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{{quote|''My name is Optimus Prime, and I send this message: Though we did not choose to be of Earth, it would seem that we are here to stay. If you approach this planet with hostile intent, know this: We will defend ourselves. We will defend humanity. We will defend - our ''home''.''}}

 

 

Accidentally caught up in the action and befriending the Autobots are three humans: Jack, Rafael and Miko. They act mostly as [[Naive Newcomer]]s as they watch the robots battle it out, though they do prove useful in their own way due to the limited number of Autobots.

 

Now with a [[Transformers Prime/Recap|recap]] page.

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* [[Acting Unnatural]]: Miko and Raf [[Epic Fail|trying to lie to Optimus]] in [[Transformers Prime/Recap/S1/E11 Speed Metal|"Speed Metal"]].

* [[Action Girl]]: Arcee.

** In the Japanese version, Arcee and Jack are played by [[Shizuka Ito]] and [[Jun Fukuyama]] respectively. They reprise their roles from the [[Romantic Comedy]] [[Harem Anime]] ''[[To Heart 2]]'' in that they once again play a couple with a Big-Sister and Little-Brother relationship.

** Similarly, [[Steve Blum]] in the English version once again plays Shin from ''[[Fist of the North Star]]'', in that Starscream is a sadistic warlord who takes pleasure in ''literally'' shoving his hand through the rib-cages of helpless prisoners.

* [[Adaptational Badass]]: Taking from movies again, Bumblebee and Starscream are quite competent soldiers. 'Bee isn't quite the bruiser as from the films, but he charges headlong into a fight and holds his own just as well. Starscream is also scary in both his new competence and even his appearance; they made him a sadist who is unafraid of killing prisoners for talking back at him and willing to make [[Trying to Catch Me Fighting Dirty|cheap shots]] to gain the advantage in a fight.

** Also, Wheeljack. He went from an inventor of wacky devices (that end up exploding) to a dual-sword-wielding ex-Wrecker who is willing to go up against a 'Con army and even boast [[I Like Those Odds|about his odds]]. Rather than the mad scientist of G1, he's known for inventing things on the fly (Yes, he's [[MacGyver]]) and for being an explosives expert.

** Arcee is rivaling [[Beast Wars|Blackarachnia]] for the best [[Action Girl]] in a ''[[Transformers]]'' series. Not bad for being simply [[The Chick]] from ''G1''.

* [[Adult Fear]]: June Darby worries about Jack riding and racing Arcee because she works in an emergency room. Naturally, she is also not at all pleased after realizing that children are near the front lines of five robots' war against the Decepticons.

* [[Advancing Wall of Doom]]: Knock Out tries to push Optimus and Arcee off a cliff with a [[Force Field]] generator in "Operation Bumblebee Part 2".

{{quote|'''Breakdown:''' AGRATFDAZGTDSGRAD!!!

'''Airachnid:''' Sorry, can't understand you. }}

* [[Animation Bump]]: Comparing individual episodes, it's obvious that they were truly fine-tuning the animation while season 1 marched on. This is especially obvious in the season one finale, where the mouth animations—best described as "okay" before—become very accurate and almost pretty to look at.

** It's particularly evident in "Partners", but the lighting and the detail on the individual characters (dings, scrapes, paint scratches, etc.) has only improved as the series progressed.

* [[Animesque]]: Somewhat, it was animated by a Japanese company and the designs are a hybrid of this and [[Transformers (film)|the Live-Action film series]].

* [[Apocalypse How]]: Cybertron itself endured a Class-6.

** [[God of Evil|Unicron]], {{spoiler|who is the Earth itself}}, endangers all life on Earth by performing a Class-X, then intends to cause a Class-Z.

** Becomes humorously literal when Arcee and Bulkhead are polarized, causing them to be stuck back-to-back in [[Transformers Prime/Recap/S1/E18 Metal Attraction|"Metal Attraction"]].

** {{spoiler|Optimus and Megatron whilst fighting against Unicron's antibodies in [[Transformers Prime/Recap/S1/E24 One Shall Rise Part 3|"One Shall Rise, Part 3"]]}}.

* [[Badass Bystander]]: The human kids can't really get involved with the heavy metal action, but the show has gone out of its way to show moments where they are able to help just by being an extra set of hands.

