Beast Wars / Funny

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Turns out that Cheetor is the only talking cheetah on this planet.

Funny moments in Beast Wars.

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Every and any time Waspinator is blown up (which is all the time, by the way). Even in the most hilarious ways:
Waspinator: "Waspinator having good day! Not get shot once." (BLAM!!!)
- One of his funnier woe-is-me lines from the end of "Possession" (just after Starscream's Spark was blasted out of him):
  Waspinator: Waspinator has a headache in his whole body... (Groans further as Megatron jams his head back onto the rest of him)
- And then of course there's the time the poor bug is crushed into a cube and has to drag himself off to repairs with one arm. Which would be utterly sad without his running commentary (and the fact that Blackarachnia had just passed without even noticing him):
  Waspinator: Oh, sure, don't mind Waspinator, Waspinator just lie here and suffer, drag himself to CR tank...
- Making it even funnier is how everybody else seems to be aware of it in-series!
  Rattrap: Boss bot calls up with his gears in a grind, and suddenly I gotta pack up my Pred parts collection? Man, you know how many pieces of Waspinator I got?
  Or:
  Waspinator: (Over communicator) She [Una] injuring Waspinator-AIEE! (Una just knocked off one of his legs)
  Megatron: Ah, situation normal, then. Yes. Well, make sure she arrives safely. Megatron out.
The Running Gag of Rattrap's teammates complaining about his odor. What on earth does a robot have to do to acquire a foul stench?
Megatron while a serious threat is extremely over-the-top many times every time he appears. Even in Beast Machines where he's a lot less hammy and comedic still regains them with his cold and calculating nature.
- To demonstrate Megatron's extreme hamminess his favorite word is yes.

Season One

In the series premiere, Rattrap is not happy about being marooned with the Predacons, and Optimus tries to placate him.
Optimus: You wanted exploration, and here we are on an unknown planet. What more do you want?
Rattrap: Well, call me picky, but a working spacecraft would be nice.
Optimus: There's just no pleasing some people.
- In the same episode, we get to see a shot of a gorilla riding a rhino, with a giant rat on his back. Just because taking the form of giant animals prevents you from becoming offline doesn't mean that it won't make you look goofy as Hell.
- The above page image comes from a scene where Cheetor (in cheetah mode) tries talking to a pair of real cheetahs, only to freak them out because they don't speak English (or Cybertronian).
Power Surge: Being this series's version of The Starscream (next to Tarantulas), Terrorsaur manages to enact a very rare and unprecedented Curbstomp Battle on Megatron after tapping a giant natural formation of Energon. Megatron is summarily blown to bits. At the end of the episode, this Energon nest egg has been blown up by Rattrap and the Predacons have ultimately refused Terrorsaur's leadership in favor of restoring Megatron. Terrorsaur comes back to the Darksyde thinking he'll still be in charge, only for the single worst karmic rebuttal to occur from a fully repaired and VERY pissed off Megatron:
Megatron: Well well... LOOK WHO'S...BACK.
(Terrorsaur turns white out of shock)
Terrorsaur: ...help.
- Rattrap outsmarting Tarantulus by insulting him, causing Tarantulas to charge forward in rage, Rattrap blinds him with mud, and then Tarantulus goes over a ledge, hitting several more on his way down. Tarantulas's Angrish as he falls adds to the hilarity.
  Rattrap: That'll teach you to mess with the rat.
During Fallen Comrades, Dinobot activates the automated defenses right in front of Tarantulas and Scorponok, who remain perfectly still until Tarantulas slowly takes a single step. And gets blasted by both turrets for his efforts. This causes Scorponok to quiver in fear, causing him to get blasted as well.
- When Optimus is shot down, Dinobot takes a moment to offer a eulogy:
  Dinobot: Fear not, Optimus! I shall ensure your funeral is a glorious one, as befits a warrior who died in battle!
  Optimus: 'Fraid I'll have to miss it, Dinobot; I'm not scrap yet!
  Dinobot: Hmm, are you certain? It would be a triumphant passage.
In A Better Mousetrap, Rattrap is negotiating booby-trapped corridors and finds it too easy.
Rattrap: This ain't a security grid, it's a gym just for spy-guys like me!
