFilmSeriesMegatron Megatron]] lacks his film counterpart's nobler traits and [[AdaptationalVillainy replaces it with raw brutality]]. Having plunged Cybertron into civil war after [[{{Patricide}} killing his own father]], Megatron tore out Bumblebee's vocal processor when he launched the [=AllSpark=] into space. He followed the [=AllSpark=] to Earth, but wound up frozen in the Arctic Circle. After being thawed out by his followers, Megatron's murderous rage was only tempered when they planned to blow up Hoover Dam and drown thousands of people. In ''Autobots'', Megatron used the [=AllSpark=] to terrorize the city of Tranquility and mortally wounded Create-A-Bot while trying to kill his own brother, Optimus Prime. In ''Decepticons'', he tracked down and murdered Jazz after he foiled his plot to destroy Hoover Dam. After terrorizing Tranquility, Megatron killed Optimus and hunted down his traitorous lieutenant Starscream. Create-A-Con was gravely wounded after helping him defeat Starscream, and Megatron [[UngratefulBastard chose to kill him rather than waste resources trying to repair him]]. Megatron showed no remorse for the Decepticons who [[SenselessSacrifice gave their lives for him]] and [[TheSocialDarwinist believed that the weak were only meant to serve the strong]].
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* CompleteMonster: [[Characters/TransformersFilmSeriesMegatron [[Characters/TransformersFilmSeriesDecepticons Megatron]] lacks his film counterpart's nobler traits and [[AdaptationalVillainy replaces it with raw brutality]]. Having plunged Cybertron into civil war after [[{{Patricide}} killing his own father]], Megatron tore out Bumblebee's vocal processor when he launched the [=AllSpark=] into space. He followed the [=AllSpark=] to Earth, but wound up frozen in the Arctic Circle. After being thawed out by his followers, Megatron's murderous rage was only tempered when they planned to blow up Hoover Dam and drown thousands of people. In ''Autobots'', Megatron used the [=AllSpark=] to terrorize the city of Tranquility and mortally wounded Create-A-Bot while trying to kill his own brother, Optimus Prime. In ''Decepticons'', he tracked down and murdered Jazz after he foiled his plot to destroy Hoover Dam. After terrorizing Tranquility, Megatron killed Optimus and hunted down his traitorous lieutenant Starscream. Create-A-Con was gravely wounded after helping him defeat Starscream, and Megatron [[UngratefulBastard chose to kill him rather than waste resources trying to repair him]]. Megatron showed no remorse for the Decepticons who [[SenselessSacrifice gave their lives for him]] and [[TheSocialDarwinist believed that the weak were only meant to serve the strong]].
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* TearJerker:
** Barricade's death in the Decepticon's version. Having earned his respect and likely grown attached to Barricade at this point, you are now forced to kill him as Starscream. His last words being a MeaningfulEcho of your first encounter makes it worst.
-->'''Barricade''': Now... you see what it is to be a Decepticon...
** The endings of both games qualify, with Create-A-Bot and Construct-A-Con dying for their leaders.
** Barricade's death in the Decepticon's version. Having earned his respect and likely grown attached to Barricade at this point, you are now forced to kill him as Starscream. His last words being a MeaningfulEcho of your first encounter makes it worst.
-->'''Barricade''': Now... you see what it is to be a Decepticon...
** The endings of both games qualify, with Create-A-Bot and Construct-A-Con dying for their leaders.
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* CompleteMonster: [[BigBad Megatron]] lacks his film counterpart's nobler traits and [[AdaptationalVillainy replaces it with raw brutality]]. Having plunged Cybertron into civil war after [[{{Patricide}} killing his own father]], Megatron tore out Bumblebee's vocal processor when he launched the [=AllSpark=] into space. He followed the [=AllSpark=] to Earth, but wound up frozen in the Arctic Circle. After being thawed out by his followers, Megatron's murderous rage was only tempered when they planned to blow up Hoover Dam and drown thousands of people. In ''Autobots'', Megatron used the [=AllSpark=] to terrorize the city of Tranquility and mortally wounded Create-A-Bot while trying to kill his own brother, Optimus Prime. In ''Decepticons'', he tracked down and murdered Jazz after he foiled his plot to destroy Hoover Dam. After terrorizing Tranquility, Megatron killed Optimus and hunted down his traitorous lieutenant Starscream. Create-A-Con was gravely wounded after helping him defeat Starscream, and Megatron [[UngratefulBastard chose to kill him rather than waste resources trying to repair him]]. Megatron showed no remorse for the Decepticons who [[SenselessSacrifice gave their lives for him]] and [[TheSocialDarwinist believed that the weak were only meant to serve the strong]].
