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** He suffered depression and pangs of guilt because of all the damage his creations caused however. And Gideon's Glue wasn't his fault; he was ashamed of its creation and thought he destroyed every sample, but {{spoiler|Skyfall}} had already sold some to the Decepticons.
** He suffered depression and pangs of guilt because of all the damage his creations caused however. And Gideon's Glue wasn't his fault; he was ashamed of its creation and thought he destroyed every sample, but {{spoiler|Skyfall}} had already sold some to the Decepticons.
* [[Blood Knight]]: Overlord. {{spoiler|Everything he's done is because he desperately wants a one-on-one showdown with Megatron.}}
* [[Blood Knight]]: Overlord. {{spoiler|Everything he's done is because he desperately wants a one-on-one showdown with Megatron.}}
* [[Boom Headshot]]: Ironfist invents cerebro-circuitry-seeking bullets. In other words: automatic headshots. Guzzle is delighted. Ironfist neglected to mention to Guzzle that the use of them constitutes a war crime (see above). Of course, that might've made Guzzle ''happier''.
* [[Boom! Headshot!]]: Ironfist invents cerebro-circuitry-seeking bullets. In other words: automatic headshots. Guzzle is delighted. Ironfist neglected to mention to Guzzle that the use of them constitutes a war crime (see above). Of course, that might've made Guzzle ''happier''.
* [[Bread and Circuses]]: Overlord's motivation is that he didn't get enough of this under Megatron's rule, so he's turned an entire planet into a non-stop source for [[Gladiator Games]] and [[Blood Sport|Blood Sports]].
* [[Bread and Circuses]]: Overlord's motivation is that he didn't get enough of this under Megatron's rule, so he's turned an entire planet into a non-stop source for [[Gladiator Games]] and [[Blood Sport|Blood Sports]].
** {{spoiler|It's revealed that even THAT was all a ploy so that Overlord would get the showdown with Megatron he's always wanted.}}
** {{spoiler|It's revealed that even THAT was all a ploy so that Overlord would get the showdown with Megatron he's always wanted.}}
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** {{spoiler|Overlord is treated to one as well. Let's see, first he's riddled with thousands of tiny deterrence chips that all explode simultaneously. This strips him of his external plating, leaving him a skeletal chassis that's on fire for several pages with no end in sight. Couldn't have happened to a nicer guy. Impactor goes so far as to refuse to kill him, because actually paying for what he's done is exactly what Overlord deserves.}}
** {{spoiler|Overlord is treated to one as well. Let's see, first he's riddled with thousands of tiny deterrence chips that all explode simultaneously. This strips him of his external plating, leaving him a skeletal chassis that's on fire for several pages with no end in sight. Couldn't have happened to a nicer guy. Impactor goes so far as to refuse to kill him, because actually paying for what he's done is exactly what Overlord deserves.}}
* [[Final Speech]]: Subverted with {{spoiler|Snare, who is killed mid-sentence.}}
* [[Final Speech]]: Subverted with {{spoiler|Snare, who is killed mid-sentence.}}
* [[Finish Him]]: {{spoiler|Verity tells Impactor to finish Overlord off. He refuses and has the Decepticon brought in alive instead.}}
* [[Finish Him!]]: {{spoiler|Verity tells Impactor to finish Overlord off. He refuses and has the Decepticon brought in alive instead.}}
* [[Five-Man Band]]: The new Wreckers recruits are tragically flawed examples of the types.
* [[Five-Man Band]]: The new Wreckers recruits are tragically flawed examples of the types.
** [[The Hero]]: Pyro, who is naive, superficial, and kindhearted to a fault. {{spoiler|At least that's what he wants the world to think. In reality, he's an arrogant, selfish [[Glory Hound]].}}
** [[The Hero]]: Pyro, who is naive, superficial, and kindhearted to a fault. {{spoiler|At least that's what he wants the world to think. In reality, he's an arrogant, selfish [[Glory Hound]].}}
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{{quote| '''Springer:''' Turn up and shoot...'bout as fancy as it gets with us Wreckers. You wanna spend all day calculating "tolerable margins of error"? Call [[The Chessmaster|Prowl]]. Much simpler with me, kid.}}
{{quote| '''Springer:''' Turn up and shoot...'bout as fancy as it gets with us Wreckers. You wanna spend all day calculating "tolerable margins of error"? Call [[The Chessmaster|Prowl]]. Much simpler with me, kid.}}
* [[Ironic Echo]]: "Not exactly Prime's Fivefold Maneuver, is it?"
* [[Ironic Echo]]: "Not exactly Prime's Fivefold Maneuver, is it?"
** [[Mass Oh Crap|The Predators' reaction]] to Overlord is echoed by that of the Wreckers.
** [[Mass "Oh Crap"|The Predators' reaction]] to Overlord is echoed by that of the Wreckers.
** In "Bullets", the text story at the end of the trade, {{spoiler|"It's over -- finished!" is given by Skyfall as an example of a "Fisitronism." Months later, the now-deceased Ironfist uses a prerecorded message to expose Skyfall as his murderer and ends the message with the phrase.}}
** In "Bullets", the text story at the end of the trade, {{spoiler|"It's over -- finished!" is given by Skyfall as an example of a "Fisitronism." Months later, the now-deceased Ironfist uses a prerecorded message to expose Skyfall as his murderer and ends the message with the phrase.}}
** "Sweet."
** "Sweet."
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{{quote| '''Verity''': Wow, you're like the mom I never had.}}
{{quote| '''Verity''': Wow, you're like the mom I never had.}}
* [[Person of Mass Destruction]]: Megatron offered Overlord the same position occupied by Sixshot in earlier comics. Sixshot's role in the Decepticon army was ''singlehandedly razing planets.''
