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{{quote|''My name...is Optimus Prime, and I'm prepared to sacrifice my life to defend the Allspark.''|Optimus, after Starscream calls him "Autobot scum" in the pilot. He's gonna get this a lot...}}
The leader of a small maintenance crew, Optimus Prime is a well-meaning young 'bot who dreams of a bigger, more heroic lifestyle. He gets his wish when his crew stumbles upon the elusive Allspark. A run-in with Megatron and his Decepticon crew causes Prime and his crew to land on Earth where they try to adapt while saving the world on a daily basis. Though Optimus gets the "hero" life he asked for, he is inexperienced. He is a dogged nice guy who does the best he can despite some insecurity and reluctance.
* [[Almighty Janitor]]
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** [[Shoulder Cannon|Shoulder Cannons]]: They fire ''foam'', but it still counts.
* [[Nice Guy]]
* [[Oil Slick]] - One of Optimus' less-used tricks lets him spray "negative friction lubricant".
* [[Reassigned to Antarctica]] - He was on the fast track to the Elite Guard as a cadet, maybe even future Magnus. That was derailed after Sentinel talked him into visiting a planet with a crashed Decepticon warship, resulting in the loss of Elita-1. The reassignment actually could have been worse, though; he got his rank and position on the charity of Ultra Magnus.
* [[Reassignment Backfire]] - One [[MacGuffin]] later he and his little group become the single most important Autobots to Cybertron.
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* [[Aesop Amnesia]]
* [[Catgirl|Cat Robot Boy]]: His face, mask, and striped patterns evoke a cat-like image moreso than a real bumblebee motif.
* [[Child Soldier]] - "Human Error" indicates that he's mentally around the same age as Sari.
* [[Cute Shotaro Boy]] - Or the closest robot equivalent.
* [[Four-Temperament Ensemble]] - The Sanguine.
* [[Fragile Speedster]]
* [[Freudian Excuse]] - Non-villainous example: his attitude towards teamwork makes a lot more sense once you've seen "Autoboot Camp". Everyone but Bulkhead and Longarm treated him like slag, and taking the fall for Bulkhead (of his own free will) tanked his career.
* [[Jet Pack]] - His turbo-boosters can work like this, though he needs someone to get him into the air first.
* [[Keet]] - About as much as a robot can be.
* [[Kid Appeal Character]]: The former [[Trope Namer]].
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* [[Alien Arts Are Appreciated]] - Bulkhead doesn't know what art is, but when Sari introduces him to the concept, he takes to it immediately, and has a gallery show at the end of the episode. He's painting again in the season 2 finale.
* [[Beware the Nice Ones]] - Second only to [[Beast Wars|Rhinox]].
* [[Big Fun]] - As close as a [[Humongous Mecha]] can get, at least.
* [[The Big Guy]]
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** [[Epic Flail]]
** [[Rocket Punch]] - He has a fist that turns into a wrecking ball attached to a cord. Close enough.
* [[The Worf Effect]] - Lampshaded. "He always shoots at me first!" *BOOM* "Called it."
=== {{color|red|Ratchet}} ===
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* [[Papa Wolf]] - To someone several times his size. "Omega Supreme is one of us. An Autobot. A friend. Harm one circuit on him, and you'll answer to me!"
* [[Scars Are Forever]] - because he wants them to be.
* [[Screw Politeness, I'm a Senior!]] - He considers apologizing to Wreck-Gar the ultimate sacrifice.
* [[Selective Magnetism]]: Uses two magnets as his weapons.
* [[Shell-Shocked Veteran]]
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{{quote|''Stillness... then strike.''}}
Prowl is a lone Ninja-Bot who doesn't play well with others, preferring to rely on only himself. Stuck with Optimus and crew, he is forced to learn how to work as part of a team. Prowl is sneaky and clever due to his occupation and spends countless hours meditating. He enjoys observing nature and the organic life that most of his kind fear. He later [[Character Development|develops]] from a stoic warrior into a true hero.
* [[Big Brother Mentor]]: Acts as such for Bulkhead and Bumblebee on occasion.
* [[Cool Bike]] - And he later gets the ultimate [[Cool Sidecar]].
* [[Cool Helmet]]: Part of his samurai armor. Doubles as a [[Memento MacGuffin]] from his old master Yoketron.
* [[Cool Shades]]
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* [[Improvised Weapon]] - He's used a metal pole as a staff a time or two. As well as his toy having a traffic light flail.
* [[Incompletely Trained]]
* [[Ineffectual Loner]] - He ''mostly'' gets over this after almost getting killed in the pilot, but relapses now and then.
* [[Jet Pack]] - His jump jets, although he can't truly ''fly'' until he gets the samurai armour.
* [[The Lancer]]
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* [[Tall, Dark and Snarky]]
* [[Took a Level In Badass]]
* [[Tranquil Fury]] - "[[Punctuated!