* [[Badass Normal]]: Agent William Fowler. He "has some pretty big bearings, for a human," according to Bulkhead. He's willing to argue with the Autobots, dogfights Soundwave's drone in a ''helicopter'' rather than be captured without a fight, and continued to mock Starscream while being tortured, never giving up the location of the Autobot base.

** His Badassitude is further shown and justified in "Nemesis Prime". Turns out he's a [[Retired Badass|retired Army Ranger]].

** Jack gets into this every now and again. Raf proves to be helpful with his tech savvy. Miko wants to be this, but is too enthusiastic to be of actual help.

* [[Band of Brothers]]: The Autobots seem to be this way.

{{quote|'''Jack:''' *in reference to Bumblebee* Friend of yours?

'''Arcee:''' [[True Companions|Family]]. }}

* [[Barehanded Blade Block]]: Pulled off by Megatron, while battling Optimus in [[Transformers Prime/Recap/S1/E23 One Shall Fall|"One Shall Fall"]]. It helps that his hands are made of metal.

** Followed up by an EPIC [[Call Back]] in "Orion Pax, Part 3", with the striking and blocking positions reversed. Could also count as a [[Book Ends]] situation, since it effectively closes a storyline lasting ''seven'' episodes.

* [[Bash Brothers]]: Knock Out and Breakdown. Bulkhead and Wheeljack were this back on Cybertron as part of the Wreckers.

* [[Batman Gambit]]: Ratchet {{spoiler|decides that losing one Iacon relic would be worth it if he could use Laserbeak to download the entire archive from the ''Nemesis'' so the Autobots could find the rest of the relics before the Decepticons could.}}

** In [[Transformers Prime/Recap/S1/E22 Stronger Faster|"Stronger, Faster"]], Ratchet, whilst under the influence of Synthetic Energon, punches ''Megatron'' in the face hard enough to accomplish this. Megatron promptly owns him afterwards.

** Followed shortly by Optimus doing the same thing to Megatron in the following episode. ''Repeatedly.'' He was seriously pissed off at the time.

* [[Blood Sport]]: Ratchet considers monster truck rallies to be this.

** Which takes on a slightly darker dimension when we find out that Cybertron had ''actual'' gladiators and Megatron used to be one.

* [[Bluff the Impostor]]: Bulkhead to Wheeljack/Makeshift in [[Transformers Prime/Recap/S1/E08 Con Job|"Con Job"]] with "The Battle of Darkmount Pass".

* [[Book Ends]]: [[Transformers Prime/Recap/S1/E20 Partners|"Partners"]] opens with Starscream monologing about how he's accepted his position as Megatron's servant. {{spoiler|It ends with Starscream monologing about how he has no place on either side.}}

* [[Bulletproof Human Shield]]: Bulkhead does this with several Vehicons when he attacks the ''Nemesis'' in [[Transformers Prime/Recap/S1/E04 Darkness Rising Part 4|"Darkness Rising, Part 4"]].

** As does Arcee in "Orion Pax, Part 1".

* [[Came Back Wrong]]: Dark Energon revives the dead, but turns them into mindless berserkers unless something is around to command them.

* [[The Cameo]]: Cliffjumper appears briefly in a [[Flash Back]], with him and Bumblebee [[Big Damn Heroes|rescuing]] Arcee from Airachnid.

** Bulkhead mentions Perceptor's Paradox during his scientific rambling in [[Transformers Prime/Recap/S1/E21 TMI|"T.M.I."]].

* [[Can You Hear Me Now?]]: [[Transformers Prime/Recap/S1/E15 Shadowzone|"Shadowzone"]] gets a bit [[Zig Zagged Trope|schizophrenic]] with this trope. While stranded in another dimension, the kids try to use Miko's cell phone to call for help, but she left it at the base. Then, Jack realizes he still has his and uses that. The call gets through, but since they're in a freaking alternate dimension, the call is unintelligible. Then the kids realize they can get around this problem with texting. It works.

* [[Car Fu]]: Very common, thanks to the characters' need to keep their presence a secret. Particularly evident in [[Transformers Prime/Recap/S1/E09 Convoy|"Convoy"]], where the Autobots' battle with [[Nebulous Evil Organisation|MECH]] gets several of the MECH cars run off the road, flipped over, ''[[Every Car Is a Pinto|blown up]]'', and otherwise disabled, presumably killing the drivers and passengers.