- When coming upon zero-friction fluid, he surfs it. Then when he gets shot at, he dodges it like an exercise routine.
  Rattrap: A one and two and stretch! Now bend! Now lift! Feel the burn!
- Finally, when he rounds the corner he waves at the security camera and by extension, the audience!
- The way Optimus Primal sneaks up on Waspinator while the latter is flying in circles.
- When the Maximals believe Rattrap was destroyed by Sentinel, they each say a few words about him.
  Cheetor: Rattrap... gone? No way. I don't believe it.
  Optimus: He was a difficult Maximal to deal with. At times, impossible. But I'll remember him with honor.
  Dinobot: I won't disgrace his memory with lies! He was a stinking, omnivorous pestilence! Still, in some perverse way... I will miss him.
  Rhinox: Sure, he smelled bad—he was a rat—but he was my best friend.
  (the Axalon hatch suddenly open, revealing an unharmed Rattrap)
  Rattrap: Oh boo! Boo hoo! Oh, don't stop! You motorheads are KILLING me!
Gorilla Warfare has Optimus and Dinobot doing a biological survey, and they discover a weird plant. Apparently, this plant can not only hear, but get offended, since it spits a barbed seed right where Dinobot's arms can't reach it, leading to this:
Dinobot: Get this thing off of me! I can't reach it! (freaked out) GET IT OFF!!!
(Optimus removes the pod and drops it, where it blooms into a new plant)
Optimus: That's how it spreads its seed. See, we've learned something.
Dinobot: Yeeesss, from now on, I shoot my dinner salad before I eat it.
- The fact that a) It didn't occur to Dinobot that he could just transform and knock it off and b) it actually becomes a Chekhov's Gun later, just makes it funnier.
- Megatron remains in beast mode for the entirety of the episode. It's never explained why but it's amusing to watch him scheme with his tiny dinosaur arms.
In Victory, the Predacons are hiding out in very close quarters, and it's clearly starting to get on their nerves:
Terrorsaur: Stop slobbering on me, Tarantulas!
Tarantulas: I am feasting!
Waspinator: Give Waszzpinator more room! Tarantulas fat enough already!
Tarantulas: If Waspinator does not stop cuddling me like a stuffed toy when he sleeps, I'll eat him as well!
Waspinator: I'd like to see you try!
Tarantulas: Yes, I will!
Waspinator: No, you won't!
Tarantulas: I will so!
Terrorsaur: You all make me sick! Ah, I can't stand this any longer, Megatron! I— I've gotta get out!
(Terrorsaur hops around and laughs manically until Scorponok casually punches him)
Scorponok: We wouldn't be here if you didn't trip over that spy-cable!
Megatron: You are correct, Scorponok. But thanks to Terrorsaur's inadvertent discovery of our enemies' spy-camera, we were able to pull this little deception. Yesss...
Blackarachnia: But what if they detect us? Don't forget my signature dampening device is only experimental.
Megatron: We have only to wait until they repair their ship, and then attack, while their guard is down. With the Maximal ship in our possession, we will be able to recover the orbiting stasis pods, containing Maximals eager to become Predacons. So no one leaves!
Terrorsaur: Leaving? Who said anything about leaving?
Dark Designs has Megatron capturing Rhinox and turning him evil. He's not Brainwashed and Crazy so much as Brainwashed With an A in Evil. The Maximals all want to go save him... except Optimus, who displays an excellent imitation of his nemesis' catchphrase...
Optimus: I've got a hunch Megatron's bitten off a little more than he bargained for... yesssssss.
- Having Rhinox on their side becomes more of a detriment to the Predacons than a bonus, as he proceeds to thrash his way through the Predacons. His Deadpan Snarker mannerisms combined with an almost murderous degree of Chronic Backstabbing Disorder give way to some fun exchanges, mostly at the Predacons' expense. For instance:
  - After Rhinox squishes Scorponok under a pile of crates, Megatron and Waspinator later discover Scorponok underneath next to a ruined console (both sabotaged by Rhinox), and Megatron pokes at his inert form with his tail-blade like a child with a stick.
    Megatron: Idiot! What have you done?
    Waspinator: Hmm...Idiot does not respond! Idiot is comatose!