* [[Weapon of Choice]]
** [[Laser Blade|Laser Scalpel]]
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* [[Dumb Muscle]]
* [[Flaming Sword]]
* [[Hulk Speak]] / [[Third Person Person]]
* [[No Celebrities Were Harmed]] - His mannerisms are supposed to be based on Frankenstein's monster from the ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' sketches.
{{quote|"Whoopsie. Fire bad."}}
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** [[Pokémon-Speak]] - in the Japanese dub. Heck, Grimlock lampshades it in one of the episode previews!
* [[Those Two Guys]]
* [[Weapon of Choice]]: One for each of them. As with Grimlock's sword, they also burst into flames.
** [[Carry a Big Stick]] - Snarl
** [[Epic Flail]] - Swoop
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{{quote|''If I need a trash-can emptied or a floor mopped, I'll call on my buddy Optimus Prime. Or should I say "Maintenance Prime"?''}}
Sentinel Prime is, plain and simple, a jerkass. He is an egotistical, boisterous bot who uses his high position to issue orders and command high respect, especially towards Optimus (despite sharing the same rank). {{spoiler|Years back, the two and Elita-1 were best friends until an incident on a foreign organic planet, during which Elita was separated from them and assumed dead. Their relationship has been strained since.}}
* [[Actor Allusion]]: [[The Tick (animation)|"Energony-goodness."]]
** Do NOT mention his chin! It ''[[Incredibly Lame Pun|Tick]]''s him off!
* [[Aesop Amnesia]]
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* [[Dumbass Has a Point]]: In ''Five Servos Of Doom'', Prowl takes the fact that the primary mods of his prisoners are not on the prisoners as evidence that Sentinel had help from Lockdown. Sentinel shows him the mods then points out that he'd have to be pretty stupid to let his prisoners keep explosives on them (if only because he's already let it happen).
* [[Entitled Bastard]]
* [[Expy]] - Several of his design elements (he's energetic, mostly blue, with a ''very'' prominent chin) are based on [[The Tick (animation)]], with whom he [[Actor Allusion|shares a voice actor]]. This was done on purpose after said actor was cast for the role.
* [[Glory Hound]]
* [[Good Is Not Nice]]
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* [[The Neidermeyer]]
* [[Noble Bigot with a Badge]] - Emphasis on "Bigot".
* [[Politically Incorrect Hero]]: He has a hatred of organics.
* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]] - The red to Optimus' blue.
* [[Screams Like a Little Girl]]
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{{quote|''The classic Metallikato "Five Servos of Doom" attack! But have you seen ''this'' one?''}}
Jazz is calm and collected and just plain ''cool''. He is a graduate of the Cyber-Ninja Corps {{spoiler|and later on, befriends fellow ninja Prowl}}. Jazz, like Prowl, has an interest in organic life.
* [[Beatnik]]
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Wreck-Gar means well, he really does. When he first arrives, he has no idea who he is and what his purpose in life is. He spends the entire episode switching between hero and villain in an effort to find what his life goal is, though in a somewhat unintentional manner. Wreck-Gar literally does whatever he hears—good or evil—with hilarious results. He later becomes an Autobot and tries his darnedest to be the hero he thinks he is. His head is not in the right place, but his spark is.
* [[Actor Allusion]] - Almost as blatant as Sentinel. He references "Dare to be Stupid" (which was used for the G1 film, making it a double reference) and plays an accordion in "Human Error".
* [[Chaotic Stupid]] - His insanity manifests as doing whatever someone says, regardless of how inconsistent it is from his previous actions.
* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]
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* [[Hammerspace]] - His trash bucket.
* [[Heel Face Revolving Door]] - Because he does whatever someone tells him to.
* [[Ink Suit Actor]] - His face was drawn to resemble Weird Al's.
* [[Line-of-Sight Name]] - Mixed together from stuff people were yelling at him. "They call me Angry Archer." "They call ''me'' "Worthless-wreck-walking-pile-of-garbage"." "Oh, really? Bit of a mouthful..."
* [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]]: His eyes turn red for a brief time in "Garbage In, Garbage Out" when he declares that he's going to destroy the city, a nod to [[The Movie]] and the original Wreck-Gar's toy commercial.
* [[Verbal Tic]] - "I am Wreck-Gar!"
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{{spoiler|The current ship of Optimus Prime's crew, Omega Supreme was part of a huge project against the Decepticons during the Great War. He nearly lost his spark during the [[Final Battle]] and ended up comatose in ship form. Ratchet is his linked partner and constantly keeps him well maintained.}}
* [[Cool Starship]]: At first glance, a beat-up repair ship. In reality, an Autobot war machine.
* [[Giant Robot]]
* [[Heroic Sacrifice]] - ''Twice''. He survives both of them, but the first one puts him in modified stasis for ''millions'' of years.
* [[I Am Not a Gun]]
* [[It's What I Do]] - "I am programmed to protect...and sacrifice, if necessary."
