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** Macabre, leader of Squadron X, appears to be this - having as he does a necklace of Autobot insignias around his neck, evidently intended to parallel the real-life practice of lunatic soldiers collecting the ''ears'' of downed enemies. Wait, sorry, that's a ''noose'', possibly a souvenir from a failed lynching attempt. |
** Macabre, leader of Squadron X, appears to be this - having as he does a necklace of Autobot insignias around his neck, evidently intended to parallel the real-life practice of lunatic soldiers collecting the ''ears'' of downed enemies. Wait, sorry, that's a ''noose'', possibly a souvenir from a failed lynching attempt. |
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** {{spoiler|Skyfall.}} |
** {{spoiler|Skyfall.}} |
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* [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]]: Kick-Off, whose toy was a non-transforming Action Master, is forced to fight a Decepticon gladiator. When delivering the killing blow on his mid-transformation opponent, he announces that "alt modes are for wimps!" It's a simultaneous bad-ass moment and a great [[Shout |
* [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]]: Kick-Off, whose toy was a non-transforming Action Master, is forced to fight a Decepticon gladiator. When delivering the killing blow on his mid-transformation opponent, he announces that "alt modes are for wimps!" It's a simultaneous bad-ass moment and a great [[Shout-Out]] to the toyline. |
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** {{spoiler|Ironfist and Verity each get a CMOA against Overlord in #5. Ironfist detonates thousands of deterrence chips inside Overlord's body, delivered via a chain gun wielded by Springer. Verity's backtalk to Overlord turns into a [[Hannibal Lecture]] that completely demoralizes the powerful villain.}} |
** {{spoiler|Ironfist and Verity each get a CMOA against Overlord in #5. Ironfist detonates thousands of deterrence chips inside Overlord's body, delivered via a chain gun wielded by Springer. Verity's backtalk to Overlord turns into a [[Hannibal Lecture]] that completely demoralizes the powerful villain.}} |
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* [[Crowning Moment of Funny]]: "Wreckers, combine!" Followed immediately by {{spoiler|Rotorstorm getting his head blown off}} in one of the series' most incredible [[Mood Whiplash]] moments. |
* [[Crowning Moment of Funny]]: "Wreckers, combine!" Followed immediately by {{spoiler|Rotorstorm getting his head blown off}} in one of the series' most incredible [[Mood Whiplash]] moments. |
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* [[Evil Is Sexy]]: Overlord is just about this personified, with his handsome (for a giant robot) looks and campy, charismatic, and theatrical mannerisms. (Doesn't make him any less scary or creepy, however.) |
* [[Evil Is Sexy]]: Overlord is just about this personified, with his handsome (for a giant robot) looks and campy, charismatic, and theatrical mannerisms. (Doesn't make him any less scary or creepy, however.) |
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* [[Fashion Victim Villain]]: Subverted, characters up to and including the infamous |
* [[Fashion Victim Villain]]: Subverted, characters up to and including the infamous [http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Skyquake_%28G1%29 Skyquake] have sane colours. That said, the Predators are still a little garish - Snare's bio notes that this is for camouflage on the strange worlds they've been stationed on in the past. |
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* [[Memetic Mutation]]: "Wreckers, combine!" |
* [[Memetic Mutation]]: "Wreckers, combine!" |
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* [[Moral Event Horizon]]: {{spoiler|Impactor's deeds at Pova, given [[Hero Worshipper|Ironfist's]] [[Broken Pedestal|reaction]]. These included executing Squadron X, while they were chained and on their knees.}} |
* [[Moral Event Horizon]]: {{spoiler|Impactor's deeds at Pova, given [[Hero Worshipper|Ironfist's]] [[Broken Pedestal|reaction]]. These included executing Squadron X, while they were chained and on their knees.}} |
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