  - Afterwards, Rhinox plasters Waspinator with another crate, leading to Waspinator believing he's the Insecticon Shrapnel, right down to picking up Shrapnel's Verbal Tic and forgetting his own. Blackarachnia's opinion on the matter only encourages Waspinator's bizarre antics.
    Blackarachnia: He's wacko.
    Waspinator: Wacko? NO! Wonko! Wonko the Sane!
  - Blink and you miss it, but Waspinator actually cops a feel on Blackarachnia. Megatron Face Palms, Waspinator waves to the audience then starts punching himself in the head, and then both Megatron and Blackarachia stare bemusedly at whatever Waspinator was waving at.
  - And yet again, when Megatron turns around to find Blackarachnia and Tarantulas have been incapacitated, he finally throws his hands up in frustration.
    Megatron: These spiders have been...poisoned! ...WHAT'S GOING ON AROUND HERE?!
    (Cut to a view of the outside of the Darksyde. We can still hear Megatron.)
- "He's a smirker! HAHAHAHA! MANGLE!"
Dinobot fights his clone in Double Dinobot. So where is it?
Rattrap: If there was a clone, then uh where is he?
Dinobot: I'm afraid he's gone for good. A shame really! He was such a handsome creature... and, quite tasty!
(Dinobot picks a bit of the evil clone out of his teeth, flicks it at Optimus, and then belches loudly. Everyone stares at him for a long moment.)
Optimus: ...You're disgusting.
- The Mirror Routine performed by Dinobot and his clone.
- Megatron arrives at the Maximal base and is greeted by Dinobot pretending to be the clone, right down to copying the clone's psychophantic attitude. When Megatron attempts to enter the base, Dinobot orders the shields reactivated which sends Megatron flying with a comedic sound effect that wouldn't be out of place in the Loony Tunes. Judging by the look on Dinobot's face he did that for no reason other than to Troll Megatron.
Dark Voyage has Rhinox, Rattrap, Dinobot, and Cheetor being blinded; Rhinox is the only one calm when Cheetor is being squeezed to death by a giant snake.
Dinobot: What's happening? Are we under attack?
Rhinox: Don't. Panic.
Dinobot: You won't get me! *runs into a tree*
- Also from the same episode, one of the few times you ever seen Dinobot completely lose it.
  Dinobot: (after being told to calm down after being blinded, slowly) Calm down...? (Hysterically) WE CAN'T SEE!!!
The Low Road, the entire episode, which includes constant rants between Rattrap and Dinobot:
Dinobot: Excuse me. Are you implying that the current situation is somehow...my responsibility?!
Rattrap: Well, you did start it... gearhead!
Dinobot: I BEG to differ...cheese lips!
Rattrap: Pre-evolved birdbrain!
Dinobot: Eater of garbage!!
Cheetor: (listening in) Sheesh. And they call me the immature one.

Dinobot: Wait! I detect a scent! Vile corruption... a whiff of festering putrification!
Rattrap: So I ate a Limburger sandwich for lunch! I'm a rat, gimme a break!
Dinobot: I've been... uncomfortably aware of your stench for the past hour, vermin. This is something else... something over... THERE!
(Tarantulas suddenly springs out and legs it)
Rattrap: Oh yeah! He's mine!
Dinobot: Leave battle to the warriors, mouse!!!

Dinobot: Unlike you, I do not spend my time scurrying through sewers!
Rattrap: Yeah? Well, a sewer smells better than your breath, bronto-brain!
Dinobot: Nnngrrh! You will get used to it WHEN I BITE YOUR USELESS HEAD OFF!
(Tarantulas suddenly wakes up)
Tarantulas: DIIIIE, MAXIMALS!
Dinobot and Rattrap: SHUT UP!
(They both punch out Tarantulas)

Rattrap: So, uh, you got a better plan?
Dinobot: No, but I still despise the idea of expiring underground. It lacks a...a warrior's nobility.
Rattrap: Oh, hey-hey, no sweat, heh heh. 'Cause I ain't lettin' nobody waste you down here! That's a job I'm reserving for myself!
Dinobot: Oooh, I appreciate your concern, but let me assure you, being shot in the back by a malodorous mouse would not exactly earn me a seat in Silicon Valhalla!
Rattrap: Awwww, poor baby.