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* [[Toyless Toyline Character]]
* [[Weapon of Choice]]
** [[Arm Cannon]]: Both of his arms end in weapons. He was built to blow things up, after all.
** [[More Dakka]]
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A former Autobot who worked alongside Bumblebee and Bulkhead in Autoboot Camp, Wasp is a cocky little guy who often got on the latters' nerves. {{spoiler|After overhearing a Decepticon spy communicating with Megatron, Bumblebee accused Wasp of being said spy, leading to his imprisonment—thanks to some evidence planted by the real deal. Wasp eventually escapes (again with the help of the real spy) but he's not the bot he used to be. One thing is clear: He will get his revenge on Bumblebee!}}
* [[Adaptational Badass]]
* [[Adaptational Villainy]]: This incarnation of Wasp/Waspinator is much, ''much'' scarier and more villainous than the Waspinator in Beast Wars, who was mostly the [[Chew Toy]] of the series, being blown apart frequently.
* [[Big Creepy-Crawlies]] - Duh.
* [[Cosmic Plaything]]
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* [[One-Winged Angel]] - Normally, scanning a new form doesn't count, but when the result is a towering, monstrous behemoth of a transformer, it definitely does.
* [[Painful Transformation]]: With [[Nightmare Fuel]] resulting
* [[Palette Swap]] - He was forged from the same protoform mold as Bumblebee. He takes this further by scanning the same Earth mode as Bumblebee as part of his revenge scheme.
* [[Purple Eyes]] - gained them at some point during his incarceration.
* [[Red Herring Mole]]
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* [[Shock and Awe]] - Stingers, same as Bumblebee. He retains them after becoming techno-organic, too.
** [[Psycho Electro]]
* [[Shout-Out]] - There are many similarities between this version of Wasp and the BW incarnation. It could even be said that his misfortune of being thrown out of the academy and into the stockades referenced the original incarnation's misfortune of being [[The Chew Toy]].
* [[That Man Is Dead]] - "Wasp forgive Bumblebot...but Waspinator NEVER forgive!"
* [[Third Person Person]] - By the show's present, he's taken to talking like his BW incarnation, and it is ''not'' played for laughs.
* [[Took a Level In Badass]] - He's still the universe's [[Chew Toy]], but in a much darker and less amusing way, which makes his transformation to Waspinator all the more terrifying.
* [[We Will Meet Again]] - Though his plotline was cut short, it's obvious that he intends to go after the Autobots again, as "Waspinator has plans."
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{{quote|''I'llwarnthemevenifIhavetorunhalfwayacrossthegalaxytoCybertrontodoit!''}}
Blurr is a member of the Autobot Elite Guard{{spoiler|—specifically, a spy tasked with watching over Optimus and crew}}. With his lightning-fast speed (and speech), no one can keep him down {{spoiler|...except Shockwave}}.
* [[Chainsaw Good]] - His toy-only weapon
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{{quote|''Is time to...double up!''}}
Twin brothers (if you're wondering how that works for robots, they come from a single spark that split in two) who became the first official flying Autobots after a risky experiment. They are lively and work together.
* [[Combining Mecha]] - Into Safeguard.
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* [[Toyless Toyline Character]]
* [[Tuckerization]] - He's named after Hideaki Yoke, Takara's lead designer.
* {{spoiler|[[Unwanted Revival]] - Prowl attempted to save his spark by moving it to one of the few protoforms Lockdown hadn't stolen. He wasn't happy.}}
=== {{color|red|Warpath}} ===
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{{quote|''Any Autobot who won't fight Decepticons is no better than a 'Con himself. We're at war.''}}
An Elite Guard member who answered to Yoketron during the Great War. The loss of his master hit him hard, and he's had trouble finding an outlet for his anger since the end of the War. He's even been known to rough up prisoners when he's in a bad enough mood. He does manage to have a healthy relationship with Flareup, thanks to their mutual love of [[Stuff Blowing Up]].
* [[Chest Blaster]]: A radar modified into a sonic cannon
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=== {{color|red|Afterburn}} ===
If your first thought was "Who?", this guy only appeared in the UK comics.
* [[The Ace]]
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{{quote|''You'll have to get past me first, Decepticreeps!''}}
Hot Rod, later Rodimus, earned the attention of the higher-ups before he even finished boot camp, and he was accepted into Autobot Academy long before any of his campmates. Everyone seems to agree he's destined for big things...if he survives his first encounter with the Decepticons, that is.
* [[The Ace]] - If his magazine bio is to be believed, Rodimus is popular, well-versed in several forms of armed and unarmed combat, and was even nicknamed "[[The Chosen One]]" in the Academy (see below).
* [[The Archer]] - He designed his own energy bow.
* [[The Chosen One]] - [[All There in the Manual|Additional material]] indicates that Rodimus is most likely to become the next Magnus.
