For Wild Mass Guessing about the rest of the franchise, see Transformers.
- Duocons: Shockwave had a back-up plan. While in Trypticon Prison, we learn that Shockwave had a failsafe installed within him that he could activate manually or would activate automatically if it were to be tampered with. What does it do? Activate the Duocons of course! Shockwave activates them and they try and break The Bad 'Bots out.
- Ahem:
- "The Trial of Megatron" - Three-part season premiere. After delivering the protoforms and Prowl's dead body to Cybertron, Sari decides to stay, as she wants to learn more about her origins. When Bulkhead's energon farm hometown is targeted by Decepticons, he and Arcee decide to stay as well, both to defend his home and educate Sari about Cybertron. Sentinel takes advantage of Ultra Magnus's death (due to wounds inflicted by Shockwave) to become Magnus. Megatron is put on trial in the prison town of Kaon - unfortunately, Kaon is his hometown and he knows all its secrets, so he makes it break off from Cybertron and relocate to Earth using his trial as a distraction, and there is a spectacular prison break. Thus, Prime and his men, this time accompanied by Jazz (replacing Prowl) and Ironhide (replacing Bulkhead, and gaining an Earth mode similar to his movie form) return to Earth to stop him. Meanwhile, after being resurrected by Slipstream, Starscream seeks to regather his clones for yet ANOTHER attempt to otherthrow Megatron, and a mysterious figure subjects 2 newly constructed robots to the AllSpark's power.
- "Allspark-alypse Now!" - Sentinel has the the orginal team from Project Omega create something called the Powermaster upgrade, which makes him more powerful. He then travells to Earth with the intention of using the AllSpark to kill Megatron, as Prowl's ghost inhabits Cybertronians powered by AllSpark fragments, warning Optimus about the consequences of Sentinel's ideas. After unsuccessfully trying to reason with Sentinel, Optimus takes the Powermaster upgrade for himself, gaining the ability to combine with his trailer into a flying Autobot mode as big and as powerful as Megatron.
- "ARRRGHHH!" - When Prowl and Jazz reconstructed the AllSpark, Energon deposists were left behind in Detroit, and these deposits have been the overall theme of the season. Now the pirate Bludgeon comes to Earth with the intention of stealing the Energon.
- "S.T.E.A.M." - The Autobots are forced to save their detractors when the steampunk tool-using, anti-technological Luddites of "Save The Earth And Mankind" run afoul of Soundwave, who has returned (alongside Laserbeak, a recreated Ratbat and 4 new henchmechs - Buzzsaw, Rumble, Frenzy and Ravage) and joined Megatron's team.
- "Mirror, Mirror" - Bulkhead and Sari are caught in a Transwarp accident and enter a mirror universe with evil Autobots and heroic Decepticons.
- To further elaborate how this could go, in this one, Optimus was sent away because he was so dangerous and opportunistic that Ultra Magnus feared him, and Starscream's clones represent his honesty, his bravery, his humility, his assertiveness, and... a certain je ne sais quoi. Or, as a shout out to another Hasbro property, they could represent his honesty, his kindness, his generosity, his loyalty, and his good humor.
- Plus Evil Optimus Prime would have BW Megatron's voice.
- "Darkest Hour" - With Ultra Magnus offline, and the Autobots at a disadvantage, The Decepticons launch their biggest assault on Cybertron.
- "Attack of the Predacons" - Megatron finds Blackarachnia and recruits her to his cause again. Blackarachia finally accepts her organic mode, and decides she doesn't like taking orders, setting out on her own to try to create an army of Predacons.
- "The Trouble With Clones" - While searching for Skywarp and Thundercracker, Starscream, Slipstream, Sunstorm and Ramjet run into Swindle, who has a problem. Having been inspired by Sunstorm and Ramjet, he has created his own Starscream clones (he was the one who subjected the bodies to the AllSpark), Dirge and Thrust, to serve as bodyguards. Unfortunately, he has come to regret the act, as Dirge represents Starscream's greed and Thrust represents Starscream's envy, and they're driving him crazy. Having tried (and failed) to get them off his hands by any means nescessary, he's willing to sell them to Starscream - if the Seeker can tolerate them. Meanwhile, on their asteroid, Skywarp and Thundercracker find a strange blue cube, who claims to be an Autobot named Blurr.
- "We As Me" - After Megatron is rebuilt into a triple-changer, gaining a Cybertronian tank and jet mode, Blitzwing reflects on his past. It's revealed that he wasn't insane until Blackarachnia reformatted him into a triple-changer (apparently the technology's been perfected).
- "Gremlins in the Gears" - The Minicons who run Kaon disassemble all machinery in Detroit, while Ratchet and Fanzone have to stop it.
- "Rising Storm" - Starscream creates a new clone named Acidstorm, a greenish-brown mech who represents his anger.
- "It Came from Planet Cybertron" - Cosmos has an important message for Optimus, and comes to Earth to tell him. He loses his memory after scanning a prop flying saucer from a B-movie's set, and hi-jinks ensue.
- "The Origin of Sari Sumdac" - Sari's origins are revealed.
- "Turf War" - The Constructicons battle with the Decepticons over control of the Energon in Detroit.
- "Megatron Must Be Destroyed!" - The two-part series finale. Megatron's machinations threaten the entire planet. Optimus gathers as many allies as possible to defeat Megatron once and for all.
- Or, alternatively....
- "The Chaos Bringer" - Unicron reveals himself at last, and begins destroying Cybertron. The Autobots must find the wielder of the Matrix, Rodimus Prime...
- Geesh, what a hard act to follow, but here are some more new ideas to be played with for the nonexistent season 4.
- Growing Up: Sari mysteriously gains an overwhelming need for energy, culminating in her powering down. Bumblebee and Bulkhead decide to infuse her with raw energon to try to save her, resulting in her final upgrade to "Adult Sari mode": A mode with an adult Sari alternative mode, and a robot mode bigger than Bulkhead. (This is going of the WMG below about Sari growing into her true size)
- or alternatively: "Swiss Army Girl" - Sari finally feels she's ready to use her full arsenal of weapons again, and just in time. A trap sprung by Megatron has her reform the substitute Autobots in order to rescue her friends from impending doom.
- Brain Battle: Shockwave devises a plan to separate and destroy the autobots through deception, forcefields and cunning. When most of the team is captured, their only hope lies in...Professor Sumdac? (This would be an episode mostly run on Rule of Funny, but with the ultimate result of Professor Sumdac stepping up to save his daughter and the heroes.
- Politics and Pride: An argument between Optimus Prime and Sentinel Magnus leads to a final struggle between these two rivals, culminating with Sentinel Magnus being humbled by Optimus and finally starting to be less of a Jerkass.
- Omega Reforms: An episode revolving around Omega Supreme and his new role on Cybertron after the capture of Megatron.
- The Power of Bee: A bumblebee episode. Namely, the obligatory episode where the Kid-Appeal Character shows that he can protect the group, finally showing how far he's come as a character, and showing just how badass he really is now.
- Growing Up: Sari mysteriously gains an overwhelming need for energy, culminating in her powering down. Bumblebee and Bulkhead decide to infuse her with raw energon to try to save her, resulting in her final upgrade to "Adult Sari mode": A mode with an adult Sari alternative mode, and a robot mode bigger than Bulkhead. (This is going of the WMG below about Sari growing into her true size)
- Rescue Mission: The Elite Guard detect a signal beacon in a strange place: Through the Black Hole that Primal Major & his crew went through during the Great war! Sentinel sends some of the most expendable bots he knows: Team Optimus. They go through and end up in the "Unknown Locale" Blackarachnia ended up in at the end of "Predacons Rising" and find A gorilla, rat, rhino & a cheetah that can transform! Primal's crew took the alternate modes of local wildlife to survive the harsh conditions of the area. But Blackarachnia & Waspinator have conjured up an army of predacons! Terrorsaur, Scorponok, Inferno and Tarantulas (Tarantulas may have been created from CNA of one of Blackarachnia's "Associates" mainly because Tarantulas appeared in "Bots of Science".
- Pride and Predacons: One of the Predacons, Galvatron, escapes and creates a new Predacon army of Guiledart, Megastorm, BB, Saberback, Quickstrike, and Inferno, and attacks Detroit. However, the Maximals, along with new Maximals Heinrad and Airazor, send them all the way to Nebulan, where the fight continues.