* [[Chekhov's Gunman]]: A nasty example in the form of several deceased characters' corpses. If the body hasn't been utterly destroyed (as in Makeshift's case) you'll be seeing them again. So far, Cliffjumper's body has been used as Mgeatron's Dark Energon test subject, Skyquake's corpse was resurrected by Starscream as another zombie, and {{spoiler|Breakdown}}'s remains have been reconstructed for MECH's nerfarious purposes... namely, {{spoiler|seemingly uploading the critically injured Silas' consciousness into them}}.

** Bonus points for Skyquake. His split-spark twin, Dreadwing, sensed his death and traveled to Earth to avenge him.

* [[Cliff Hanger]]: Good LORD. Several during season one, but special note goes to the last four episodes.

** And then there is "Triage" and "Toxicity", which get special note for using the same cliffhanger twice, but somehow making it work both times.

* [[Clip Show]]: "Grill."

* [[Cold-Blooded Torture]]: Subverted in [[Transformers Prime/Recap/S1/E16 Operation Breakdown|"Operation: Breakdown"]], the titular character is taken apart (starting with [[Eye Scream|his eye]]), but feels no pain since Silas, the leader of MECH, made sure to have his pain receptors turned off beforehand.

** Also done by Ratchet (whilst under the effects of synthetic Energon) in [[Transformers Prime/Recap/S1/E22 Stronger Faster|"Stronger, Faster"]], to a Vehicon miner. With a ''blowtorch''.

* [[Drill Tank]]: Several of these are used in the energon mines in the second episode. They're used to fend off the Autobot attackers, but don't do very well.

** More of them show up in [[Transformers Prime/Recap/S1/E19 Rock Bottom|"Rock Bottom"]].

* [[Drop the Hammer]]:

** Breakdown's hands turn into hammers as weapons.

** Solus, of the thirteen original Transformers, appears to be holding [[Transformers Animated|the Magnus Hammer]] in a Flashback in [[Transformers Prime/Recap/S1/E24 One Shall Rise Part 1|"One Shall Rise, Part 1"]].

*** {{spoiler|Solus Prime's hammer appears for real in "Operation Bumblebee, Part 2".}}

* [[Dual-Wielding]]: Wheeljack, with a pair of giant scimitars.

* [[Dumb Muscle]]: Bulkhead knows he is't particularly smart, but no other Autobot has the same [[The Determinator|raw determination]] as he does. Bulkhead saves the day (accidentally or not) more often than the others.

* [[Evil Former Friend]]/[[We Used to Be Friends]]: Optimus Prime and Megatron.

** In the ''Exodus'' novel, Megatron takes this a step further, and refers to him as brother in the symbolic sense, claiming he felt Optimus was like family. It gets a bit odder in ''Exiles'' when it is stated he had once wanted Optimus, then Orion Pax, to be his trusted right hand and advisor if the High Council had done what he saw as the right thing and named him Prime. Megatron's current actions suggest he still misses their old friendship, but is also more than willing to use and discard him after millions of years as enemies.

* [[Evil Gloating]]: Starscream is fond of this, usually when he thinks he's rid of Megatron once and for all.

* [[Evil Knockoff]]: Nemesis Prime, a MECH-built copy of Optimus controlled by remote.

* [[Evil Versus Evil]]: Breakdown and Airachnid fighting over the Polarity Gauntlet in [[Transformers Prime/Recap/S1/E18 Metal Attraction|"Metal Attraction"]].

'''Optimus''': That is a matter of perspective.

''The ice falls on top of Dreadwing and buries him.'' }}

* [[Eye Scream]]: Optimus' plague infection starts at his eye. Breakdown has one eye ''torn out'' when he's captured by MECH.

** Megatron gets this in [[Transformers Prime/Recap/S1/E23 One Shall Fall|"One Shall Fall"]] when Optimus knocks him off a cliff, lands on him, and then starts grinding his tires into Megatron's eyes. It was quite epic.

** Megatron does this to a copy of Unicron.

* [[Faceless Goons]]: The Decepticon Troopers, as well as all MECH members shown except Silas.

** "Grill" deconstructs this trope when Fowler points out that some of MECH's members could be serving members of the military, hence their masks.

** Starscream is a slightly tougher version of this for the 'Cons.

** In general, the bigger you are the more damage you can absorb. The smaller you are the faster you are.

* [[Fun with Acronyms]]: The DNGS (Dynamic Nuclear Generation System), a.k.a. the Dingus. Presumably the case with the terrorist organization out to steal it, MECH.