* [[Person of Mass Destruction]]: Megatron offered Overlord the same position occupied by Sixshot in earlier comics. Sixshot's role in the Decepticon army was ''singlehandedly razing planets.''
* [[Pint-Sized Powerhouse]]: Guzzle might verge on [[Super Deformed]], but he's ''tough''.
* [[Pint-Sized Powerhouse]]: Guzzle might verge on [[Super-Deformed]], but he's ''tough''.
* [[Powered Armor]]: Verity Carlo picked up a suit of armor sometime between her last appearance and here.
* [[Powered Armor]]: Verity Carlo picked up a suit of armor sometime between her last appearance and here.
* [[Powered By a Forsaken Child]]: {{spoiler|If the passwords to the Aequitas computer are ever lost, it can only be rebooted again via a completely willing Transformer lethally donating their spark to it. Topspin ends up doing that willingly, but Prowl's plan was to have Ironfist be the ''donor''.}}
* [[Powered By a Forsaken Child]]: {{spoiler|If the passwords to the Aequitas computer are ever lost, it can only be rebooted again via a completely willing Transformer lethally donating their spark to it. Topspin ends up doing that willingly, but Prowl's plan was to have Ironfist be the ''donor''.}}
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* [[Rashomon Style]]: The Battle of Pova. The joke is in the name - POV(a).
* [[Rashomon Style]]: The Battle of Pova. The joke is in the name - POV(a).
* [[Reality Ensues]]: In-universe, when Ironfist realizes, after a minor [[Heroic BSOD]], what the Wreckers [[Redshirt Army|ultimately are]].
* [[Reality Ensues]]: In-universe, when Ironfist realizes, after a minor [[Heroic BSOD]], what the Wreckers [[Redshirt Army|ultimately are]].
* [[Red Eyes Take Warning]]: Overlord.
* [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]]: Overlord.
* [[Redshirt Army]]: Springer is obligated to tell all recruits that the Wreckers' survival rate is 42%. Ironfist points out that it's actually 38% if you count Rack 'n' Ruin as two robots instead of one. While this math is a little faulty considering the number of known Wreckers, it still helps to illustrate their situation.
* [[Redshirt Army]]: Springer is obligated to tell all recruits that the Wreckers' survival rate is 42%. Ironfist points out that it's actually 38% if you count Rack 'n' Ruin as two robots instead of one. While this math is a little faulty considering the number of known Wreckers, it still helps to illustrate their situation.
* [[Replacement Scrappy]]: In-universe, the new Wreckers are poor substitutes for the variously occupied Broadside, Whirl, Roadbuster, and Sandstorm. This is compounded by the fact that Autobot forces are spread pretty thin as it is, meaning the new guys aren't exactly ready for primetime.
* [[Replacement Scrappy]]: In-universe, the new Wreckers are poor substitutes for the variously occupied Broadside, Whirl, Roadbuster, and Sandstorm. This is compounded by the fact that Autobot forces are spread pretty thin as it is, meaning the new guys aren't exactly ready for primetime.
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* [[Shoot the Fuel Tank]]: Perceptor does this to cover his escape from Overlord.
* [[Shoot the Fuel Tank]]: Perceptor does this to cover his escape from Overlord.
* [[Shoulder Cannon]]: Impactor, though he's never shown to use it in robot mode.
* [[Shoulder Cannon]]: Impactor, though he's never shown to use it in robot mode.
* [[Shout Out]]: When debating whether or not to hail a damaged craft, Verity asks if she should use her "[[Star Trek|Uhura mode]]." It is not clear whether or not this has been used for the [[Boldly Coming]] approach.
* [[Shout-Out]]: When debating whether or not to hail a damaged craft, Verity asks if she should use her "[[Star Trek|Uhura mode]]." It is not clear whether or not this has been used for the [[Boldly Coming]] approach.
** Overlord tells his troops to 'please attend carefully', quoting the Ainely/[[John Simm|Simm]] incarnations of [[The Master]] from [[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]. James Roberts apparently likes to think he sounds like the latter version.
** Overlord tells his troops to 'please attend carefully', quoting the Ainely/[[John Simm|Simm]] incarnations of [[The Master]] from [[Doctor Who]]. James Roberts apparently likes to think he sounds like the latter version.
* [[Significant Anagram]]: Ironfist's pen-name, "Fisitron".
* [[Significant Anagram]]: Ironfist's pen-name, "Fisitron".
* [[Smoking Is Cool]]: Kup constantly chews on a cigar. {{spoiler|It was explained in an earlier series that it's actually full of stuff that stops him from going mad due to withdrawal from toxic radiation from a planet he was marooned on for some time.}}
* [[Smoking Is Cool]]: Kup constantly chews on a cigar. {{spoiler|It was explained in an earlier series that it's actually full of stuff that stops him from going mad due to withdrawal from toxic radiation from a planet he was marooned on for some time.}}
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