* [[Determinator]]: His entire team is defeated while defending a space bridge, and he winds up surrounded by much larger Decepticons. His response?
{{quote|"You'll have to get past me first, Decepti-creeps!"}}
* [[Jumping on a Grenade]] - He did this in boot camp to protect his drill sergeant (Kup) from a stray grenade. It turned out to be a dud, but neither of them had any way of knowing that.
* [[You Shall Not Pass]] / [[Go Through Me]] - After the rest of his team has been disabled, he tells Team Chaar they'll have to get past him to get to the space bridge. Oil Slick, unimpressed, takes him out with a vial of cosmic rust.
=== {{color|red|Hot Shot}} ===
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{{quote|''I'm gonna have to amputate. Don't worry, Cybertron Service will issue a replacement leg within six to eight solar cycles.''}}
R.A is less of a [[Combat Medic]] than Ratchet, but she lived through the height of the Great War and created a cure for [[Fandom Nod|Gold Plastic Syndrome]] along the way. Her teammates appreciate her dedication, although her bedside manner leaves something to be desired.
* [[Caped Mecha]] - Her labcoat, although it's actually part of her vehicle-mode.
* [[Kuudere]]
* [[The Medic]] / [[The Smart Guy|The Smart Girl]] - She helped upload the twins with Starscream's flight tech.
* [[Swiss Army Appendage]] - After losing her left arm to a Decepticon boobytrap, she replaced it with a Transfer Interlink that can form [[Hard Light]] surgical equipment.
* [[Toyless Toyline Character]]
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{{quote|''Hit me with everything you got, sir!''}}
Ironhide was protoformed in a rural prefecture on one of Cybertron's moons, and he was in the same boot camp squad as Bumblebee, Bulkhead, "Longarm" and Wasp. His pranks can get a little crude, but he's generally a decent "country" bot.
* [[Dub Name Change]] - In Japan, Bulkhead is now called "Ironhide", so this Ironhide is now "Armorhide".
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* [[Badass]]
* [[Big Bad]]
* [[Captured Super Entity]] - For most of season one.
* [[Chewing the Scenery]]: While he's usually a lot more sedate than other incarnations of the character, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOU2oAiHadQ he has his moments]. ''[[Say My Name|STARSCREEEAAAM!!]]''.
** Bonus points for being voiced by none other than [[Norio Wakamoto|NORRRIO WAKAMOTO]] in the Japanese version.
* [[Creepy Monotone]]: It's an incredibly ''bad'' sign if he ''isn't'' talking with this.
* [[Dangerously Genre Savvy]] - This particular incarnation does not take Starscream's crap at all.
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]
* [[The Dreaded]]
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{{quote|''YES! Right then, solemn face, ''solemn'' face...''}}
Starscream is an actual threat to the Autobots this time around, capable of flooring even Ultra Magnus with a close enough shot, but he has about as much chance of winning a fair fight with Megatron as his G1 self. Of course, being a Starscream, a "fair fight" is generally the last thing on his mind.
* [[Amusing Injuries]] - [[Two Words: Obvious Trope|Three Words:]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PR5G3gcNKwg Starscream Death Montage].
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** [[Iron Butt Monkey]]
** [[The Chew Toy]]
* [[The Dragon]] - For about five minutes.
* [[Evilly Affable]]
* [[Evil Gloating]] - to the point where he was ''[[Berserk Button|furious]]'' when he was once interrupted.
* [[Evil Laugh]]: As a heavy contrast to [[The Stoic|Megatron]], he does this ''alot''.
* [[Good Thing You Can Heal]] - He starts taking a lot more punishment after becoming immortal (see above).
* [[Immortality Inducer]] - His Allspark fragment.
* [[Large Ham]]
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* [[Implacable Man]]
* [[Large Ham]]: Especially when he starts praising "The great and GLORIOUS Megatron!".
* [[Minion Shipping]] - With Strika, although this is only mentioned in secondary material.
* [[The Renfield]]: An effective version this time.
* [[Undying Loyalty]] - Taken to the extreme. He can practically make religious sermons about his great and [[Memetic Mutation|GLORIOUS]] leader.
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(Random): ''Oooh, but I like iron filings! Especially sprinkled on top of servo salad!'' }}
At first glance, Blitzwing seems to be a stoic, no-nonsense Decepticon. However, he is a master [[Mood Swinger]], able to change from stoic to anger to insanity depending on his mood.
* [[The Ahnold]] - Hothead, to a degree.
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** [[The Spock]]: Icy.
* [[Giggling Villain]] - Random.
* [[Goggles Do Nothing]]
* [[High-Class Glass]] - Icy.
* [[Hot-Blooded]] - Hothead.