- Or...
- Night Terror: After the Autobots return from Cybertron, they hear of multiple reports around Detroit about an owl-like robot. As the Autobots investigate, they discover the mysterious robot is a long lost Autobot techno-organic, Night Terror. But is Night Terror still a loyal Autobot, or has she become a Decepticon?
- Organic Shy: Ironhide, suffering mild psychological trauma from the events at the end of "Where Is Thy Sting", is sent by Rodimus Prime to (temporarily) join Optimus Prime's team on earth. Can the Earth Autobots help Ironhide get over his fear of organics? Will Bulkhead and Bumblebee forgive him for how he treated them in "Autoboot Camp"? Will they be able to rescue Captain Fanzone, Isaac Sumdac, and Sari from the Insecticons in time? Wait, WHAT?
- Out Of His Mind: using the Allspark, the Autobots revive Prowl, But something seems a bit... wrong with their friend.
- Shattered: During a space bridge accident, Bumblebee, Ironhide, Bulkhead, Optimus, Sari, Starscream and his clones get transported to a alternate universe where the Autobots are evil and the Decepticons are good. Will they ever get back to the right universe?
- Rise of Queen Chrysalis(parts 1 and 2) Ultra Magnus, Blurr and Yoketron have been revived, but soon some bots start behaving strangely. Investigating, they soon discover that the changeling Queen Chryasalis has come from another Universe, Equestria, and plans to take over Cybertron. Cue six brightly colored ponies falling out of a portal as the Autobots discuss what to do next. Can they reach Cybertron's own Elements of Harmony in time? will they be able to stop Queen Chrysalis?
- A Book By Its Cover: The Autobots meet a female Autobot seeker Named Firestorm. Can she be trusted? Sentinel certainly doesn't think so. Or does he?
- The Oncoming Storm (parts 1-2): As the Decepticons gather to take control of Cybertron with their new superweapon, the Autobots race to find a way to stop them.
- The Oncoming Storm wouldn't be the end of the series, just the season. and there would be episodes in between the ones here, I just couldn't think of them.
- Here's go nothing:
- Prison Break: Megatron, Blitzwing, Ramjet, Sunstorm, and Shockwave break out of prison. In the process, they are severely damaged, and taken to a remote part of space and set adrift, believed dead. They meet Unicron, who rebuilds Megatron as Galvatron, Ramjet as Scourge, Sunstorm as Cyclonus, Blitzwing as Blitzkrieg, and Shockwave as Shockblast. He also provides Scourge with the Sweeps, Cyclonus with an armada, and a transport. Meanwhile, Bumblebee and Bulkhead find out that Dirt Boss rebuilt himself as a bulldozer, renamed himslef Bonecrusher, and has recruited three other Constructicons: Scavenger, Hook, and Long Haul. They reveal they can combine, and become Devestator.
- Massacre: Galvatron attacks the neutral planet of Lithone and massacres civilians. One Lithonian, Kranix, is the only survivor. Meanwhile, Ironhide and Jazz join Optimus and his team on Earth, and Ironhide has a rough time adjusting to Earth.
- Bounty Hunter: Kranix, the last survivor of Lithone, becomes a bounty hunter. His first bounty: kill Sentinel Magnus. It fails miserably, and in a comical fashion. Meanwhile, Slipstream, disillusioned by Galvatron's insanity, finds Starscream's offline body and takes it to a remote planet. Now all she needs is an AllSpark Fragment...
- Autobot Air: A new team of Autobot Flyers is put under Optimus Prime's command. They are Silverbolt, Air Raid, Fireflight, Skydive, and Slingshot. Together, they are the Aerialbots, and they combine to form Superion. Which leads to a battle with Devestator in the streets of Detroit. And Captain Fanzone is NOT happy.
- Fixer-Upper: Bulkhead plays matchmaker for Bumblebee, and sets him up on a date with Lickety-Split, a waitress from Maccadam's Old Oil House. What happens with they hit it off and Sari gets jealous? Hilarity. And it's only the start of the Bumbebee/Lickety-Split ship.
- Carnage in G Major: Optimus and his team visit Cybertron, and it couldn't come at a worse time. Galvatron launches a crushing assault, killing most of the background characters. Sentinel Magnus and Optimus Prime finally make peace, and Sentinel sacrifices himself as Optimus and Rodimus Prime evacuate the survivors. Meanwhile, on the remote planet, Slipstream begins making a plan to steal an AllSpark fragment, and also begins building brand-new Starscream clones which she calls the Seekers.
- Earthbound, Part One: The survivors of the Cybertron Massacre (mainly made up of G1 Autobots, sans Prowl since he's dead) land on Earth and make a brand-new base on the outskirts of Detroit. Galvatron assumes control of Cybertron, but is very aware of what is going on back on Earth, so he leaves Shockblast in charge and takes a large contingent to Earth.
- Earthbound, Part Two: Galvatron and the Decepticons land on Earth and battle the Autobots somewhere in Kansas. Meanwhile, Slipstream takes advantage of the reduced security on Cybertron to steal an AllSpark Fragment and resurrect Starscream.
- Starscream Strikes Back: Slipstream resurrects Starscream, and confesses she never really hated him. She has an Asuka Complex (Try Not To Think About It Too Hard). Starscream becomes leader of the Renegade Decepticons and leads the charge on Athena. Most of the Autobots are killed, but Red Alert escapes to Earth.
- Destroy All Robots: Starscream and the Renegade Decepticons reveal themselves to the Imperial Decepticons. Galvatron, infuriated, tries to kill Starscream, but finds that he is invincible once more. What follows is a massive battle in which Ramjet and Sunstorm defect to the Renegade Decepticons.
- Triple the Threat: Blitzwing teams up with Astrotrain, an equally crazy Triple Changer, to usurp Galvatron, who they see as too mentally unstable to lead. This ends with them both being killed off, proving that Galavtron is a remorseless killer.
- The Rise of Bruticus: Swindle joins the Combaticons, who are trying to form Bruticus so they can take on Superion. They succeed after several failed attempts, and a big battle ensues.
- A Healing Moment: Wheeljack and Perceptor create a machine that can both make robots Techno-Organics, and also revert them back. A remorseful Blackarachnia comes forth, confesses her feelings to Optimus, and becomes wholly robotic again (and gets a brand-new form and color scheme close to her G1 form). Galvatron, wanting to break Optimus, tries to kill Elita One, but is taken aback by how swift she is. Eventually, Elita becomes second-in-command of the Autobots.
- Defensor: First Aid enlists a group of Autobots to reform the Protectobots. Through trials and tribulations, they combine to form Defensor, and team up with Superion to fight a Decepticon troop column advancing on St. Louis.
- Starscream's Triumph: A massive battle between the warring Decepticon factions sees Starsceam gain a more powerful form from Unicron in exchange for their remote planet (which is useless to Starscream now) after being hit at point-blank by Galvatron. With this new form, he obliterates Galvatron, spark and all, and the Decepticons are whole once more.
- Cold Delivery: Optimus Prime sends Cosmos to Cybertron to steal some Energon and evacuate Autobots still hiding from Decepticon enforcers, but is pursued back to Earth by Kranix.
- The Rebirth: The final battle between the Autobots and Decepticons see many of the characters you've come to know and love over the past season killed brutally and sadistically. In the end, Starscream and his loyalists are sent into hiding, but a new leader arises...the newly-resurrected Galvatron!
- Till All Are One: Unicron betrays Galvatron and starts eating Earth, but using the power of the Matrix of Leadership, Optimus Prime destroys Unicron and gets a new, more G1-accurate form (and the voice of Peter Cullen). Galvatron and his Decepticons are forced off of Earth, and Unicron's head remains in Earth orbit as a grisley second moon. And so ends Season 4. Season 5 will have Headmasters, Targetmasters, Powermasters, Brainmasters, and, most importantly, Headmaster Juniors (there's a whole Shuta Go/Minerva romance arc, even). Season 5 will be much darker, on top of that.
- This is just too fun to pass up, let me give it a go.