- This is made funnier when you realize that Dinobot and Rattrap have the same voice actor: Scott McNeil.
  - And even funnier when you realize that Scott is capable of switching between the two voices without pause, so the conversations above were all recorded in real time!
- Megatron's scheme this episode in a nutshell. Give Rhinox a cold that'll make him spend all his energon through sneezing, hiccuping, burping, and yes, later on, farting.
- A bit earlier, one of Rhinox's hiccup lasers torches Terrorsaur's tail, causing him to yelp like an injured puppy!
- Also during Rhinox's hiccups, Dinobot dodges one of them and begins to crawl away on the floor at a very rapid pace. Seeing Dinobot of all bots scurry on the floor like that is a hilarious moment that has to be seen to be believed.
  - Also a bit earlier, after Rattrap and Dinobot fall into the cavern, Tarantulas goes into some Evil Gloating, not realizing there's a giant boulder coming up on him from behind. The boulder smashes him into a cave wall complete with more Angrish. Two of his drone lights are on said wall and quickly crawl out of the way. Rattrap can't help but feel just a bit sorry for him. Honestly, this whole episode is one of the poor spider's worse days.
    Rattrap: OOH! That's Gotta Hurt!
- A bit of Lampshade Hanging:
  Blackarachnia: Why do you always talk to yourself?
  Megatron: I simply have a penchant for intelligent conversation.
- The Predacons set up an ambush at Tarantulas' lair for the two approaching Maximals. Upon Scorponok's warning of their near arrival, Waspinator, Inferno, and Terrorsaur immediately open fire at the entrance.
  Megatron: Cease your fire, you fools! Wait for a target!
- Failed hostage negotiation:
  Dinobot: (holding up Tarantulas) Do not fire, Megatron! I have a hostage!
  Megatron: Why, so you do!
  (Megatron immediately blasts Tarantulas to scrap)
- The Big Damn Heroes moment, with the rest of the Maximals showing up, triumphant music playing, and Megatron looking furious... is completely ruined when Rattrap nonchalantly walks between Meg's legs to speak to his allies. The look on Meg's face is priceless.
  - Also from the same moment, you can see Airazor hugging Optimus Primal's leg as if he's some sort of action hero.
- And then, to top it off, THE Funny Moment for Beast Wars: Rhinox blows Tarantulas' lab with the Preds inside of it with a massive fart that could be seen FROM ORBIT AND CAUSES THE PLANET TO SHAKE A LITTLE. It can't be described with words, it must be witnessed. Even funnier, everyone else present realized what was coming. the Maximals carefully backed away from Rhinox while the other Predacons discretely sidestepped away from Megatron (yes, even Inferno, showing that his Undying Loyalty has some limits). As the humorous cherry on top, Waspinator, Inferno, and Terrorsaur are sidestepping in perfect unison.
  Megatron: Oh no! Not that! AAAAARRRGH!
  
  Megatron: (Hanging upside-down in a tree sometime later) This is certainly the most humiliating defeat of my entire career, yeeessss...
- Something especially funny about how Rhinox is administered the counter-virus. The canister sits on his head while he drinks out of it with straws like a guzzler hat at a baseball game.
In Law of the Jungle, Waspinator remains oddly insistent on waiting for the proper signal before attacking Maximals (or, alternatively, decides to troll Terrorsaur):
Terrorsaur: Do something!
Waspinator: (sing-song tone) Terrorsaur has not given signal~.
Terrorsaur: ATTACK, YOU IMBECILE!
Waspinator: (calmly) Waspinator will engage enemy.
Megatron, wanting to focus his attention on the Vok, calls a temporary truce with Optimus in Before The Storm.
Optimus: When Predacons talk truce, it just means they need time to reload their weapons.
Megatron: Under normal circumstances, yes.
- Megatron orders the Predacons to chase Tigatron after he infiltrates their base.
  Megatron: Get him! Get him! (Grabs Terrorsaur, who had previously almost shot Tigatron) But no shooting. We are having a truce, remember?
- In order to maintain the truce, the Maximals stop Tigatron's pursuers, "peacefully," to the initial annoyance of Dinobot. This includes antics like Dinobot tricking Blackarchnia and Tarantulas into jumping to where their weight jostles a boulder loose and crushes them, his reaction showing that Dinobot swiftly came to enjoy this particular loophole abuse of the current truce.