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{{quote|''It'll be a long time before I ever trust another Autobot. Especially you, Optimus.''}}
{{spoiler|Formerly Elita-1 - Optimus and Sentinel's best friend - }} Blackarachnia joined up with the Decepticons to find a cure for her cursed techno-organic form. Though she uses her spider abilities to her advantage, she can't stand her hideous appearance and is desperate for a cure. She tends to use her beauty to seduce those around her to get what she wants - just...don't look under the helmet. {{spoiler|She's currently stuck in an unknown jungle with Waspinator}}.
* [[Arachnid Appearance and Attire]]
* [[Building Swing]]
* [[Combat Stilettos]] - Oddly, she only has these ''after'' becoming part-organic.
* [[Composite Character]] - She's a combination of the original Blackarachnia from [[Beast Wars]] and Elita One from [[Transformers Generation 1]]
* [[Corrupt the Cutie]] - Her transformation from Elita-1 after being mistakenly [[Left for Dead]] with the giant spiders. Also doubling as her [[Start of Darkness]].
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** Also a self-inflicted example: she can't stand being part-organic.
* [[Femme Fatale]]
* [[Giant Spider]] - And unlike her BW version, her spider mode is the same size as the ones she gained it from.
* [[I Am a Monster]]
* [[Mad Scientist]] - Not only regarding techno-organics; [[All There in the Manual|The AllSpark Almanac]] states that she rebuilt Blitzwing into a triple-changer sometime after the Great War.
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{{quote|''I am Soundwave. I am Decepticon. The revolution begins now.''}}
Soundwave was another of Megatron's attempts to regain a body during his tenure as a talking head. He presented the plans to Isaac as a walking music player he could give Sari for her birthday, anticipating that Sari would use the Key on it and programming Soundwave to upgrade into a specific form. What he didn't expect was that Soundwave would become sentient, although he was only too willing to take up the Decepticon emblem.
* [[AI Is a Crapshoot]]
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Shockwave is a {{spoiler|Decepticon spy taking on the form of Autobot Longarm Prime. When rumors of a spy were floating around Autoboot camp, Longarm secretly plotted for Wasp to take the fall, succeeding admirably. He later becomes leader of Cybertronian Intelligence and uses his position to spy for the Decepticons. He gloatingly reveals himself to Bumblebee in the season two finale, only for Megatron's space-bridge plan to fail, leaving him terrified of discovery. Shockwave eventually attacks and severely damages Ultra Magnus, stealing his hammer in the process}}.
* [[BFG]]
* [[Captain Ersatz]] - With his grey and purple coloring, antler-like comm antennae, extensible arms & sinister mono-eye, he's a dead ringer for [[Mobile Suit Gundam|Perfect Zeong]].
* [[Cyber Cyclops]] - He even quotes HAL in season 3.
* [[Deep-Cover Agent]]
* [[Devil in Plain Sight]]
* {{spoiler|[[Drop the Hammer]] - He steals the Magnus Hammer after almost killing its owner. Ratchet retrieves it in "This Is Why I Hate Machines"}}.
* [[Eva Fins]]
* [[Evil Costume Switch]] - He was already evil, but he celebrates his reunion with Megatron by switching to his G1 colours.
* [[Have You Told Anyone Else?]] - {{spoiler|Blurr hadn't, and was dead in a matter of minutes}}.
** {{spoiler|Not dead, just cubed. In the animated version we don't know if he lived or died; he was alive after being cubed, but supposedly tossed in the incinerator, but in the comics he lived for certain.}}
* [[Knight of Cerebus]]: Unlike many, ''many'' other Decepticons in the show, up to and including Megatron himself, he has ''no humorous quirks'' to balance out how frightening and serious he is.
* [[The Mole]]
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Scrap: ''Mixmaster and Scrapper, that's who!'' }}
Two 'bots brought to life by Allspark fragments, Mixmaster and Scrapper (known as the Constructicons) want two things: hot cars and oil. Though Bulkhead tries his best to befriend them, their minds drift right back into trouble just searching for those two things. {{spoiler|They later join the Decepticon side by building Megatron a space bridge in exchange for oil. They're later caught in a massive explosion alongside their boss, Dirt Boss, but only Scrapper is currently shown to be alive. The whereabouts of the other two are unknown. During their separation, Scrapper ended up on Dinobot Island, befriended Snarl, and briefly joined the "Subtitute Autobots", with poor effects}}.
* [[Affably Evil]]: Even after their [[Face Heel Turn]], they get along surprisingly well with Bulkhead (when they remember him, that is).
* [[Fat and Skinny]] - Mixmaster and Scrapper, respectively.
* [[G-Rated Drug]] - They're big oil drinkers.
* [[Line-of-Sight Name]] - Thanks to the name tag on Mix's vehicle mode and a pile of, well, scrap.
* [[Neutral No Longer]]
* [[No Celebrities Were Harmed]]: Mixmaster's voice is an imitation of [[Joe Pesci]] (which helps in the [[Shout-Out]] [[Home Alone|"Sari, No One's Home"]]).
