Line #25 Fanfic/MoreThanMeetsTheSpy


1	''[[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/more-than-meets-the-spy-spy-x-family-transformers.1031267/ More Than Meets the Spy]]'' is a fanfic by [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/members/metropolismcu.427102/ MetropolisMCU]]/[[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/10949760/ ssjSega]], and is a crossover between ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' (more specifically ''Film/{{Bumblebee}}'') and ''Manga/SpyXFamily''.
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3	As a necessary expense for his mission, Agent TWILIGHT, current identity Loid Forger, decides to buy a new car. Unknown to him, however, said car is the alt-mode of the Autobot scout Bumblebee. Now, the Forger's already incredibly complex family situation (father a spy, mother an assassin, dog a seer, and daughter a telepath who [[SecretSecretKeeper is the only one who knows everyone else's secrets]]) faces the added complication of their car being a robot-in-disguise...and bringing a completely new war to the table.
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5	The story can also be found [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14116387/1/More-Than-Meets-the-Spy here]] on [=FF.Net=] and [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/40696506/chapters/101970612 here]] on [=AO3=].
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7	A concurrent story, ''Camien Odyssey'' ([[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14205416/1/Camien-Odyssey FF.Net]] and [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/45466018/chapters/114395929 AO3]]), details the events transpiring beyond Earth in regard to the Autobot-Decepticon War. With, another concurrent story, ''Find Your Flame'' ([[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14357610/1/Find-Your-Flame FF.Net]] and [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/56035084/chapters/142320349 AO3]]) looking to eventually showcase Cybertron under Decepticon rule.
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12	* AdaptationDistillation: The ''Transformers'' side of the story borrows many different elements; Bumblebee cannot speak to humans due to his damaged voice box, was sent to Earth on a scouting mission by Optimus Prime, and was found by Loid in a used car dealership, just like in ''Film/{{Bumblebee}}''. But he also speaks in binary and lost his voice back on Cybertron like ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime''.
13	*AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: Yuri's coworkers in the SSS (Chloe, Gascoigne, and Jeffrey) appear in Mission 8 before the events of the Cruise Adventure arc, and thus before Chapter 43 of the manga. Canonically, they wouldn't appear until the events of the Mole Hunt arc starting in Chapter 80.
14	* CurseCutShort: In Mission 8, during Yor's driving lesson, Chloe's about to drop an F-bomb, but gets cut off due to the elder Briar almost crashing into a building.
15	-->'''Chloe:''' NOW PLEASE SLOW DOWN AND STOP THE FU-'''''WATCH OUT!'''''
16	* EntertaininglyWrong: In addition to the canon misunderstandings between Loid and Yor regarding each other and Anya, spending time around the Forgers causes Bumblebee to assume their family dynamics are normal for humans.
17	** A recurring example is how he assumes that Yor's prodigious strength is normal for human mothers.[[note]] There is some [[TruthInTelevision truth]] to this, as IRL mothers have exhibited bouts of hysteric strength they would normally never be capable of when their children are in danger, but Yor is still definitely an outlier.[[/note]]
18	** Bumblebee, when he first arrives, assumes Earth cars are bots and that they work with humans. This causes him to appear before a woman who, understandably, reacts with horror.
19	** In Mission 7, when the Forgers get attacked by the criminals Anya ran into during Mission 5, Yor assumes that they're just more of Loid's patients suffering from psychotic breaks, which Loid goes along with. This also leads to Bumblebee believing that human doctors are just like Cybertronian ones in that they get attacked by their patients.
20	* {{Foil}}: Twilight/Loid and B-127/Bumblebee, due to both being war veterans specializing in espionage (spying and scouting respectively) who become part of the Forger family. Though they don't interact directly due to Bumblebee's cover, Anya's POV (through which she can read their minds) does help directly showcase their similarities and differences.
21	** Loid is the founder of the Forger family, having created it to (initially) aid in his infiltration mission, and sees both it and its members as integral to said mission. Bumblebee is the newest member, was taken in by complete accident, and (initially) sees the Forgers as a hinderance to his mission.
22	** Though both have similar roles in terms of espionage, their rankings differ immensely. Loid is among the highest-ranking members of his organization, while Bumblebee's much lower in rank within the Autobots.
23	** Most notably, though both are soldiers, Loid's war ended long ago, and his primary mission is to ensure such a war never happens again. Bumblebee, meanwhile, is still an active combatant in an ''ongoing'' war, with his main goal being to aid his faction in their survival and thus support their war effort.
24	* GroceryStoreEpisode: Mission 6 is largely about the Forger family going to a grocery store, though the crux of the chapter is meeting Yuri in the parking lot, where Bumblebee gets to know (and just as quickly gets fed up with) Yor's younger brother.
25	* OutsideContextProblem: Bumblebee is in a mutual example of this trope with the Forgers - while he never catches on to Anya being a telepath due to how out there this is even in ''Transformers'', the idea of robotic aliens that turn into vehicles is so outside the SpyFiction genre the rest of the cast occupies that Loid doesn't even consider the possibility even after finding evidence of aliens.
26	* OutsideGenreFoe: The Cybertronians aren't just literal aliens in an otherwise highly mundane SpyFiction story, but they're a totally antithetical group in regard to the setting's morality - while ''Spy X Family'' is a very lighthearted setting, the larger plot runs in GrayAndGreyMorality. By contrast, no matter how dark ''Transformers'' gets, the Autobot-Decepticon War is one of the most clear-cut cases of BlackAndWhiteMorality in fiction, with the Autobots being heroes and the Decepticons genocidal conquerors.
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30	* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: In IDW and ''Cyberverse'', Windblade and Chromia were close friends, albeit with quite a bit of HomoeroticSubtext. Here, the subtext becomes text, as the two are in a romantic relationship together.
31	* BigDamnHeroes: Jetfire pulls this off in Chapter 4, arriving just in time to blast the cage directly above Big Top, trapping him and giving Wheeljack the needed opening to shut down the carnival's security drones.
32	* DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation: In IDW, Praesidia Magna was killed by Onyx Prime (actually [[spoiler:Shockwave]]) when she was sucked into a vortex on Antilla. In this fic, she's beaten to death by Strika during the Decepticon invasion of Caminus.
33	* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Cold Iron and Burnout may be cruel Decepticon jailers, but they're siblings who do still care about each other. Cold Iron's last moments in life are begging Tarn to spare his sister and take only him.
34	* GreatEscape: The entire plot of Chapter 2 is the Camiens, Jetfire, and Fixit all working together to escape the prison barge ship they're trapped on.
35	* HeroOfAnotherStory: Elita-1 and her team serve as this for ''Camien Odyssey''.
36	* IronicName: In Chapter 2, one of the Decepticon guards on the Camien prison barge is named Brave Steel. He's a complete DirtyCoward.
37	* PolarOppositeTwins: While their exact age is unknown, Cold Iron and Burnout look identical enough to be twins, and they're also complete opposites to each other. Cold Iron is aloof, quick-witted, and calm in most situations, while Burnout is perpetually HotBlooded, violent, and kind of an idiot.
38	* SecretRelationship: According to WordOfGod, [[spoiler:Elita and Optimus are this; they've kept the fact that they are ''Conjunx Endura''[[note]] the Cybertronian equivalent of marriage[[/note]] secret from most of the other Autobots for the sake of political convenience]].
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42	* ADayInTheLimelight: Pyra, a character who played a supporting role in Chapter 2 of ''Camien Odyssey'', is the primary protagonist of this side story.
43	* ShoutOut: The fic's title is, as confirmed by the author, in reference to the theme of the same name from ''VideoGame/SonicFrontiers''.
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