- Rattrap and Rhinox trick Terrorsaur into crashing into sheet metal, causing a large dent in the shape of Terrorsaur's head on the other side of it. Then when Terrorsaur breaks free, Rattrap taunts him with a matidor's cape. Terrorsaur charges, only for Rattrap to pull the cape away and Terrorsaur to crash into Rhinox's backside.
  Dinobot: Peaceful.
  Optimus: Very peaceful.
  * Rhinox wiggles his butt in Terrorsaur's face*
Rattrap vs. Waspinator in Other Voices, Part 1. Rattrap reminds Waspinator that they have a ceasefire. Waspinator agrees and points out that he's not using any weapons and proceeds to punch Rattrap. Rattrap decides to remind him that he's one of the dirtiest fighters of the Beast Wars, and kicks him in the gearbox, robonoogies him so hard that it produces sparks, then kicks him in Waspinator's big... FAT... STRIPEY...
- Waspinator's bad luck started up before that when he is repaired from last episode. Megatron orders him to secure the area where the alien signature is detected. Waspinator complains about the assignment, and in response Megatron reminds him that the current cease-fire only applies to Maximals.
In Other Voices Part 2 Optimus is about to sacrifice himself to save his team and Earth itself. It's quite an emotional moment and one by one, each member of the team offers nobly to go in his stead. All except one...
Optimus: Well, what about you, Rattrap?
Rattrap: Hey, suicide ain't in my job description.
- Seconds later, Rattrap works up the gall to ask if he can have Optimus' captain's quarters if he doesn't come back.
  - All There in the Manual states that they've known each other longer than any of the Maximals, so it's probably a humorous coping mechanism to Rattrap. Hopefully.
- Blackarachnia finishes Tarantulas' work to turn a stasis pod into a ship. When she does, however:
  Blackarachnia: All systems online. It's ready. We—I did it! (Rattrap and Airazor point their guns at her head)
  Airazor: Hooray for you.
  Blackarachnia: Did you know we have a truce?
- Blackarachnia mocks Optimus' plan to destroy the Vok weapon by detonating the Transwarp cell, saying it will kill him. He argues it will be worth it if it saves the planet, and if it fails, he'll die anyways.

Season Two

Aftermath
- Rhinox tries to break up a fight between Dinobot and Rattrap. Dinobot claims that, since Optimus Primal is dead, he will claim leadership of the Maximals. Rhinox, who is incredibly stressed over the loss of Optimus, lifts Dinobot in the air by the neck (never mind that Dinobot is taller than him) and begins calmly choking him.
  Rhinox: I'm in a bad mood. Understand?
  Dinobot: [barely able to speak due to being choked] Uh-huh.
- While not shown directly, Cheetor and Rattrap's How Do I Shot Web? moments after acquiring their Transmetal forms suggest that Megatron may have experienced a similar moment back at the Predacon base. In other words, Megatron would have needed to ask Waspinator for flying lessons (albeit almost certainly making it clear to the wasp that he'll do something very unpleasant if Waspinator ever reveals that he needed such help).
- When Megatron checks up on Inferno after he is thrown out of the Axalon, he looks up and sees a very furious Rhinox.
  Rhinox: MEGATRON! (spins up his Chaingun of Doom)
  (Megatron throws Inferno out of the way.)
  Megatron: I believe it's time for a tactical retreat.
From Coming of the Fuzors, Part 2, a quick throw-back to cartoonish exaggeration. Rattrap throws up a decent-sized rock. Numerous Predacon shots later, it comes down a pebble. Rattrap, Cheetor, and Dinobot all do an Eye Pop!
- Then, Dinobot is forced to ride Rattrap's roadster mode.
  Dinobot: To think that a warrior must become... a rat patrol.
- After Cheetor shoots down Silverbolt (before his Heel–Face Turn) with the Axalon's autoguns, Rattrap and Dinobot enter with a surprisingly graceful landing after the former hits a rock. We have this hilarious exchange:
  Rattrap: Heya Cloud Kitty, eh, we would have been here sooner if Dino-Butt wasn't such a porker!