- "Rise Up": AKA, the obligatory Decepticon prison break. With each of the Decepticons kept in separate cells and maintained by separate guards (they're kept in stasis lock after all), Blitzwing is maintained by a naïve rookie guard. With much self control, Blitzwing maintains his "Icy" personality whenever the guard's around and comes off as a model prisoner. After some time and winning the guard's trust, Blitzwing fakes an internal injury and tricks the guard to undoing his stasis cuffs. Quickly switching to Hothead, Blitzwing overpowers his charge and steals his keys. As the Decepticons try to make their escape, Shockwave makes a terrible discovery. Trypticon Prison is so named because it holds the fabled Cyberbeast Trypticon. His AI was removed from his body to fully contain it. The Decepticons eventually find the AI and Megatron convinces Trypticon to serve him and become Decepticon in exchange for his freedom. Trypticon agrees, and the Decepticons take the AI. Plugging Trypticon into a deactivated maximum security prison transport, the Decepticons make their escape, as Megatron christens their new vessel the Nemesis.
- "A Spider's Web": On the planet Blackarachnia and Waspinator landed on, the duo are discovered by an Autobot researcher, who is able to patch the two back up in his labs. Unlike most Autobots, the biologist is fascinated with organic creatures, though Blackarachnia finds him overall disturbing. As the two share a little bit of their histories, the scientist offers to try and give Blackarachnia back her old life as Elita-1. Back on Cybertron, Optimus and his crew are contacted about anomalous trans-warp signatures on the last known siting of an Autobot madman who had butchered his entire research team in the name of scientific study. As the Autobots make it to this organic world, the scientist and Waspinator, who likes his new body, are working on a complex machine to purge the organic compound from their patient. As she goes into the pod, the scientist places a live tarantula into a small capsule on his computer with a chuckle. The Autobots discover the research lab, and while Waspinator fights the intruders off, the madman steps into a second pod built beside Blackarachnia's. After the Autobots manage to get the upper hand on Waspinator, the first pod opens and a fully restored Elita-1 stumbles out into Optimus' arms. The tender moment is short lived, as the second pod opens to the sound of maniacal laughter. The Mad Scientist had transplanted Blackarachnia's technorganic composition, with some modifications, into himself. Now declaring himself Tarantulas, he and Waspinator make their escape from the world. As the Autobots return to Cybertron with Elita-1 in tow, Tarantulas and Waspinator can be seen in the city's alleys, with the scientist chuckling at his plans to create more magnificent creatures in their image.
- Has anyone pitched a flashback episode about Perceptor & what exactly drove him to delete his personality yet?
- Scenes of Sentinel and Jazz together would be awkward since Sentinel would be steamed that Jazz chose to join Team Prime.
- Okay, let me try.
- Trial of Megatron: Three-part season premiere/movie. Sari wants to learn more about her origins, Sentinel tries to become Magnus, Bulkhead's hometown is targeted by Decepticons, Megatron relocates Kaon to Earth using his trial as a distraction, and there is a spectacular prison break.
- Allspark-alypse Now!: Sentinel comes to Earth and intends to use the All Spark to kill Megatron and the other Decepticons; meanwhile, Prowl's ghost inhabits Cybertronians empowered by All Spark fragments, warning Optimus about the consequences of the current Magnus’s ideas.
- Mirror, Mirror: Bulkhead and Sari enter a mirror universe with evil Autobots and heroic Decepticons.
- Wayward Sparks: Starscream returns to life through an hidden body of his. Meanwhile Optimus and the others are called back to Cybertron to investigate the very recent theft of Sentinel’s flagship, only for everyone to learn that Megatron is still within Trypticon!
- Secrets: Ratchet must forget his bonds when he learns that his former mentor Trepan is a Neo-Functionist who wants to force his perspective on all the Decepticons!
- Actions: After the mysterious injury of Trepan, a new Medic named Minerva arrives to apprentice under Ratchet-only for the Doc to be missing. Now Minerva and the Bots have to scramble to stop the Decepticon Justice Division before they level the planet!
- Consequences: With Jazz and Minerva joining the Earth Autobots full-time, there is grief and reflection on how much has been lost, causing Optimus to have the team take some time off. But instead, Sari and Minerva investigate the rumors of Sentinel’s missing flagship being spotted near Earth.
- It Came from Planet Cybertron: An Autobot with an important message for Optimus comes to Earth, scans a flying saucer from a cheesy B-movie set, then suffers a memory loss and comes to believe he really is an alien invader. Hilarity ensues.
- Ancient History: A derelict ship crashes in the lake, and Megazarak and the Neo-Destrons emerge. But Megazarak claims to have no interest in fighting, and instead comes with a dire warning for the Earth Autobots.
- Afterlight, parts 1 and 2: Two-parter detailing Megatron and Megazarak’s backstories. A pair of Split-Spark MTO’s are separated after creation, and their paths in life would shake the galaxy.
- Glimmers: With Optimus’s injury and the Earth Autobots’ alliance with Megazarak firmly established, Sari must step up to lead the team. And just in time, too: there are whispers that a mysterious evil who predates even the first Autobot civilization is returning to wreak vengeance upon the Galaxy.
- Lost Light (2-parter): Sentinel’s Flagship arrives in Earth orbit, staffed by the missing Autobots-and, surprisingly, Megatron. Among the reunions is an unexpected reveal: Rodimus and his former Autobot crew are now neutrals!
- SEASON FINALE: Seeds of the Future. Can the combined might of the Earth Autobots, Decepticons, Neo-Destrons, and the Lost Light fight back against the alliance of the Quintessons and Sentinel Magnus? And why are Rodimus and Megatron getting flashes of a ruined Cybertron, and a strange planet attempting to consume it?
- (The Big Reveal of "Seeds of the Future" is that Galvatron is orchestrating everything from the Dark Future shown in the scrapped episode "Bumble Prime"-and that the two canon outlines for Season 4 were his past victories. Now, with Megatron on the Lost Light and moving away from being completely evil, Galvatron has decided to step in personally and ensue his own rise-or conquer the world of the past.)
- Futurama: The high priest of Primus is Preacherbot (Bow DOWN to Vectoh Sigmuh, he who COMPUTES the WILL of Puh-rimus!). Decimus Quadrillions, wealthy head of the Commerce Guild, is Hedonismbot. Protoform X is Roberto.
- Star Wars: Tracks, a fussy uptight robot, finds himself constantly partnered up with adorable astro droid Cosmos.
- Sentinel would have gotten himself a yesbot whose armor is mostly white and who has bunny ears. Uh, moth antennae, excuse me.
- Thunderbirds/Team Fortress 2/ Somehow both: The Wreckers (in their vehicle and robot modes). For bonus points they're led by a female administrator who becomes a pink Rolls-Royce.
- The Beast Era: Meltdown would become this universe's Tarantulas in all but name, mutating into a big spider form and going full on Mad Scientist (more so, I mean). Lugnut would become Obsidian (presumably the same way Skywarp becomes Cyclonus). Nightscream as a female Cyber-Ninja who dishonors Yoketron's dojo, forcing Jazz to stand up to her.
- Charlie's Angels: An episode involving Arcee, Chromia, and Flareup teaming up for a mission. Chosen by Alpha Trion, and probably Wheeljack assisting them.
- However, if this is true, then Sari cannot also be the clone of Dr. Sumdac's dead wife, as the logical ultimate result of both facts being true — that a gargantuan, naked Sari/Bumblebee will eventually turn everyone on Earth into Tang — is too horrifying to contemplate.
- "Too Horrifying to contemplate" sums up about half of Kiss Players, if not more.
- Hey, it could happen! Think of it: all Transformers' sparks are said to be fragments of Primus' own (in the Marvel comic.) The Allspark is where sparks come from and return to in several series, and is the source of all Transformer life in series where it's a physical object. And what has been the Autobot rallying cry for some time? 'Until all are one.' What if they don't know what it really means? Rei/Sari will be used to gather all life-forces together, robotic and organic (which is why she had to be a technorganic.) into the whole that is Primus. Hence, 'until all are one.' The physical Allspark is basically Adam. If ever it's whole again, and Sari comes into contact with it...! Be Careful What You Wish For, Autobots - and humans, too, perhaps.
- I don't see the Neon Genesis Evangelion thing happening, but Sari and Bumblebee forming a relationship...well, now that she's aged to her teen years, and has the ability to become a robot, it's more than likely. All she has to do is grow to Bumblebee's size, and problem solved.