** Subverted in one of the tie-in comics. When Ratchet builds a training area for the Autobots called the "Safe," Raf asks if the name's short of "'''S'''ystems '''A'''nd '''F'''iring '''E'''valuation." Ratchet says no, the name just means that it's a safe place to train, but he likes Raf's idea too.

* [[Funny Background Event]]: In [[Transformers Prime/Recap/S1/E23 One Shall Fall|"One Shall Fall"]], during Megatron's opening monologue, Knock Out is in the background checking his nails.

* [[Genki Girl]]: Miko. For bonus points, she's a Japanese exchange student living in Jasper.

* [[Genre Savvy]]: Megatron. When Dreadwing declares that he's going to kill Optimus, Megatron warns him that 'Cons who try that and aren't named Megatron tend to end up dead. He eventually relents and lets Dreadwing give it a shot... then hangs up the comm signal, turns to Soundwave, and notes that he'll be very surprised if they ever see Dreadwing again.

* [[Gory Discretion Shot]]: In [[Transformers Prime/Recap/S1/E12 Predatory|"Predatory"]], there's energon splattering across the wall like blood due to Airachnid slashing open one of Arcee's allies in a flashback.

** In [[Transformers Prime/Recap/S1/E09 Convoy|"Convoy,"]] Arcee knocks a particularly unfortunate Mook off of one of MECH's cars. The actual impact is hidden behind the crashing car.

* [[Great Offscreen War]]: There was apparently a fairly elaborate conflict between the two factions on Earth long ago, and considering Megatron's plans, Optimus correctly assumes he would test out Dark Energon on the site of an unexplained battlefield.

* [[Green Rocks]]: Dark Energon, which generally has similar properties within the show but is quite different to the stuff shown in ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron|War For Cybertron]]''.

** A non-verbal example in [[Transformers Prime/Recap/S2/E03 Orion Pax Part 3|"Orion Pax, Part 3"]], in which {{spoiler|A newly restored Optimus performs a [[Barehanded Blade Block]] on Megatron in the same manner Megatron did to him at the climax of [[Transformers Prime/Recap/S1/E23 One Shall Fall|"One Shall Fall"]].}}

** In "Stronger, Faster" Ratchet tells Megatron he is his Doctor of Doom. Later in "Orion Pax, Part 1", Megatron uses the same title for Ratchet when demonizing him to {{spoiler|Orion Pax}}.

* [[It Got Worse]]: When the kids are attacked by one of Soundwave's [[Combat Tentacles]], Miko goes at it with an axe. It knocks her down before she can land a hit, then grabs the axe. Subverted in that Soundwave doesn't kill them though.

* [[It Has Been an Honor]]: Arcee says this to Optimus when it seems like they're going to freeze to death in the Arctic.

* [[Kryptonite Factor]]: "Tox-En" is a dangerous form of energon which instead of powering a Cybertronian, shuts them down to the point of spark loss.

* [[Large and In Charge]]: Optimus and Megatron are a lot taller than their subordinates. Subverted with Bulkhead when Optimus appoints a temporary leader; Bulkhead never gets picked.

* [[Laser-Guided Amnesia]]: {{spoiler|When Optimus gives up the Matrix of Leadership to defeat Unicron, he subsequently loses all of his memories since he originally obtained the Matrix millenia ago, thinking him and Megatron to still be allies and not recognizing any of the Autobots.}}

* [[Laser-Guided Karma]]: Starscream, in "Operation Bumblebee, Part 2", makes fun of {{spoiler|Bumblebee's inability to transform due to MECH stealing his T-Cog. After almost destroying it, guess what MECH does after Starscream returns to give the news of the destroyed T-Cog?}}

* [[Last-Second Word Swap]]: "[Airachnid] is planning to retaliate against Mega- er, man...kind!"