  Dinobot: THE VILEST RIDE OF MY LIFE!
- In the same episode, Inferno and Megatron smack into each other and land on the ground in a heap. The crash is so hard, it causes their heads to get knocked out of place and swap bodies. A meta joke since originally Inferno was supposed to be a reborn version of Megatron, but it obviously never came to be.
  Megatron: (grumbles; gasps; sees his head's now attached to Inferno's body)
  Inferno: (head is attached to Megatron's body, ridiculing Megatron with trolling laughter)
  Megatron: NGRRR!!! (Punches Inferno in the face with his own fist)
- In the same episode, Megatron barks his orders to his team of Predacons to destroy the Maximals, asking (rhetorically) if there are any questions. When Quickstrike answers, he barely gets a word out before he is grabbed by the throat by Megatron who impatiently asks what the question is. Quickstrike asks if they have to be quick in disposing of the Maximals and if he can't make them suffer a bit before finishing them off. Amused, Megatron releases Quickstrike, stating that he likes him but that business comes before pleasure.
- Remember how Rattrap asked if Optimus doesn't come back he'll get the Big Bot's quarters? Turns out that while Optimus is presumed dead, Rattrap did indeed move all of his shit into Optimus' quarters almost immediately. And when Optimus comes Back from the Dead, he is quick to tell Rattrap to get all his crap out of his quarters, leading to this gem from one snarky Dinobot:
  Dinobot: (incensed) Opportunistic vermin!
In Maximal, No More:
Megatron: Inferno, aid Quickstrike.
Inferno: As you command, my Queen. (walks off)
Dinobot: I was not aware you had given yourself a new title.
- Earlier, the part when Rattrap tricks Waspinator into gassing himself with one of the former's grenades by imitating Quickstrike's accent. Rattraps sums it up nicely:
  Rattrap: I love that guy. (winks at the audience)
In Other Visits, Part 1, after monitoring Tarantulas operating on his own, Megatron attempts to contact him and is ignored.
Megatron: Again that spider defies me!
Inferno: Say the word, my Queen, and he shall burn.
Megatron: Not just yet... and for the last time, stop calling me that!
Inferno: As you command, my Qu—
(Megatron strangles Inferno one-handed)
- Rhinox confronts Megatron with a very heavy-duty autogun, and this one has a loudspeaker, which screeches obnoxiously in Megatron's face.
- Inferno gets more Butt-Monkey treatment in that same episode along with Rhinox. The two engage in a fisticuffs fight that resembles Rock 'Em, Sock 'Em Robots, complete with Inferno's head and neck popping up like the toy.
- Blackarachnia has to catch herself when she get's sidetracked thinking about Silverbolt, even doing a self inflicted Double Take.
Other Visits, Part 2 has Optimus and Rattrap discussing how to get inside an alien construct Megatron has entered.
Optimus: We could try knocking.
Rattrap: Oh sure, like Megs is gonna invite us inside for oil and cookies!
(The door to the construct opens. The two look at it and then back at each other.)
Rattrap: Not that I couldn't use a snack.
Code of Hero, of all episodes, has a moment. As the Transformers wiki puts it: "Rhinox has a once-in-a-lifetime lapse in intelligence.":
Rhinox: Remember that trans-warp explosion?
Optimus: *stares* ^note
Rhinox: Okay, stupid question.
- See it in this little montage
- Also from that episode, the handgun Dinobot uses to interrogate Tarantulas is the same model as Rattrap's. This in a show with an amazing variety of weapons. Hmmm.
- For bonus points, after interrogating Tarantulas, Dinobot conscripts him to use as transport.
In The Agenda (Part 1), during the scene where Predacon Command Outpost One is hit by the transwarp wave, one of the crew members lets out a Goofy-like grunt as he is knocked to the ground.
In The Agenda (Part 2), Silverbolt's superb mental gymnastics as he tries to convince Blackarachnia that she is not evil:
Silverbolt: Blackarachnia, I want you to return with me, to the Maximals.
Blackarachnia: Get a clue, you canine cretin! I'm a Predacon! I'm evil! I'll shoot you...
Silverbolt: No. My heart tell me that you will not.
Blackarachnia: Oh yeah? *shoots him in the leg*
Silverbolt: *shocked* You...SHOT me!