- They don't even need to wait for her to grow. After all, Human Error showed Bumblebee to be roughly her mental age anyway.
- But how would they...interface?
- Hey, it could happen! Think of it: all Transformers' sparks are said to be fragments of Primus' own (in the Marvel comic.) The Allspark is where sparks come from and return to in several series, and is the source of all Transformer life in series where it's a physical object. And what has been the Autobot rallying cry for some time? 'Until all are one.' What if they don't know what it really means? Rei/Sari will be used to gather all life-forces together, robotic and organic (which is why she had to be a technorganic.) into the whole that is Primus. Hence, 'until all are one.' The physical Allspark is basically Adam. If ever it's whole again, and Sari comes into contact with it...! Be Careful What You Wish For, Autobots - and humans, too, perhaps.
- Alternatively, he's just holding on to it so the Autobots don't get it.
- According to the Allspark Almanac 2, he did manage to acquire one... Which accidentally got jammed into his limo's dashboard by accident, which became the villainous Decepticon Stretch.
- Are... you sure you're not thinking about Shockwave rather than Soundwave? Anyway, in Animated both Soundwave and Shockwave are completely loyal to Megatron.
- Actually, this Soundwave isn't as loyal as say, Shockwave or Lugnut so far.
- Soundwave may not be as fanatical as his G1 counterpart, but he never seemed treacherous like Starscream. Soundwave just wants a robot revolution; something Megatron can help with.
- Actually, this Soundwave isn't as loyal as say, Shockwave or Lugnut so far.
- The description for the fifth episode of Season 3, "Five Servos of Doom" is "Sentinel has incredible success capturing fugitive Decepticons, leading Prowl to suspect he's getting help." Out of context, whoohoo!
- He's shown no signs of wanting to kill Ultra Magnus and take over, he's just got a big ego. (Okay, galaxy-sized ego.)
- Alternate but similar take: Sentinel will be one of Blackarachnia's new Predacons. Not a Beast Wars fan, so I don't know if any of the originals fit his personality, but it would be a brilliant way to take him down a peg.
- Another alternate but similar take: Sentinel freaks out over discovering Sari is techno-organic, but is either banished for overreacting or hides it until he can "save" his fellow Autobots from the abomination in their midst. At some point he encounters Soundwave, who is surprised to learn that some Autobots hold the same contempt for humans that he does. Together, they decide to save Cybertron from its own tolerance, by forming a third faction: the Vehicons (and Sentinel renames himself Tankor).
- However, a year and a half after the show ended Word of God says She was never going to be an Autobot again and probably go on to create her own army of Predacons. Yes the shippers are pissed considering quite a few think her characterization in earlier episodes (strongly pointed to her redemption) was tossed out the window just so the show could get their army of Beast Wars homages.
- Not becoming an Autobot again doesn't mean the same thing as not acheiving redemption. Considering the distaste that the Autobots demonstrate towards organics it's possible that a reformed Blackarachnia might choose to not return to Cybertron but instead find another planet to settle on with her newly created Predacons to keep her company.
- By the end of Season 3, part of this has already happened. Fortunately Prowl may very well be in there too...
- The Aftermath Series over yonder is all about this WMG, but it doesn't actually say so until Running Out of Time.
- Add some Haruhi-powered Laser-Guided Amnesia and shapeshifting, and we're done.
- Combining a Headmaster and a forklift with an AllSpark shard creates a robot that is little more than a head with arms and legs, which takes over other robots with drills. And now Masterson's going to need to build a new one if he wants to get back in the game.
- And consider the case of Wasp. An innocent bot imprisoned as a traitor for decades, and by the time he escaped, he was completely insane and clearly damaged by his time in Autobot prison.
- Also, note the way individual Autobots treat some of their various enemies: Lockdown had his various stolen "upgrades" ripped out by Ratchet, the Transformer equivalent of surgery without anesthetic; Nanosec was run into old age by Bumblebee; and Swindle was left conscious but forever paralyzed, and was taken by Fanzone to be stripped for parts — while the Autobots watched and did nothing. And all of this without any of the other Autobots batting an eye. Prime and his crew may be trying to be heroic and noble, but let's face it, these are not inherently nice people.
- Not to mention that when Professor Sumdac was going to melt down the Dinobots, Optimus Prime supported the decision. Admittedly, he didn't realize the Dinobots were sentient, but he didn't seem to be looking very hard — Prowl noticed, after all.
- Plus, Megatron uses the phrases "Reclaim" and "take back" when referring to Cybertron. Scattered across the galaxy after the implied Cybertronian civil war, they're effectively an oppressed underclass deprived of their planet.
- And there's also the way that the Decepticon's treat their fallen heroes. Megatron is given a funeral and a statue dedicated to his works. Omega Supreme, the guy who helped the Autobots win the war, gets turned into a transport ship for a bunch of Autobot Academy flunk outs who are basically glorified repair men. Wow...way to treat your dead, guys.
- In season three we find out that Ratchet was his guide/pilot during the war and that Omega wasn't necessarily "dead" the but in a "modified stasis" they hoped they could get him out of. They probably had him used that way because they wanted Ratchet and Omega to be close to each other.
- The Autobots purposely created Omega Supreme as a simple minded weapon of mass destruction for killing Decepticons en masse. Roughly, he's the equivalent of a human child, and we know he's traumatized by being forced to kill.
- Megatron's "Decepticons! Transform and rise up!" seems literal, since they can all fly, but could also reference some social mobility kind of thing.
- Autobots don't seem to care much for their own people. They're perfectly willing to chop up the brain of a bot with amnesia for information (Arcee) if it means making Cybertron Autobot-only.
- Plus there's the fact that Sentinel Prime, far from being just a jerk, is perfectly willing to work with Lockdown, a sociopathic monster who butchers his victims to get high off their upgrades. Not so different from the 'Cons.
- Raksha was Right. I'm getting that put on a T shirt.
- The one point unambiguously in the Autobots' favor is that they have about six members that are capable of overcoming their anti-organic racism and regarding them as people. Not saying much for the Great Autobot Machine.
- In accordance with that theory, Megatron is actually working directly for Ultra Magnus to provide a resistance force that is controlled by the dictatorship. Think about it: when Lugnut and Blitzwing first arrive on Earth, they mop the floor with the Autobots. When Megatron is brought back to full functionality and begins commanding them again, they're never used with as much strategic effectiveness again. None of Megatron's plans ever put Cybertron itself in real danger, just stations at the edge of the galaxy, or backwoods planets like Earth. And Ultra Magnus, knowing Megatron is on Earth, just leaves him there for Optimus to deal with. Likewise, Sentinel Prime doesn't find Shockwave's lair despite having the entire Elite Guard at his disposal, but Ratchet finds it almost immediately. But Ultra Magnus makes sure to secure Starscream, an actual Decepticon, and places a huge bounty on his head when he escapes. Why? Because Starscream isn't in on Magnus's plan. By organizing the Decepticon "uprising" himself, Magnus not only diverts attention from the Elite Guard's own activities, but puts otherwise dangerous threats to his authority (Shockwave, Strika, Starscream) under his own, indirect control. Kind of like 1984? No, exactly like 1984.
- Alternatively, she's his competence. She is the first and only Decepticon to figure out an effective way of attacking Omega Supreme, and the first to realize that Starscream is a horrible leader, yet she didn't just take command herself.
- Another possibility is that she represents his traitorous side. She sided with Megatron as soon as he gained the upper hand on Starscream. The reason she refused to say which side of his personality she represented was that, if Starscream knew she was his traitorous side, he'd have her slagged, or at least mistrust her and make her own betrayal harder. Furthermore, how the hell can you have five robots, each embodying an aspect of Starscream's personality, and not have any of them being a traitor?
- Personally, I'm of the opinion that the traitor-ness is evenly distributed among all five clones, there being too much to condense into one.
- Yet another possibility is that she represents his sarcastic/snarky side. After all, everything she says is a cutting remark about Starscream's personality and/or skills.
- Considering how much she belittles and mocks the original Starscream, she could be his self-hatred.
- This one has apparently been Jossed.
- Links, please?
- Or his defiance, which is why she manifests as female — she rejected Starscream's original form, but could only modify things so much.