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''I know you...EMP generator, right? I'm not good with names and faces, but I never forget a trophy.'' }}
A neutral bounty hunter, Lockdown caters to whoever pays him the most (usually the Decepitcons). He is a mish-mash of different mods and body-parts and a hoarder of trophies from various 'bots he has stripped and robbed over the years. {{spoiler|He was also a former student of Yoketron before he realized he didn't like all that spiritual crud. As his first act as a bounty hunter, Lockdown killed him and took the protoforms Yoketron was tasked to guard}}. He has a history with Ratchet and a rivalry with Prowl, in whom he sees a [[Worthy Opponent]] and kindred spirit.
* [[Affably Evil]]: "Nothing personal, kid."
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* [[Canon Immigrant|Canon Emigrant]]: Has shown up in the ''Revenge of the Fallen'' toyline and in IDW's G1 comic continuity.
* [[Caped Mecha]] - It's a poncho, but close enough.
* [[Chainsaw Good]]
* [[Collector of the Strange]] / [[Creepy Souvenir]]
* [[Cool Car]] - His vehicle mode has a skull-and-bones gearstick. That is all.
* {{spoiler|[[Deceptive Disciple]] - He used to be an Autobot in the Cyber-Ninja Corps, but was expelled after 'bringing shame to it' somehow. He later murdered Yoketron and stole the Corps' cache of protoforms to sell to the 'Cons.}}
* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]] - Lance "[[Alien (franchise)|Bishop]]/[[Millennium (TV series)|Frank Black]]" Henriksen.
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* [[Psycho for Hire]]
* [[Shoulders of Doom]]
* [[Spikes of Villainy]]
* [[Rocket Punch]] - He used one in his first appearance: when Ratchet destroyed it, he replaced it with the [[Hook Hand]].
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* [[Deflector Shields]] - He claims to have purchased it from the ''[[Beast Wars|Vok]]''.
* [[Glass Cannon]]: Very impressively armed, yet the only Decepticon Bumblebee's stingers ever proved effective against.
* [[Hammerspace]] / [[Bag of Holding]]
* [[Hellish Pupils]]
* [[Honest John's Dealership]]
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** [[Anatomy Arsenal]]
*** [[Arm Cannon]]
*** [[Chest Blaster]] - Something resembling a futuristic [[Gatling Good|gatling gun]] pops out of his chest. He's lost most of these weapons by his second appearance - possibly the police or the Elite Guard removed them - but makes up for it using his personal storage dimension.
** [[BFG]]
** [[More Dakka]] - [http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/2/2c/TFASwindlefullyarmed.jpg And how!]
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* [[All There in the Manual]]/[[Mythology Gag]] - None of them are ever named in the cartoon, although if you're a fan of the original series, you can guess all but one or two based on color scheme.
* [[Bad Liar]] - Ramjet, who literally cannot say anything except outright contradictions.
{{quote|"Oh, I would never do that."}}
* [[Can Not Tell a Lie]] - Inverted by Ramjet.
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* [[The Smurfette Principle]] - Slipstream.
* [[Toyless Toyline Character]] - Slipstream. Inverted by Dirge, who ''does'' have a toy but never appeared on the show. Thrust didn't get ''either'' and is only known to exist through supplementary material. No wonder he's envious.
* [[Villainous Glutton]] - Dirge, the one toy-only clone, represents Starscream's insatiable greed.
* [[Yes-Man]] - Sunstorm.
* [[You Do NOT Want to Know]] - What part of Starscream's personality ''does'' Slipstream represent, anyway? Best just not to ask. Word Of God isn't being entirely serious [http://www.formspring.me/DerrickJWyatt/q/770787093 about this].
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* [[Fake Russian]] - At least we think so. She's only got three or four lines.
* [[Genius Bruiser]]
* [[Huge Guy, Tiny Girl]] - Averted. She is more than enough female for Lugnut.
* [[Husky Russkie]]
* [[Minion Shipping]] - She and Lugnut are 'consorts'.
* [[Red Baron]] - Holds title of Megatron's "General of Destruction". It's an [[Informed Ability]], though, as we don't see her long enough for her to do much commanding.
* [[Tank Goodness]]
* [[Tara Strong]]
* [[Toyless Toyline Character]]
* [[Undying Loyalty]] - Almost as fanatical as Lugnut, although she does (briefly) question Megatron when he denies her a rumble with the Elite Guard.
=== {{color|purple|Spittor}} ===
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A Decepticon who can suck in Autobots with his tentacles and either "eat them" or chew them out, covered in burning acid. He's kind of horrible.
* [[Combat Tentacles]] - Or rather, combat ''tongues''. The Almanac II calls them [[Mythology Gag|Legion tentacles]].
* [[Grievous Harm with a Body]] - One of his major battle tactics is to grab an opponent with his tongues, swallow them, coat them in explosive slime, and fire them at their other opponents as a living projectile.