* [[Lean and Mean]]: [http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_A3LYFEP8MTs/TR28qp0f_yI/AAAAAAAAAhE/mXcoJAB_AIg/s1600/7_Starscream.jpg Starscream,] [http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_A3LYFEP8MTs/TR28qaQn_zI/AAAAAAAAAg0/YtTLX7ktn5s/s1600/9_Soundwave.jpg Soundwave,] and the [http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_A3LYFEP8MTs/TR28pKDFJ7I/AAAAAAAAAgs/isJxWpfrVBU/s1600/10_Trooper.jpg Vehicons], the last of whom look like slimmed-down versions of the [http://www.seibertron.com/images/toys/uploads/1278384005_79_71646_463fb4ac5dac0ae.jpg Decepticon soldiers] from ''War for Cybertron''.

* [[The Lost Lenore]]: Cliffjumper, and, to a lesser extent, Tailgate for Arcee. The other 'bots seem affected too, especially in [[Transformers Prime/Recap/S1/E05 Darkness Rising Part 5|"Darkness Rising, Part 5"]] when Arcee takes serious damage.

{{quote|'''Ratchet:''' We lost one this week, by the Allspark, don't let it be two.}}

* [[Lost Technology]]: Earth appears to be littered with Cybertronian technology (and a few Cybertronians), including at least two crashed starships. And yet humanity hasn't discovered any of it, despite some of it sitting out in the open. MECH is... working on it, however.

** Somewhat justified in that the crashed starships and battlefields are in isolated wilderness areas. Smaller tech (like the energon extractor) has been found, but it seems no one realized what it was.

* [[Lotus Eater Machine]]: During his coma, Megatron dreams of perpetual duels with Optimus that he always wins. He's tempted to stay, but Bumblebee convinces him that this is ultimately empty.

* [[Magic Skirt]]: Averted in [[Transformers Prime/Recap/S1/E11 Speed Metal|"Speed Metal"]] when Jack drag races Vince down a long strip of road. The blast from their vehicles whips up a breeze that looks to blow Sierra and her friend's skirts up, but they immediately pull and hold their skirts into place as soon as they starts to billow.

* [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot]]: [[Humongous Mecha]] Zombies!

* [[No Flow in CGI]]: Subverted, due to the series being animated by a [[Polygon Pictures|veteran CG animation studio]]. All of the human characters' hair looks somewhat like clay, but this is largely due to the art style and most likely intentional.

* [[No MacGuffin, No Winner]]: Silas tries this in [[Transformers Prime/Recap/S1/E09 Convoy|"Convoy"]], but Optimus manages to save the DNGS.

** Done more successfully by Bulkhead with the energon harvester.

{{quote|'''Jack:''' Uh, Optimus! You wanna see something funny?

'''Optimus:''' No. }}

* [[Non-Action Guy]]: Ratchet doesn't see much fighting and usually stays at base as [[Mission Control]]. But when needed, he is still willing to go into battle, surgical blades and all.

** Soundwave tends to stay out of combat as well; for almost the entire first season, his only fight scene was when he attacked the kids with one of his tentacles in the pilot. In the season finale, however, he proved that when motivated, he's easily one of the more dangerous Decepticons.

* [[Not Quite Dead]]: Megatron survived the space bridge exploding thanks to dark energon, which left him barely alive.

** {{spoiler|Silas, after Nemesis Prime gets dropped on him. He's left on heavy life support, with the implication that they might need to [[Brain Uploading|upload his consciousness]] into Breakdown's body to save him.}}

* [[Off with His Head]]: Happens twice in "Crossfire":

** When MECH finds what's left of {{spoiler|Breakdown}}, his head is lying well away from his body with an expression of terror on his face.

** Megatron decapitates {{spoiler|Airachnid's Insecticon}} later in the episode.

* [[Offhand Backhand]]: Ratchet (while under the effects of the [[Psycho Serum|synthetic energon]]) pulls this off on a random Vehicon in [[Transformers Prime/Recap/S1/E22 Stronger Faster|"Stronger, Faster"]].

* [[Offscreen Moment of Awesome]]: The synthetic energon-powered Ratchet versus Breakdown fight in [[Transformers Prime/Recap/S1/E22 Stronger Faster|"Stronger, Faster"]].

* [[Oh Crap]]: When Cliffjumper is confronted with almost a dozen Vehicons in the first episode. "Arcee... about that backup..."

* [[Pardon My Klingon]]: Cybertronian-style swears such as "scrap" and "frag". Notably missing is "slag", which is an actual swear word over in England and the UK (but not America or Canada).

* [[Perpetual Frowner]]: Agent Fowler is constantly grumpy.