- And, of course, there's the obvious answer. His feminine side.
- I suggest that she represents whatever the transformer version of gayngst is. A mix of Starscream's self-hate and obsession with Megatron. This would explain her irrational hostility to him and quickness to side with Megatron.
- I think she represents his bad attitude.
- Well you can't have a Transformer cartoon without that happening.
- Alternately, a character will become Galvatron, but it won't be Megatron. Starscream, maybe?
- Supported by a comment in this interview, where the lead character designer (who often decides what character to use based on a role required by the writers) states that his favorite characters were Swindle, Ratbat, Galvatron, and Waspinator, and that he managed to work three-quarters of them into the show. Wasp(inator) and Swindle are already in the show, so unless Wyatt was mistaken when he said that, Galvy has a one-in-two chance of showing up.
- Now it's been confirmed that he meant Ratbat.
- One possibility is that Starscream will pledge loyalty to Unicron(or something) in exchange for a new body, only for Unicron to give him Megatron's body (With Meg's consciousness still in it), turning him into Galvatron. Galvy assumes leadership over the Decepticons while claiming to be a reincarnation of Megatron, but will suffer from insanity brought on by the struggle between his (dominant) Starscream persona and his (subconscious) Megatron persona.
- Cyclonus is a member of Strika's team, and his Almanac entry hints that he's from a future where Galvatron is active. It also implies that he's made from coward-Starscream. This doesn't prove who Galvatron is, since coward-Starscream would follow either 'scream or Megatron.
- Note that the Marvel Transformers comics started out as part of the Marvel Universe, only drifting apart later.
- Superheroes are Canon as of issue 2 of The Arrival, in which a superhero known as The Wraith appears. A descendant of the Titans?
- Has anybody ever metioned The Spectacular Spiderman? What about that?
- Mild evidence: At the beginning of the first episode, Optimus Prime is watching "historical records" that are actually footage from the original cartoon.
- No, it's a parallel version of the Beast Wars universe, and Animated Prime is the alternate Primal. Think about it- both Tf A and BW take place in the future (okay, the latter starts in the future), the main character is a fresh-faced inexperienced young Prime...
- Let's see - looks human but isn't. Check. Crazy mysterious powers, maybe. Check. Built from following the blueprints of wholly mechanical beings. Check. All this has happened before, and will happen again...
- Who says that only Cybertronians get to have a living, self-aware planet?
- If that means the Autobots get to summon Captain Planet, I'm sold.
- This was actually considered. In the Allspark Almanac II, there are test drawings for Powermaster Optimus Prime, which would combine with "a Minicon" to activate the armor. Having the "Minicon" turn out to be a Sari toy would make a lot of sense.
- The Almanac said that Sentinel was planning on creating a Powermaster. If it turns out to be Sari, you can bet she wouldn't link up with him willingly. Moral Event Horizon for our big blue Jerkass?
- This was actually considered. In the Allspark Almanac II, there are test drawings for Powermaster Optimus Prime, which would combine with "a Minicon" to activate the armor. Having the "Minicon" turn out to be a Sari toy would make a lot of sense.
- Just so he can get incinerated anyway.
- If he's gone crazy and starts threatening to stab people in the back, he'll make a good replacement for Starscream.
- The Enrichment Center would like to remind you that the Weighted Companion Cube will never threaten to stab you and, in fact, cannot speak. In the event that the Companion Cube does speak, the Enrichment Center encourages you to disregard its advice.
- Especially if it tells you to buy Micro Machines.
- The Enrichment Center would like to remind you that the Weighted Companion Cube will never threaten to stab you and, in fact, cannot speak. In the event that the Companion Cube does speak, the Enrichment Center encourages you to disregard its advice.
- And, naturally, Dirt Boss will be the head, since: A.) he's the leader, B.) he's too small to form anything else, and C.) he used to be a Headmaster Unit, so it would probably come naturally to him.
- Apparently there's concept art floating around of Mix in his cement mixer mode with the rear of the truck up in the air, almost as though it were a leg...
- Fits with how the Autobots generally treat their dead/offline.
- This is supported by "This is Why I Hate Machines." The fact that Omega Supreme wasn't scrapped has been kept secret, even from high-ranking Autobots such as Sentinel Prime. Clearly, Ultra Magnus is up to something.
- The space bridge repair schedule was of course set to include the rock Prowl was meditating on. Who knows how many other elite fighters they might have picked up if they hadn't hit that AllSpark/destiny snag first.
- Sounds pretty likely, but keep in mind that all of the crew were pretty well known failures. Optimus got dishonorably discharged, Prowl lost a huge cache of Cybertron's most valuable resources and brought dishonor on his dojo, and Bumblebee and Bulkhead had to drop out of Boot Camp (which I don't think is the same as the Academy) after almost killing the sergeant by accident.
- Prowl joined through circumstances outside Ultra Magnus' control, but Optimus and the others? Well in the Endgame flashbacks it seemed like Magnus didn't want to punish Optimus, he may have known, or at least suspected, the truth of the incident, but had to because Optimus took the blame. As for Bee and Bulkhead, well Cliffjumper may well have been keeping an eye on Sentinel for Magnus, and a bot like Bulkhead who could take down a building by mistake, and someone like Bumblebee who was willing to tank his career to save Bulkhead from Sentinel... they could well be seen as useful for a team to protect Omega. Also while Prowl, Bee and Bulk didn't know about Omega, lines in the pilot and the season 2 finale suggest Optimus might...
- Brave, noble leader with a buff build.
- Big, dumb-but-loveable lummox voiced by Bill Fagerbakke.
- Slim Lancer voiced by Jeff Bennett.
- Old, battle-scarred veteran as second-in-command, with a beer gut.
- Little guy with a love of technology.
- Female human sidekick of an ethnic minority, who helps explain things about modern human society to the other heroes. Becomes the same kind of non-human being as the others at some point. Also has a close family member who gets used for evil-doing by one of the villains.
- Does that mean that Ratchet is Bulkhead's father?
- So wait is Porter C Powell Xanatos then? And I guess Blackarachnia would be Demona.
- Naw, Xanatos was never as whiny as Powell was. I'd say Megatron fits the bill a bit better. Meltdown has gotta be Macbeth, though.
- I think Macbeth could sue for libel after that comment...if he were y'know alive. And real.
- If Megatron is Xanatos does that make Shockwave his "Fox"? The mental images...
- Who said they were only 'mental' images?
- In the words of the Tenth Doctor: STOP IT!
- Lugnut's jealousy makes even more sense now!
- And the mass-shifting...
- This tropers inner Yaoi fangirl is cackling away right now
- I guess the SUV are the Quarrymen then?
- Bulkhead/Red Alert is bound to happen if this keeps up.
- This means Blackarachnia fits the bill for Demona as the lost love of the leader who falls to the dark side.
- All this needs now is a Transformers version of the Gargoyles Opening Narration. And here it is:
- One million years ago, transformations and the blaster ruled.It was a time of darkness. It was a world of fear.It was the age of autobots.Vehicles by day, soldiers by night,We were betrayed by the decepticons we had sworn to protect,frozen in stasis lock by an energon surge for a million years.Now, here in Detroit, the stasis is broken, AND WE TRANSFORM AGAIN!We are defenders of the road!We are AUTOBOTS!
- Someone has got to turn this into a fanfic! I know I'd read it.
- Ladies, gentlemen, I give you the origin of sparks. They're made out of Gargoyle souls. (Fridge Horror in there somewhere).
- "Five Servos of Doom"? Is that you?
- Maximum Tou Long, Surely?
- Ratchet already reattached his EMP generator (after having it since less than halfway through season 1), if that counts.
- And now Prime has a Jet Pack. So that's everyone but Bulkhead.
- Optimus can't deal with that right now!
- So he would be Optimus Magnus?
- "Me Optimus not Magnus! Me Optimus Prime!"
- Trukk Not Magnus!
- It's not impossible; Lockdown was an Autobot protoform himself, but he was so rotten that he became an Unaligned Cybertronian after abandoning Yoketron's academy. And, despite Lugnut's disgust for his mercenary ways, he works for Megatron and other Decepticons often enough to be considered a Decepticon in at least an honorary format.