* [[The Pig Pen]]
* [[Toyless Toyline Character]]
* [[Villainous Glutton]]
* [[The Voiceless]]
=== {{color|purple|Blackout}} ===
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Oil Slick: ''You say that like it's a difficult thing, Autobot.'' }}
An expert chemist, Oil Slick invented the deadly weapon "cosmic rust", is a master of vehicle-to-vehicle combat and claims to have trained in Circuit-Su with an Autobot motorcycle, although he's not giving out any details.
* [[Canon Immigrant]] - He started as an unrelated sketch, got produced as a toy, made an appearance in a side-comic, and was introduced in the third season.
* [[Cool Bike]] - Based on the 'Dodge Tomahawk' concept motorcycle, with a goat skull at the front.
* [[Epic Flail]]
* [[Evil Counterpart]] - Was intended to be this for Prowl, having been specifically designed to be the "evil motorcycle." He lost out on the position to Lockdown, though.
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* [[The Dragon]] - To Strika.
* [[Dual-Wielding]] [[Cool Sword|Cool Swords]] - "Bleedback Blades" that can [[All There in the Manual|drain the strength of his enemies or generate black light]].
* [[Fish Out of Temporal Water]]: His Almanac II bio "implies" that he's from the future and is just waiting for Megs to become Galvatron.
** Huh, then going with his G1 counterpart, he could [[Wild Mass Guessing|easily be one of Starscream's clones reformatted...]]
** His bio ''does'' mention sharing some of Starscream's code, with the [[Dirty Coward|self-preservation]] commented out.
* [[Mysterious Past]]
* [[Nietzsche Wannabe]] - According to his magazine bio, he believes that nothing truly matters because "the end is near". It makes you wonder if he [[Medium Awareness|knew the show was going to end]]...
* [[Noble Demon]] - He finds Oil Slick's tactics distateful, preferring to face his enemies one-on-one.
* [[Shoulders of Doom]]
* [[Sword Beam]] - The through-the-ground version.
* [[Toyless Toyline Character]] - Hasbro clarified that ''Animated'' Cyclonus doesn't get a toy...because the 2008 ''Universe'' toyline model is close enough. [http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:UniverseCyclonusCorrected.JPG They were right.]
* [[The Voiceless]]
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{{quote|''Listen up, oil brain! My family needs your help, and you ''are'' going to help, get me?''}}
The young daughter of Issac Sumdac, Sari is what anyone her age is; precocious and spunky. She is immediately drawn to the Autobots (especially Bumblebee) and serves as their representative and educator of Planet Earth. When she comes in contact with the Allspark, Sari's access key turned into a literal key that can fix damaged Autobots and allow her to manipulate nearly any type of machinery.
{{spoiler|We later find out why the Allspark chose her: Sari is really a Cybertronian protoform turned half-human, half-robot after Issac accidentally input his DNA into said protoform. Naturally, she doesn't take this well at first. Sari then gets a system upgrade that [[Plot-Relevant Age-Up|ages her up to a sixteen-year-old to make her more powerful]]. She continuously uses her skills in battle and later helps out during the final battle.}}
* [[Action Girl]]
* [[Aesop Amnesia]] - It took quite a few lessons before she scaled back her abuse of the Key.
* [[Alliterative Name]]
* {{spoiler|[[Badass Abnormal]]}}
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* [[Jumped At the Call]]
* [[Kid Appeal Character]]
* [[Killer Rabbit]] - Ask Mixmaster and Scrapper.
* {{spoiler|[[Luckily, My Shield Will Protect Me]] - A weapon that never made it to air.}}
* [[Luke, I Am Your Father]] - Inverted and otherwise played with with Isaac Sumdac.
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* [[Mundane Utility]] - There is virtually no situation in which she wouldn't use the Allspark key to make things easier.
* {{spoiler|[[Puberty Superpower]] - Inverted}}
* [[Raised by Robots]]
* [[Redheaded Hero]]
* {{spoiler|[[Robot Girl]] - Before the upgrade, she could eat, sleep, cry and catch colds, but just happened to have metal under her skin and hidden palm blasters. Post-upgrade, she's still at least partly human, but has a lot more tricks.}}
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Isaac Sumdac is the head of Sumdac Systems, the business at the heart of 22nd century Detroit, which relies heavily on his "tireless mechanical helpers". He managed to create these elusive robots by reverse-engineering technology from Megatron, whose head he discovered as a teenager. When Megatron reactivated, he convinced Isaac, who had no idea he was talking to a Decepticon, to keep him a secret from the Autobots. {{spoiler|When they found out, they weren't pleased. Megatron later kidnapped Isaac to work on his space bridge, leaving Sari to take over Sumdac Systems briefly before Porter C. Powell kicked her out. He is eventually freed - just in time for Sari to learn the truth about herself.}}
He is the classic absent-minded professor, forgetting to ''eat'' in order to get his robotics in tune. He is well-meaning despite it and remains a loving father to Sari.