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* CompleteMonster: [[BigBad [[Characters/TransformersFilmSeriesMegatron Megatron]] lacks his film counterpart's nobler traits and [[AdaptationalVillainy replaces it with raw brutality]]. Having plunged Cybertron into civil war after [[{{Patricide}} killing his own father]], Megatron tore out Bumblebee's vocal processor when he launched the [=AllSpark=] into space. He followed the [=AllSpark=] to Earth, but wound up frozen in the Arctic Circle. After being thawed out by his followers, Megatron's murderous rage was only tempered when they planned to blow up Hoover Dam and drown thousands of people. In ''Autobots'', Megatron used the [=AllSpark=] to terrorize the city of Tranquility and mortally wounded Create-A-Bot while trying to kill his own brother, Optimus Prime. In ''Decepticons'', he tracked down and murdered Jazz after he foiled his plot to destroy Hoover Dam. After terrorizing Tranquility, Megatron killed Optimus and hunted down his traitorous lieutenant Starscream. Create-A-Con was gravely wounded after helping him defeat Starscream, and Megatron [[UngratefulBastard chose to kill him rather than waste resources trying to repair him]]. Megatron showed no remorse for the Decepticons who [[SenselessSacrifice gave their lives for him]] and [[TheSocialDarwinist believed that the weak were only meant to serve the strong]].
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* AntiClimaxBoss: The final two boss fights for ''Decepticons'' suffer from ArtificialStupidity that allows the player to trivialize otherwise challenging battles;
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** The final two boss fights for ''Decepticons'' suffer from ArtificialStupidity that allows the player to trivialize otherwise challenging battles;
** The final two boss fights for ''Decepticons'' suffer from ArtificialStupidity that allows the player to trivialize otherwise challenging battles;
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* EvilIsCool: Every one of the Decepticons, save perhaps Construct-A-Con, is this. [[TheDragon Barricade]] is by far the most popular, but [[BigBad Megatron]], [[AdaptationalVillainy Starscream]], [[PsychopathicManchild Brawl]], and [[TheStoic Blackout]] all have this going for them.
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** Every one of the Decepticons, save perhaps Construct-A-Con, is this. [[TheDragon Barricade]] is by far the most popular, but [[BigBad Megatron]], [[AdaptationalVillainy Starscream]], [[PsychopathicManchild Brawl]], and [[TheStoic Blackout]] all have this going for them.
** Every one of the Decepticons, save perhaps Construct-A-Con, is this. [[TheDragon Barricade]] is by far the most popular, but [[BigBad Megatron]], [[AdaptationalVillainy Starscream]], [[PsychopathicManchild Brawl]], and [[TheStoic Blackout]] all have this going for them.
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* GameBreaker: Flight-type vehicles such as helicopters and jets render the ground vehicles rather obsolete. While helicopters may not fly as fast as the cars, especially the ones with maximum top speed and acceleration, you can ignore terrains and just fly over buildings to reach your destination, while jets are PurposefullyOverpowered which also have boost feature similar to ground vehicles. Moreover, if you have maximum wanted level and surrounded by military vehicles, you can just fly away to avoid them. Sure, you may still be chased by helicopters, but flying away means that you just avoid most of the hostile vehicles, and not even helicopters can pursue you if you're flying high enough. Lastly, any challenge mission that doesn't force you to transform into ground vehicle will be breeze with flying vehicles, especially the ones that involve traversal.
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Starscream's role in the Decepticon version is too large to be considered Ensemble Dark Horse, being a scheming Big Bad, Card Carrying Villain, and Final Boss of the entire game. However, the explanation is too solid to be removed, so it'll be moved to Evil Is Cool section instead.
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** This version of Starscream is something of one for being a far bigger badass than his movie or cartoon versions, as he can compete with Megatron both physically and in his gambits, something only one other version of Starscream ever was able to do. Starscream is a frightening antagonist in this game, which is something that many find refreshing when some of the most competent versions of Starscream are still [[IneffectualSympatheticVillain Ineffectual Sympathetic Villains.]]
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** This version of Starscream is something of one for being a [[AdaptationalBadass far bigger badass]] than his movie or cartoon versions, as he can compete with Megatron both physically and in his gambits, something only one other version of Starscream ever was able to do. Starscream is a frightening antagonist in this game, which is something that many find refreshing when some of the most competent versions of Starscream are still [[IneffectualSympatheticVillain Ineffectual Sympathetic Villains.]]
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* EvilIsCool: Every one of the Decepticons, save perhaps Construct-A-Con, is this. [[TheDragon Barricade]] is by far the most popular, but [[BigBad Megatron]], [[AdaptationalVillainy Star]][[MagnificentBastard scream]], [[PsychopathicManchild Brawl]], and [[TheStoic Blackout]] all have this going for them.
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* EvilIsCool: Every one of the Decepticons, save perhaps Construct-A-Con, is this. [[TheDragon Barricade]] is by far the most popular, but [[BigBad Megatron]], [[AdaptationalVillainy Star]][[MagnificentBastard scream]], Starscream]], [[PsychopathicManchild Brawl]], and [[TheStoic Blackout]] all have this going for them.
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* EnsembleDarkhorse: Barricade really cemented his status in these games. His character is expanded considerably and he plays the role of a SenseiForScoundrels in the Decepticon Campaign. Creator/KeithDavid gives an excellent performance in the role.
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** Barricade really cemented his status in these games. His character is expanded considerably and he plays the role of a SenseiForScoundrels in the Decepticon Campaign. Creator/KeithDavid gives an excellent performance in the role.
** Barricade really cemented his status in these games. His character is expanded considerably and he plays the role of a SenseiForScoundrels in the Decepticon Campaign. Creator/KeithDavid gives an excellent performance in the role.