- My theory for defection? They wouldn't give him flight tech, and it remained a sore point. Also they tried to kill him via an unwinnable suicide mission at some point, but that's just a detail.
- Then why do they have teachers like Arcee? Or are "teachers" in charge of programming protoforms? Also, YMMV, but Fridge Horror- how soon after being protoformed did Bumblebee and presumably others wind up enlisting in a corrupt military?
- Conclusion: Next time we see Blackarachnia, she will be the four-million-year-old Queen Of The Spider-Moles and rise up to conquer the surface world, moments ahead of her bitterest enemy, the all-consuming Wasp Swarm.
- Well, the Jet Twins KIND OF fill this role already, but if there was an actual clone... Animated Skyfire, perhaps?
- Perhaps Skyfire could be his scientific prowess, tired of his other personality traits getting in the way of Starscream's scientific expertise.
- "Me Grimlock no bozo, me cop!"
- The Predacons originally were a subgroup of the Decepticons in G1.
- Which could be both hilarious and awesome, if taken to its logical limits. If her alternate form were in scale with the other technorganics, she'd be about the size of Omega Supreme.
- Implied to somewhat true in "This is Why I Hate Machines". While probing Arcee's already damaged circuits for Omega's codes, processor was seemingly irreparably damaged prior to Rachet's examination.
- Well, Ratchet was the one who hit her with the EMP.
- Alternatively, he just took the credit for someone else's heroic deed.
- Smart money's on Optimus being that "someone else." Hell, it wouldn't be surprising if it also involved how he was kicked out of the Elite Guard in the first place. (P.S. That's canon.)
- Or maybe he's a star at administration work. He's definitely a paper tiger, but he could have been promoted for being a really good paper tiger.
- Alternatively, he was three different transformers to begin with (brothers, maybe?) that were fused together. Either one of them didn't have an alt-mode, or had one very similar to that of one of the others.
- Further evidence is that All There in the Manual shows that while Blackarachnia was operating on him to turn him into a Triple-Changer, she has his Hothead and Random faceplates laid out on the side while his body has the Icy faceplate.
- Looking jossed.
- We can tell her arms and legs aren't due to articulation points being clearly visible- on the sleeves, meaning her "shirt" is probably a part of her body now. Her hands look organic, but organics doesn't unfold like that (not without much bleeding, anyway). Also, note that when she transforms, most of her body shifts a bit, but her head is simply covered up by a helmet and mask that extend.
- She probably still has traces of organics elsewhere in the form of neural pathways instead of wires (her comments and the head thing indicate a brain, which works best with organic wiring), and a semi-vestigial gastrointestinal tract (she can still eat human food so we know she can still digest; semi-vestigial because energy blasts imply that she probably requires energon now, as her calorie requirement would be off the charts otherwise, and they wouldn't miss a Big Eater joke like that).
- Don't we wish.
- As "Endgame" showed, creating new Transformers requires blank protoforms and a spark, and what better way to generate new sparks than the All Spark itself?
- Probably jossed. All There in the Manual implies Blackarachnia installed his personality faces herself, so if there was more beyond the three we saw, she would've told everyone.
- Along those lines, she might be the one to break Megatron and the other Decepticons out. After all, they've got her consort in there too...
- Seems to be confirmed with the ending of "The Stunticon Job" and information from All There in the Manual, in which she and her team break out Megatron and co.
- Alternative theory; Starscream's own Spark will reemerge from the All-Spark, perhaps rendering him a ghost as an even more direct Mythology Gag of his G1 fate, perhaps leaving him an immortal yet disembodied Spark, as a Beast Wars gag.
- Possibly jossed if the deleted scene with Slipstream is canon.
- Or possibly Vector Sigma. Considering that the key is virtually identical in function to Vector Sigma and the key to him.
- And soon, very soon, Primus will tell her the real reason she was created...to defeat the biggest menace to Cybertron and Earth alike... a being known as Unicron.
- If there's a relation, it won't be major because Word of God is that Primus and Unicron wouldn't have been involved in the plot of Animated. Despite that, it's been heavily hinted that Cyclonus was created by Unicron, but it isn't a major plot point.
- Though this could lead to some awkward revelations when she's trying to fix the toaster. (Wait, you mean you don't like things dark brown? What do you mean I have bad taste in bread?)
- She is even shown going to Cybertron for the victory celebration. Its possible, perhaps likely, that she said goodbye to Isaac before leaving, and doesn't plan on returning to Earth anytime soon.
- She would be a good candidate for Earth's ambassador to Cybertron. Since she's a Cybertronian raised on Earth, she is equally connected to both.
- This is another plot development which would have occurred in Season 4. Sari and Bulkhead would have remained behind on Cybertron, with Ironhide taking Bulkhead's place as The Big Guy and Jazz taking Prowl's place. Further Season 4 information reveals that Sari and Bulkhead would've returned to Earth, however, but it isn't indicated if they permanently went back to Earth.
- Starscream may be in the same boat, only instead of serving as a mentor he'll appear as a ghost to mock Megatron at every oppurtunity. Megs will have to tolerate Starscream being around because he can't do anything about it.
- Confirmed. "Allspark-alypse Now" is a Season 4 episode where Prowl's ghost would've warned Optimus about Sentinel. There's no information about Starscream, however.
- Jossed, in the case of Slipstream, Word of God says that Starscream used his AllSpark fragment to create sparks for his clones.
- Huh? Slipstream would've been revealed to have survived in a deleted scene according to All There in the Manual, even though she had an Allspark fragment.
- Also, the line about not being able to get enough fragments suggests that there are *plenty* still out there... he didn't even say he got almost all of them. Also, being brought to life by a fragment doesn't necessarily mean one is physically present.
- Confirmation status: Slipstream might be fine if the deleted scene of her reviving Starscream with her fragment means anything; the Constructicons would've returned for Season 4; There was a deleted scene of Wreck-Gar's response to his Allspark fragment being pulled out according to All There in the Manual, but it isn't clear if he survived or not.
- She and Strika will plunder Cybertron together before stealing the credit at the last second.
- Jossed. According to All There in the Manual, she becomes the leader of her own group of Decepticons, but she and her group choose to defend Earth against Megatron in the series finale. Why they chose to do that is currently unknown.
- Makes ZERO sense in the context of the series. Starscream sports a brand yet he constantly ries to kill Megatron. If Megatron was mind controlling them all they'd be blindly loyal to him. And the brands themselves are purely physical, as we see when the Constructicons are branded...there's no tech element to them.
- Transformers are littered with Sufficently Advanced Technology. The brand could be installing hardware into them or connecting to their processors wirelessly and overriding them or anything. And the Beast Wars shell programs aren't 100% certain either, Blackarachnia was the only Predacon reprogrammed from a Maximal protoform, yet she turned against both Tarantulas and Megatron. Most likely, the Decepticon Shell Program instills the qualities most desired in a decepticon, such as self-interest and a lust for combat.
- Makes ZERO sense in the context of the series. Starscream sports a brand yet he constantly ries to kill Megatron. If Megatron was mind controlling them all they'd be blindly loyal to him. And the brands themselves are purely physical, as we see when the Constructicons are branded...there's no tech element to them.
- Unfortunately, the events of "Predacons Rising" seemed to make him snap even harder.
- I have a similar explanation: Sentinel and Elita-One were clearly involved in “Along Came a Spider.” Sentinel was devastated at her supposed “death”, and tells Optimus that it’s his fault. This explains why he hates, at the very least very strongly resents, Optimus.
- But then why do they have colours?
- They don't realize they do.
- Jossed as of "Where is thy sting?" Bumblebee (in Wasp's body) tries painting himself yellow.
- Alternatively, the colours don't exist in-universe. They're only there so that we viewers can tell them apart.
- So how come Prowl figures out that it's Ramjet at the stadium? Think about this. In the s2 finale, Thundercracker and Skywarp disappeared very early in the battle. Slipstream is physically different to the others outside of colours. So of the two left - (Sunstorm and Ramjet) - he knows their personality traits. Look at Sunstorm's dialogue when Sentinel "captures" him - Prowl knows that the sycophant is in custody now, and that the liar is still at large. So when he comes to the stadium, he knows it's Ramjet.
- Way ahead of you (see above). Though actually we don't know they know about each other. Depends how much space there is in there, among other things...