Blackarachnia: No duh, Dog-Boy! I'm evil!! Now do you believe me?
Silverbolt: And yet...you ensured the wound would not be mortal. Your inner Maximal goodness prevented-
Blackarachnia: SHUT UP, SHUT UP, SHUT UUUUUUUUPPP!!!
While Ravage transforming into a cassette tape is supposed to be a nice Call-Back to G1, it's a pretty hilarious non sequitur if you didn't get the reference. "Oh cool, a robo space Russian jaguar, I wonder what his alt mode will be..."
Ravage: DECEPTICONS FOREVER! *CHI-CHA-CHO-CHU-CHOO! turns into a cassette tape and inserts himself into his dashboard stereo*
Near the end of The Agenda (Part 3), Rattrap, after being blown upwards by the missile exploding, lands in Rhinox's arms, calls him "My hero." in an effeminate tone, gives him a kiss on the cheek, and Rhinox promptly drops him saying "Oh get down!".

Season Three

Optimal Situation gives us a good fourth wall break from our good buddy Rattrap.
Cheetor: Jumpin gyros! Optimus sure learns a new body fast!
Rattrap: Well whaddya expect? (to the audience) He changes 'em often enough! (complete with rimshot!)
Also from Optimal Situation, it seems as if Blackarachnia dies from her wounds via Megatron, causing Silverbolt to let out a Skyward Scream as his beloved is now dead in his arms. This would be a major Tear Jerker...but then Rattrap and Rhinox make the scene hilarious.
Rattrap: Yeesh! Where's my cyber violin?
Rhinox: Very touching, Silverbolt, but she's just in Stasis Lock.
Rattrap: Yeah so if you can stop crushing her to your manly torso plate for a while, what's say we start the repairs?
Silverbolt: [suddenly realizes he's been seriously overreacting] Oh. Yes, very well.
Inferno's failed attack in Deep Metal. Because Rampage decided to ditch him to pursue his old enemy Inferno ends charging the base alone without cover fire alone, prompting Silverbolt and Blackarachnia, who are manning the defenses, to do a Shrug Take at the sight before she nonchalantly triggers a trap which sends a rock hurling to crush the ant, who can only let out a resigned, "ahh" before he's flattened.
- Which prompts this little gem in the next scene:
  Waspinator: (having been ordered to retrieve Inferno) Inferno blow up, Waspinator must salvage. Waspinator blow up, nobody salvage! (moans) Oh, why universe hate Waspinator?
In Changing of the Guard, Rattrap is tasked with salvaging the AI from their sunken original base in a mini-sub. Not only do we have Cheetor imagining himself playing with it like a cat toy, but there's the bit where Rattrap is enjoying being a sub-captain, complete with a jaunty sea tune playing in the background, and then we cut to Silverbolt staring at his communicator as the music still plays.
- In that same episode, Rattrap's submarine gets jolted around several rocks, accompanied by pinball noises, and when it finally comes to a rest, both of Rattrap's eyes are flashing "TILT".
Cutting Edge adds three, count 'em three, Funny Moments. First is when the Preds stand overlooking the Maximals' just-vacated base:
Megatron: The base is undermanned and unprotected. Ours for the asking.
Quickstrike: Aw, now we ain't gonna ask, are we? How's about we just blast our way in there, an' slag everybody and TAKE IT?!
Megatron: Mmm... Okay. (Everyone laughs.)
- Second is shortly after, when the Predacons blast a hole in the Maximals' front door. Both Inferno and Quickstrike ask to be let in first. Megatron lets Quickstrike do it:
  Megatron: Quickstrike, you may lead.
  Quickstrike: Yeah! That's what I'd like to hear!
  Inferno: Royalty, why was I not chosen?
  Megatron: Because, Inferno, when expecting booby traps... (Quickstrike gets flattened between a metal plate and a giant boxing glove) ...always send the boob in first.
- Last is when Optimus Primal has been downed by Tarantulus hitting him with cyber venom and he's in radio contact with Rattrap as the venom kicks in:
  Optimus: Just hang on, Rattrap. You and Rhinox are our last hope. Defend the... Defend the... (Singing) There he is, my little guy. There he is, my little guy. Isn't he cute?