* [[Playing Both Sides]]: Starscream. {{spoiler|Though, it's not what it sounds like. Starscream's just trying to survive and ends up trying to get help from the Autobots when he's injured and wrecking Megatron's plans when he can, but he's not above trying to convince Dreadwing to let him help fight against Optimus Prime, only to turn around and help Optimus take out some of the Vehicons, only to later exclaim to Dreadwing that he was forced to help Optimus.}}

* [[Playing Possum]]: Bumblebee does this in [[Transformers Prime/Recap/S1/E20 Partners|"Partners"]] to fool Airachnid into thinking she hit him with the Immobilizer.

* [[POV Cam]]: The show is fond of showing the view of an Autobot, usually Bulkhead, while he's firing at Decepticons. Sometimes it's closer to an over-the-shoulder view, possibly in homage to ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron]]''.

** A literal one is used during Bumblebee's trip into Megatron's mind, which later proves to be more than just giving a reason why the others know of Bumblebee's adventures.

* [[Powered Armour]]: The Apex Armor, as seen in "Triangulation". {{spoiler|Currently in Starscream's possession.}}

* [[Professor Guinea Pig]]: Ratchet in [[Transformers Prime/Recap/S1/E22 Stronger Faster|"Stronger, Faster"]]. See below.

* [[The Quiet One]]: Both Bumblebee and Soundwave. When Bumblebee does speak, his "voice" is a series of beeps and whirrs, but even then, he doesn't seem to carry on long conversations. Soundwave only "speaks" using recorded audio tracks of a recent conversation; that and his blank stare are meant to be unsettling.

* [[Ramp Jump]]: Optimus uses [[Ramprovisation|a glacier]] to get onto the ''Nemesis'' in [[Transformers Prime/Recap/S1/E14 Out of His Head|"Out Of His Head"]].

* [[Readings Are Off the Scale]]: Invoked by Bulkhead when he finds the pod in [[Transformers Prime/Recap/S1/E07 Scrapheap|"Scrapheap"]].

* [[Recap Episode]]: S02E09 "Grill".

* [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]]: Standard for Decepticons. Megatron tops this one, his stare alone is enough to frighten anyone at first glance.

** Unicron {{spoiler|who has been sleeping inside Earth for eons.}}

* [[Sean Connery Is About to Shoot You]]: A lot of combat shots, if they aren't in slow-motion, tend to be of this sort.

* [[Send in the Clones]]: {{spoiler|Starscream does this with five clones of himself. Unlike ''[[Transformers Animated]]'' though, they aren't that distinct from each other, which probably contributes to why they come within a few seconds of actually terminating Megatron if Airachnid hadn't chosen to attack as well.}}

* [[Serious Business]]: Ratchet and the science fair projects.

* [[Ship Tease]]: The writers have made a few ''[[Getting Crap Past the Radar|questionable]]'' dialogue choices in some scenes featuring Jack and Arcee. Just look at Jack when he first meets Arcee (who was disguised as a motorbike); if he talked and behaved that way to her [[FemBot|robot form]], he'd come across as quite the [[Robosexual]] [[Casanova]]. Also, there was his heartfelt confession to Arcee that ''[[A Man Is Not a Virgin|she was his first]]...[[Less Disturbing in Context|bike]]."

** Considering what June said when she found out that Optimus Prime wasn't around makes you wonder if it runs in the family.

*** {{spoiler|[[Ship Sinking|She ends up killing him with those extra arms. And before that, Breakdown showed that he had no qualms about crushing Airachnid for stepping out of line]].}}

** As of the end of the season, there seem to be a few hints of an attraction between Agent Fowler and June Darby. Most noticeably, he gave her a gigantic bearhug when {{spoiler|Unicron was finally defeated.}}

* [[Shoo Out the Clowns]]: No human characters appear at all in [[Transformers Prime/Recap/S1/E20 Partners|"Partners"]].

** Neither do any of them appear in the incredibly complex and dark episode Crossfire. Except some MECH grunts who salvage {{spoiler|Breakdown's corpse.}}

** Megatron does one in "Orion Pax part 3" when {{spoiler|the restored Optimus escapes with Jack and the Autobots}}.

* [[So Proud of You]]: June, as she watches her son Jack grow from a child into a responsible adult and brave warrior in "Orion Pax, Part 3."

* [[Space Is Cold]]: Averted. The Autobots have no problems in space, but the sub-zero temperatures in the Arctic are a major concern.