- Sideways, a decepticon mad scientist, will help her develop a new, more barbaric (and more efficient) method of reformatting which she will then use on him, reformatting him into Tarantulas.
- Lio Prime and his crew stumble upon her evil scheme, but she reformats them into mindless brutes. Only by breaking the mental bonds holding him down is Lio Prime able to transform and transcend, thus freeing his comrades.
- Including Rattletrap.
- What about Waspinator?
- Sideways? Jhiaxus. Now, Sideways could pretend to be a new Autobot/Decepticon/most likely both but his true alliance be to someone else. He's gotta remain a symbol-changing double agent... and we know that whatever continuity he appears in, he's up to something and not what he seems, but never what his real plan is until he's ready.
- In a shout-out to this◊ comic. Pleasant dreams, young Transfans!
- Well, not like that. Too disturbing. If they DO come back, though, you can bet it won't be in their original bodies. New names are optional.
- He had to have come from somewhere, right? However, the shapeshifters were hated and feared by the other Cybertronians, and would be a very dangerous enemy if they were to join the Decepticons, so the Autobot Council had the Elite Guard destroy them all. Or at least they tried to. His people left Cybertronian space before the attack, to found an oppressive empire to get back at those who persecuted them and bring order to the galaxy. Shockwave stayed behind either to help an ally who aided his people, or because he's actually a triple agent.
- To go along with this, perhaps he has a sibling and/or a master... named Sixshot.
- This theory fits with how lousy the Autobots are generally shown as being.
- His fluidity could be the result of experimentation, maybe of the same sort that made Blitzwing a Triple Changer.
- He became a Decepticon either to escape from being Perceptor and Wheeljack's latest lab rat (those enhanced shapeshifting powers of his are rare if not entirely unique), or for revenge for the mentioned attempted genocide in the WMG above.
- Consider, Protoforms are esstentially Cybertronian embryos. They can copy existing Cybertronian and human genetic material and duplicate it, as seen with Sari and Starscream's clones; much like how stem cells are blanks which can mimic whatever they are lain next to. However, when Prowl tries to put the spark of his sensei into an existing protoform to save his master's life, he is rebuked for it and is told that he musn't sacrfice new life to preserve the old. In which case, the writing staff may come across as a little anti-stem cell research-y.
- The difference is, its possible to create stem cells without actually destroying what would be a life- such is simply a misconception due to the materials used. Whereas a protoform is essentially a baby.
- We know that G1 Ultra Magnus shied away from leadership positions, even hesitant to accept the Matrix of Leadership from Optimus Prime. The creators of the show included a lot of references to G1 in Animated, including some personality traits, so it stands to reason that Animated Ultra Magnus would rather avoid leadership positions as well.
- My theory is this: When Ultra Magnus was selected as successor to the previous Magnus, he either felt so much respect for him or was such close friends with him that he felt he couldn't say no, and that same sense of obligation made him decide to keep the position as long as he was capable. Eventually Sentinel did something (see WMG titled 'Sentinel Prime Used to be Capable') that put him in the Council's good books, leading them to pressure Ultra Magnus into naming Sentinel his successor. Truth be told, he doesn't feel Sentinel is right for the job, so he now feels obligated to stay on as Magnus until he can talk the Council into letting him choose a different successor.
- This could explain why Ultra Magnus seems so detached or irritated most of the time; he has to deal with people he doesn?t like in a job he doesn't want but can't get out of, and just wants to get things over with as quickly and efficiently as possible.
- "I can't deal with that right now!"
- Possibly he really wants Optimus as his successor, but can't have him since he was discharged from the Academy. He's just waiting for Optimus to redeem himself so he can be reinstated. He tries not to help Optimus much so that no one accuses him of playing favorites; Optimus needs to earn the position himself so no one will question it.
- My theory is this: When Ultra Magnus was selected as successor to the previous Magnus, he either felt so much respect for him or was such close friends with him that he felt he couldn't say no, and that same sense of obligation made him decide to keep the position as long as he was capable. Eventually Sentinel did something (see WMG titled 'Sentinel Prime Used to be Capable') that put him in the Council's good books, leading them to pressure Ultra Magnus into naming Sentinel his successor. Truth be told, he doesn't feel Sentinel is right for the job, so he now feels obligated to stay on as Magnus until he can talk the Council into letting him choose a different successor.
- Because there's a slogload of loose ends left after the end of series 3. And something resembling Violen Jiger shows up in the Japanese opening
- The new toys will include Palette Swaps of Beast Wars, Beast Machines, Energon, Power Core Combiners, and many other toys unreleased in Japan.
- Hmm... Well, she recovered, didn't she? So even if the above is true...
- ... then when he recovers he'll wake up in an autobot jail cell/ medical detention center.
- ... unless she's also a fangirl of the GREAT AND GLORIOUS MEGATRON!
- Derrick J. Wyatt's Formspring says she is.
- How was your day body guarding the GREAT AND GLORIOUS MEGATRON?
- Derrick J. Wyatt's Formspring says she is.
- Blueberry Muffins? But I like cranberry muffins better.
- Then explain Professor Princess. She's voiced by Kath Soucie.
- Earth doesn't like Professor Princess. Professor Princess is undeserving.
Now, seeing as Sentinel is a huge Jerkface, he would probably over-react to small failures that Jetfire may or may not actually do. Or perhaps, just has really bad days and blames Jetfire and Jetstorm for any random whatever that he goes through. Constantly calling them names and treating them very badly.
This chews away at Jetfire endlessly. He, being the more expressive and emotional of the Jettwins (if him exploding in an enormous fireball at the thought of his brother being dead are any indication), will probably blow the meaningless-in-long-run insults and derogatory comments out of proportion, constantly seeing himself as inadequate and a complete failure. Him resorting to hurting himself is not him trying to lessen the pain inside by hurting himself outside, but him punishing himself for things that he didn't even do. He honestly believes that he should punish himself, in order to make Sentinel happy; slapping a smile to his face when in the company of others to keep them from suspecting anything.
Don't blame Sentinel completely though; Jetfire himself is probably emotionally unstable enough to spiral into depression anyways, Jetstorm is most likely unsure of what to do to help his brother and instead keeps his distance instead of helping him, and Sentinel doesn't realize what Jetfire's putting himself through because he's so busy with other things and Jetfire's really good at hiding it.
- Just some guy named Chuck. Decided to put on a costume and pretend to be evil. He was just messing with Green Screen that day.
- In the Japanese version, he would refer to himself to as Convoy.
- According to the Allspark Almanac, season four was going to be more like the movie. Optimus would have even got the movie Prime's flames.
- The only reason he does so is because Grimlock would beat him up because he don't like smart 'Bots. Snarl would either sit it out or join in, depending on what mood he's in.
- Losing his humanity has made him far more feral and dangerous,and he can only survive by feeding off metal and fuel. Decepticon scientists or worse,amoral Autobots might capture Meltdown to use him as a superweapon.
- Think about it. She's always seen wearing the same clothes - even when they are different (i.e. her pajamas in Rise of the Constructicons) they are still the same colour/style. She has a back pack that appears to be an extension of her dress. When she transformed her clothes did as well. They probably emerged when her protoform was touched by Professor Sumdac and have just been adapting themselves to her needs ever since. Sari probably just thought they were something her Dad made for her and never thought about her shapeshifting clothes again. It would explain why her clothes seem to become a part of her after her upgrade, because they always were!
- Quite likely; as I recall, there were quite visible mechanical articulation points on her arms post-upgrade, articulation points the color of her dress, with no sign of the bunching or layering you'd get from real clothing.
- Going off what another troper says above about Sari hearing the voice of Primus. Only 9 of the Thirteen are given a name, and we have 2 others that we know of - the beast prime and mini-con prime. That leaves 2 primes unaccounted for. There are hints that suggest this is possible: in the Allspark Almanac Vector Prime mentions Sari in his writings saying "She is somehow familiar."
In the Shattered Glass version of TFA, Sari was sent back to make a Bad Future by the evil version of the AllSpark that desires control over the universe.
- Sentinel would be Affably Evil.
- Maybe. We know so far from All There in the Manual that he wants to overthrow Ultra Magnus, but he also believes organics could help him (and Optimus) do it. Why he wants to overthrow Ultra Magnus isn't made clear, but he and Optimus seem to be on good terms.