* [[Absent-Minded Professor]] - He runs his own company, but sometimes forgets to feed himself and... isn't that great at judging how trustworthy someone is.
* [[Bollywood Nerd]]
* [[Forgets to Eat]] - "When was the last time you ate?" "What is today?"
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* [[Sdrawkcab Name]] - His last name is "[[wikipedia:Cadmus|Cadmus]]" backwards.
* [[Skunk Stripe]]
** [[Retcon]] - We see him with it during flashbacks in Season 1, but in Season 3 it's revealed {{spoiler|he got it when he touched the protoform that became Sari}}.
* [[Robot Master]]
* [[Technological Pacifist]]
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* [[Badass Normal]]
* [[Born in the Wrong Century]]
* [[Catch Phrase]] - "This is why I '''hate''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6jqUqI5T7Q machines!]" He also hates kids and lawyers, but above all else, he hates [[For Inconvenience Press One|tech support]].
* [[The Commissioner Gordon]]
* [[Da Chief]]
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{{quote|"This is why I hate machines." ''(looks at Sentinel)'' "Certain machines more than others."}}
* [[Reasonable Authority Figure]]: All things considered, yeah.
* [[Running Gag]] - His car is regularly crushed and was once ''blown up'' by Blitzwing, but it keeps coming back, complete with its characteristic rust. Is it possible for a non-sentient object to be [[The Chew Toy]]?
* [[Tuckerization]] - According to Marty Isenberg, he's named after Detroit native Car''men'' Fanzone, a former neighbour of his who used to play for the Chicago Cubs.
* [[Walking Techbane]]: This is ''why'' he hates machines.
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* [[I'm Melting]] - His own genetic modifier liquefies him in ''Black Friday''. The end of the episode reveals he's still alive, but he never shows up again.
* [[Fantastic Racism]] - Against machines, to a ''far'' more vicious extent than Captain Fanzone.
* [[Freak Lab Accident]] - Autobot fluid + his special steroids = ouch.
* [[Mad Scientist]]
* [[Pick on Someone Your Own Size]] - He blames the Sumdacs for his company's failure and kidnaps Sari when he decides he needs a child for an experiment.
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{{quote|''Get ready for T.O.T.: Total Ownage Time!''}}
A young scientist who has created a robotic head that can take over any other living robots' body (he's kind of a [[Teen Titans (animation)|control freak]] that way), controlling them under his will. Headmaster speaks in computer leet speak (''retro'' leet speak, considering this is the 22nd century).
* [[Catch Phrase]] - "Total ownage, noobs!"
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{{quote|''An Autobot! Verily the arrows of outrageous misfortune seek to pierce me to the quick - exeunt!''}}
A Robin Hood-ish figure who steals from the rich and gives to the poor, namely himself. The Angry Archer also has a habit of speaking in quasi-Shakespearean diction.
* [[Alliterative Name]]
* [[Artificial Limbs]] - A robotic hand.
* [[A Sinister Clue]] - After learning about the character, the real Aaron Archer requested that the cartoon Archer be left-handed like him.
* [[Jeff Bennett]] - Using his 'Lord Bravery' voice from [[Freakazoid]].
* [[Just Like Robin Hood]] - Parodied.
* [[Trick Arrow]] - Magnets, armoured fists, grenades, lasers and grappling lines, among others.
* [[Tuckerization]] - After [http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Aaron_Archer character designer Aaron Archer] (he was even originally supposed to be named "Aaron the Angry Archer").
* [[Ye Olde Butcherede Englishe]]
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* [[Alliterative Name]]
* [[Child Prodigy]]: She's a real Professor, and presumably built her own weapons, including the flying plush unicorn. Too bad she doesn't have the maturity to go with it.
* [[Enfant Terrible]] - Fans weren't certain, but [[Word of God]] says she's really a kid.
* [[Giggling Villain]]
* [[Kath Soucie]]
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=== The Witwicky Family ===
A family of in-jokes, the Witwickys are generally somewhere in the background, although they briefly join the main plot in "Garbage In, Garbage Out", during which Carly is giving birth and is unlucky enough to be picked up by Ratchet in ambulance mode. Spike and/or Carly work for Isaac, since Daniel is one of the few kids at Sari's birthday party.
* [[Continuity Cameo]]
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* [[Evil Redhead]]
* [[Line-of-Sight Name]] - Despite his name, he didn't get the idea for his supervillain moniker until one of his victims claimed his money "disappeared...in a nanosec!"
* [[Rapid Aging]] - A side-effect of the suit. Slo-Mo fixed him up in season 2.
* [[Super Speed]]
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* [[Motor Mouth]] - In stark contrast to her power.
* [[Tara Strong]]
* [[Tuckerization]] - Named and designed after [http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Samantha_Lomow Hasbro exec Samantha Lomow]. S. Lomow, [[Incredibly Lame Pun|geddit?]]
* [[Zettai Ryouiki]]
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