* [[Space Is Noisy]]: Fails on this account, though. Starscream hears Megatron's voice and Soundwave's Deployer in space.

* [[Spikes of Villainy]]: The ''Nemesis'' is covered in them.

** As is Unicron, but that's tradition.

* [[Stab the Scorpion]]: Megatron, in the season 1 finale.

* [[Standardized Leader]]: To a certain degree, deconstructed. It's mentioned several times that Optimus is a very compassionate and noble leader, but he doesn't have much of a sense of humor and doesn't socialize, either. Arcee and Bulkhead have said it comes with the title of Prime, as such a responsibility weighs upon an individual. Ratchet notes that Optimus was much different before he became a Prime, and in fact compares him to Jack.

** This happens virtually every time Megatron and Optimus have a one-on-one fight.

* [[Symbolic Blood]]: Much like in the movies, the robots tend to bleed a blue fluid that appears to be energon.

* [[Taken for Granite]]: Subverted in [[Transformers Prime/Recap/S1/E17 Crisscross|"Crisscross"]]. Airachnid gets covered in cement which hardens, but she breaks out within seconds.

** "The Immobiliser" has this effect on Cybertronians, doing [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]]. Bumblebee fakes getting hit by it to take Airachnid by surprise.

* [[The Teaser]]: The first ''Transformer'' series to have one.

* [[Technical Pacifist]]: Played with: With Decepticons, the Autobots hold no restraints, but against human enemies, Optimus is adament on using ''minimal'' force. This still involves driving people off the road and crashing people's cars. Some are shown to survive but others are more than likely killed.

** "Time to jet, because I ''can''!"—Starscream mocks Bumblebee over his inability to transform due to the loss of his T-Cog. {{spoiler|Guess what MECH steals from Starscream at the end of the episode...}}

** "Easy prey." -- [[Famous Last Words]], {{spoiler|Breakdown}}.

* [[Terrible Artist]]: Miko, judging by her sketch of Arcee.

* [[This Is the Part Where]]: "So, is this the part where you say goodbye and tell us we need to forget we ever saw you?" No, Miko, it's not.

* [[Those Two Bad Guys]]: Knock Out and Breakdown.

'''Arcee:''' You were the one... [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge|You extinguished Cliffjumper!]] }}

* [[Took a Level in Jerkass]]: Ratchet in [[Transformers Prime/Recap/S1/E22 Stronger Faster|"Stronger, Faster"]], courtesy of some [[Psycho Serum]]. It doesn't last.

* [[Trash Talk]]: It wouldn't be Transformers without it.

** While fighting over a [[MacGuffin]], this little exchange occurs:

* Gets grabbed and lifted by the head by Breakdown*

'''Breakdown:''' Say Uncle! Say it! }}

* [[Trust Me, I'm an X]]:

{{quote|'''Ratchet:''' It's all right, [[Pre-Ass-Kicking One-Liner|I'm an emergency vehicle!]]}}

{{quote|"Bow to ''this!''" (''punches Starscream into a canyon wall'')}}

** And in [[Transformers Prime/Recap/S1/E11 Speed Metal|"Speed Metal"]], when Starscream tells Knock Out to forget about drag racing and focus on repairing Megatron (specifically, buffing out his body), Knock Out replies with "Buff this!" in a way very similar to flipping someone off.

* [[V-Formation Team Shot]]: Averted in the opening credits due to the fairly large size difference between the characters. Instead they're arranged from smallest in front to largest in back.

* [[Villainous Breakdown]]: In [[Transformers Prime/Recap/S1/E08 Con Job|"Con Job"]], Starscream gets progressively less patient as Makeshift fails to report in. Then Wheeljack ''escapes'' and promptly kicks all of Starscream's soldiers' asses, in addition to laying a smackdown on Starscream himself. It all culminates in Wheeljack sending back Makeshift... who then explodes, due to the bomb hidden on him.

** Another one occurs in [[Transformers Prime/Recap/S1/E14 Out of His Head|"Out Of His Head"]] when Optimus Prime ruins Starscream's plan to thaw a glacier in the Arctic and begin mining a huge energon deposit. Starscream loses his cool and screams that Megatron's greatest mistake was letting Optimus live. And then ''Megatron comes back''...