- And it would be based off of Optimus Prime's death in the 1986 movie.
- Confirmed, he would've succumbed to his injuries from Season 3.
- They're seeing if people are still interested in it,by checking the views on the Hub.
- Jossed. They were just reruns, nothing has been said about it since.
- Yes, it's crazy, but think about it. She has what are obivously weapons (Laser-hands? Oh yes, those are definitely tools).
- Laser-hands can be tools. For cutting the (to her) gaint sheets of metal into shape to make into Space Bridges. The swords? Cutting wires. The hammers? Pounding in nails, if Autobots use such things. Remember Bumblebee's 'tool' is shooting electricity out of his hands (that can bring down buildings) and Optimus' is a gaint energy ax.
- Not for nothing, but she started with decepticon red eyes. That's assuming protoforms have default alignments and aren't totally blank slates before they're sparked.
- Sadly Jossed. Word of God confirmed Professor Princess is a little girl. A Child Prodegy, but a little brat all the same.
- Shattered Optimus Prime was drummed out for causing a massacre during the war, and sent to some far-off Primus-forsaken rock.
- Shattered Megatron was the lone survivor of Optimus' massacre.
- Shattered Starscream is an undyingly loyal seeker who seeks to aid Megatron's rebellion.
- The shattered clones represent Starscream's honesty (Ramjet), loyalty (Skywarp), generosity (Dirge), kindness (Sunstorm), humility (Thundercracker), selflessness (Thrust), and... whatever it is Slipstream is supposed to represent.
- Or, since Prowl is confirmed to be the one with clones, the SG versions of Starscream's clones are instead individual Seekers/bots.
- Shattered Blitzwing's personalities are actually more akin to anime archetypes; his "cold" personality is like Kenshiro, his "hot" personality is Hot-Blooded, and his third personality, instead of being random is instead clear-minded.
- Alternatively, all three of his personalities are inverted. His "Cool" (SG "Icy") personality still has the jet alt-mode and ice attacks, but is a Hot-Blooded Keet. His "Warm" (SG "Hothead") personality still has the tank alt-mode and fire powers, but is a friendly and non-confrontational Cowardly Lion. His "Focused" (SG "Random") personality can use all his powers and is a serious Anti-Hero Determinator.
- Or, he has mood shifts after Blackarachnia helped turn him into a triple-changer. He's trying to keep it controlled in a healthy manner, and Blackarachnia feels bad for putting him in this state.
- Blackarachnia was reluctant to turn him into a triple-changer, but she went through with it as he was dying.
- His color palette is green (like Springer).
- Shattered Sentinel Prime was sent to rein Optimus Prime in when things seem to be getting out of hand.
- Shattered Lugnut is growing weary of waiting for Megatron's return.
- He is a loose cannon and will do whatever it takes for the Decepticon cause to win — he's loyal to the Decepticons and/or the cause that the Decepticons fight for, not Megatron.
- Shattered Bumblebee is a backstabbing opportunist.
- Shattered Bulkhead is one part Psycho for Hire, one part Dumb Muscle.
- Shattered Bulkhead is dead or imprisoned because Shattered Bumblebee, instead of taking the fall for him in boot camp, turned him in without a thought to advance his career.
- Shattered Prowl is a cold-energoned sparkless bot.
- ... Who deliberately turned on his sensei Yoketron and killed him.
- Prowl has clones who include Barricade, Drift, and Bluestreak.
- Shattered Ratchet forced the codes out of Shattered Arcee for whatever reason (like he was crazy or she kept complaining so he shut her up), putting her into an amnesiac coma.
- Shattered Shockwave feels remorse for selling out Wasp, but he had to maintain his cover.
- Close. It is canonically implied that he feels remorse for accidentally crushing Blurr.
- He has a strict code of honor, but feels guilty whenever he is forced to go against it.
- He's a clumsy guy, but he partly obfuscates it as Longarm.
- Shattered Ultra Magnus seeks to institute some measure of reforms, but is nearly scrapped by Sentinel Prime in a coup d'état.
- Shattered Lockdown stepped down from combat after seeing what he described as a senseless slaughter. And/or, he's a ronin-esque figure.
- He was sent to retrieve the Omega Supreme codes out of Arcee, but Ratchet realized what was going on and put her into a coma before Lockdown could get to her.
- Shattered Blackarachnia's eyes were opened up to the goodness of organics after being turned into a techno-organic. Optimus deliberately left her for dead, and Sentinel didn't really care.
- And/or, Sentinel, upon learning Elita survived and became a techno-organic, wants her to come back to the Autobots so that they can overthrow Ultra Magnus together.
- Shattered Wasp was a Blood Knight, until Shockwave was forced to frame him. Since the Autobots would've exiled/tortured Wasp, Longarm helped him escape and sent him to look for his good friend, Blackarachnia. However, Ratchet/Professor Sumdac got to Wasp first and turned him into Waspinator. Somewhere along the way, Wasp has a Heel–Face Turn and becomes a more honorable/philosophical hero (like Beast Wars Dinobot or Prime Dreadwing).
- It would probably make sense for Omega Supreme to have back-ups of the few Autobots who could activate him saved in his processor. Hence, this is why Arcee regained her memory - because Omega recognized her and restored her memory.
- For one Thing, the Autobots at the end of TFA are Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Arcee, Ratchet, and Bulkhead - the same as the Season 1 TFP Cast. TFA transitions into TFP as the Quintessons erase any connections and links to Cybertron and Earth.
- They erase all evidence of Cybetronians from Earth and rebuild Cybertron, wiping the memories of all of Cybertron's inhabitants after the events of The Great War. They also rebuild Starscream, wipe the memories of the Dinobots after bringing them to Cybertron, make another Allspark, Redesign Space Bridges into Ground Bridges, Destroy any Cybertronian technology on Earth, and Reset Cybertron back to before the Great War. Eventually, the events of WFC & FOC happen, the Decepticons gain the upper hand, Cybertron is ravaged, and then TFP begins.
- The fact that Prime is in an entirely different continuity than Animated already josses this.
- Bonus: Blackarachnia/Optimus doesn't happen, but Blackarachnia/Silverbolt is at least implied to.
- Deathsaurus is the leader of the Breastforce (they'll probably change the name to Deathforce or Death Zone Force or something; Destrons can't be used).
- Lyzack is Leozack's younger (twin) sister, and she is an Adaptational Badass and/or acts young.
- Star Saber fought the Breastforce during the Great War.
- Blaster is Rosanna's boss.
- Moonracer is a racer, and she and Powerglide are together.
- Silverbolt Major is cloned by Blackarachnia, and his clone is a techno-organic wolf/hawk hybrid because she wanted to see if it was possible to transwarp-fuse two animals at a time.
- Megaligator/Gnashteeth is a purple dinosaur techno-organic, created by Blackarachnia.
- Scylla is one of Blackarachnia's techno-organics.
- Leo Convoy is a clone of Optimus, turned into a techno-organic lion by Blackarachnia.
- Obsidian is Strika's previous consort, but Lugnut killed him.
- Ravage was one of Soundwave's Recordicons after he officially joined the Decepticons in Season 4, but goes rogue/is lost and becomes a Predacon.
- Airachnid strikes out alone a lot and/or is a mnemosurgeon.
- Astrotrain and Octane are other Triple-Changers that Blackarachnia tested the technology on.
- Sixshot was/will be an attempt at Six-Changer.
- Whirl is connected to Shockwave somehow.
- Tailgate was a fellow agent of Arcee until he was killed by Airachnid.
- Predaking and Piranacon would be attempts to combine five techno-organics into one. Considered to be Blackarachnia's greatest creations.
- Terrorsaur is (yet) a(nother) Starscream Clone, representing Starscream's pettiness, turned into a techno-organic Pterodactyl by Blackarachnia.
- Omega Prime is the combined form of Optimus Prime and Sentinel Prime as a result of Sentinel, out of greed and jealousy, trying to steal (what appears to be) Optimus' Matrix of Leadership from his neck.
- Alternatively, it did exist, but was phased out long before the War, and Whirl and Shockwave are either "descendants" of bots from those times, or simply have that as original appearance, with the meaning of the empurata-style head and claws having been lost to history.