  (Rattrap and Rhinox make "wtf?" looks)
  Rattrap: That's... not what I wanted to hear...
- Not to mention that Optimus' head grows to twice its normal size when he starts singing.
During Feral Scream, at one point, Megatron has Depth Charge caught, and an unseen entity (presumably the now-feral Transmetal-II Cheetor) slams into him, causing Megatron to fall over. He then pulls a Tasmanian Devil and begins doing a Tornado Move, until he eventually falls right off the same cliff Dinobot II was knocked off earlier. He then lets out this gem, punctuated even more by a few lame notes of Taps;
*Dinobot II slowly looks up at Megatron, who has landed beside him*
Megatron: Re....treat...urgh...
*Megatron and Dinobot II both collapse*
- It's rare to see Megatron in a real, honest panic. But when he's so edgy that he blasts at anything that moves (in this case, Waspinator by mistake), you know he's losing it in a funny way.
A small one at the end of Proving Grounds, where Blackarachnia learns the consequences of headbutting the hard way.
Blackarachnia: Let go! I don't want to hurt you but I will!
Silverbolt: You're going to hear the truth if it...
*Blackarachnia spins around and headbutts Silverbolt, knocking him down.*
Blackarachnia: Warned ya... *She begins sauntering off, only to immediately stagger.* Oh, not such a great idea.
*Blackarachnia falls to the ground; she and Silverbolt groan as Optimus arrives.*
Optimus: You both look like scrap.
Megatron once again asserts his authority in Master Blaster, after Tarantulas and Quickstrike double-cross him and leave him to melt in a magma pool. Unfortunately, Megatron had just co-opted the spark of his namesake ancestor. Megatron not only survives, but the sparks also morph him from a T-Rex into a frickin' dragon!
Tarantulas: By the Pit...you live!
Megatron: I am not so easily destroyed...and, thanks to your treachery, my power is greater than ever! Let me...thank you.
(Converts to Beast Mode and starts roasting Tarantulas and then casually knocks him into the magma.)
Megatron: I can suffer your treachery, lieutenant, but not your incompetence! Treachery requires no mistakes.
(Tarantulas pulls himself out of the lava, charred to a crisp and dazed, before collapsing in a heap.)
Tarantulas: Yessss, Megatron...nooooo mistakes...
- Meanwhile, Blackarachnia lures Inferno out of the Ark and locks him outside.
  Inferno: Let me in! (Pounds his fists on the door)
  Blackarachnia: Only thing worse than a salesman is a pushy Predacon! Autoguns, online!
  (Inferno pauses in his knocking as he hears the autogun turrets aim at him.)
  Inferno: No...
  (Blackarachnia walks off with a grin.)
From Other Victories, Megatron puts Quickstrike on trial for betraying him (see the notes on the previous episode, "Blaster Master"). Not only do we get to see Megatron wearing a powdered judge's wig, Inferno as the clerk of the court, and Rampage and Dinobot II as bailiffs, but we get to see Waspinator, as Quickstrike's defense attorney, say that he is perfectly fine with his client being executed.
Waspinator quits the Predacons, giving vent to the frustrations and humiliations he's suffered.
Waspinator: Waspinator sick of being evil. Sick of being Predacon! And, Waspinator especially sick of getting blown to scrap all the time! Sooo, Waspinator quit! As of now, which means Ant-Bot and Two-Head can just pucker their mandibles and plant big, wet, juicy one right here on Waspinator's big...fat...stripy-
(Inferno and Quickstrike shoot him.)
The very end of Nemesis (Part 2) can be this for some. As Rattrap is happily remarking they won't have to see Megatron again for the entire trip, we hard cut to a screaming Megatron strapped to the outside of the ship as they blast off!
After it had been mistakenly mispronounced by near everyone the entire time it was in the series, Rattrap finally has enough in the Maximals' Darkest Hour.
Blackarachnia: Main thrusters now connected to Teletraan-1^*Pronounced "Teletron"!
Rattrap: (irritated) It's Teletraan!^*Pronounced "Tele-tran"
Blackarachnia: (sighs) Whatever!
- There's also the implication that Rattrap only saw fit to bring up a very minor gripe at this point because he's almost absolutely sure he's going to die.

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