** In [[Transformers Prime/Recap/S1/E25 One Shall Rise Part 2|"One Shall Rise, Part 2"]], {{spoiler|Megatron saves Optimus from Unicron}}.

** In "Crossfire", {{spoiler|Starscream, of all bots, ends up saving Arcee from Airachnid.}}

* [[Vocal Evolution]]: [[Frank Welker]] has purposefully reimagined his classic Megatron voice into something that's not quite as screechy, (some would say a voice that almost sounds ill) but more of a softer, controlled evil instead. As he has said, "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAi_MJay5Xw&feature=player_embedded More of an acting place...]" Of course, [[Peter Cullen]]'s voice has only become more dignified as he's aged.

* [[We Hardly Knew Ye]]: Cliffjumper, Skyquake, Makeshift.

** Constantly averted with Arcee who spares both Starscream and Arachnid. Although she did attempt to take out a comatose Megatron, so she does make some exceptions.

* [[Wild Card]]: Wheeljack. He's an Autobot through and through, but he's used to operating as a Wrecker with no chain of command but your own team.

* [[World Building]]: Every episode is trying to build up this incarnation by constantly referring to previous events, characters and other things that are common knowledge to them but unknown to the human characters. In that regard, they sort of act as [[The Watson]].

* [[World of Badass]]

* [[World of Cardboard Speech]]: After Megatron almost kills Raf with Dark Energon, Optimus finally decides that he has allowed the war, and Megatron's life, to continue far longer that he ever should have, and immediately resolves to rectify this mistake:

{{quote|'''Optimus:''' I have been foolish not to see what history has proven over and over again. That Autobots and Decepticons will ''never'' mend their ways. If there can be no diplomatic solution to this perpetual conflict, then I must not allow more darkness to fall upon this or any planet. Megatron must be ''destroyed''!}}

* [[Would Hurt a Child]]: The Decepticons certainly have no problem in endangering any of the children. Megatron nearly kills Raf in "One Shall Fall".

** Averted to a degree by Soundwave. During the opening miniseries, and later on in the series he encounters the children, but only uses as much force as he needs to to accomplish his objective, even when Miko unintentionally hands him an axe. Being [[The Voiceless|Soundwave]] his motives for this are unclear.

* [[Wrecked Weapon]]: Both times Optimus fought Megatron one-on-one ended in his arm-blade getting broken off.

* [[You Have Outlived Your Usefulness]]: In [[Transformers Prime/Recap/S1/E19 Rock Bottom|"Rock Bottom"]], Megatron reveals that he's been aware of Starscream's acts of betrayal from the beginning, but didn't do anything since he found Starscream's string of failures amusing. However, now he's had enough, so he's going to kill him. Fortunately for Starscream, at this point, Jack and Arcee stumble onto the cave, and Megatron turns his attention to them, allowing 'Scream a chance to escape.

* [[You Owe Me]]: Starscream does this to Breakdown after leading an unsanctioned mission to rescue him.

** Bulkhead tries to do this to {{spoiler|one of}} Starscream{{spoiler|'s clones}} in "Armada", saying that he and Ratchet fixed him up when he was in trouble, twice. Starscream points out that they only bothered to help him ''after'' he gave them useful information.

** {{spoiler|Starscream tries this on Optimus in "Triangulation", pointing out that he had helped restore Prime's memories among other things. Optimus points out that Starscream only did that to further his own agenda. Starscream doesn't deny it.}}

* [[You Shall Not Pass]]: Ratchet, Bulkhead, and Bumblebee pull this on Megatron in "Orion Pax, Part 3" {{spoiler|keeping him from getting through the space bridge while Jack and Arcee are retrieving Optimus' memories from Vector Sigma.}}

* [[Your Size May Vary]]: The approximate size of the characters' vehicle vs. robot forms is subject to interpretation, which is nothing unusual in ''[[Transformers]]'' media. [http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/6/6c/DarknessRising3-Arceesizechange.jpg Arcee] stands out the most, and while Bulkhead is about the same size as he was in ''Animated,'' his vehicle form was downgraded from an (extremely large) armored SWAT transport into a (moderately large) SUV. Optimus and Bumblebee seem to be about the appropriate sizes. On the villains' side Megatron doesn't have an Earth-based alternate mode, but if Starscream is an approximation of a real F-16, his robot mode would be ''extremely'' small. (He's not much taller than Bulkhead.)

 

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