Transformers: War for Cybertron: Difference between revisions

** Also, much like most continuities before this, Megatron does treat Soundwave with a fair bit of respect. Compared to virtually everyone else he so much as speaks to, that is. Which means that he only takes his typical threatening tone ''once'' with him.

** Starscream has shades of this with his subordinates.

'''Starscream''': Silence! ...[[You Fool!|Fool]].<br />

'''Skywarp''': That's ''exactly'' what I'm talking about! }}

** Zeta's also pretty merciless with any prisoners he takes.

* [[Blood Knight]]: Many. Megatron is the most flagrant example, but Brawl and Sideswipe certainly qualify. Heck, even Optimus seems to enjoy smashing up the bad guys a little too much:

'''Optimus''': It's purely a matter of ''perspective''. }}

* [[Boisterous Bruiser]]: Damn near ALL of them, with a few exceptions, Optimus being the most obvious one (he's much too humble for it). Megatron will CERTAINLY let you know you're in for a world of hurt.

* [[Bond One-Liner]]: The characters frequently exalt their own abilities or congratulate each other after kills, though only a few are puns. For example, if Optimus headshots someone, he might rumble:

** If he doesn't say anything, Bumblebee might say:

** Meanwhile, for a proper pun, Ratchet might snark:

* [[Bond Villain Stupidity]]: The reason why Megatron doesn't just kill Starscream, despite the fact he knows full well what a traitor he is, is that apparently Megatron finds Starscream to be cunning and useful—even though the idiot tries to take over the Decepticons whenever Megatron disappears for more than thirty seconds. That and Starscream is apparently the planet's best expert on how to process [[Unobtainium|Dark Energon]], and was originally assigned to protect it.

* [[Boom! Headshot!]]: Instant kill on any trooper weaker than a Brute. Can be performed with any weapon with or without Fine Aim, meaning it's possible to get a headshot with a shotgun, or even a grenade launcher.

* [[Breath Weapon]]: {{spoiler|Trypticon}} combines this with [[Frickin' Laser Beams]].

** The boss battle even has this line related to the laser beam that is just such a big G1 throwback it makes one giddy with nostalgia.

* [[Bullet Catch]]: the beginning cutscene has Optimus catching a missile with his hand after knocking another away. The one he catches explodes, but he survives anyways, despite the rough landing.

* [[The Call Knows Where You Live]]: Optimus had apparently turned down the title of Prime given by the Autobot high council in the past, but with Zeta Prime's death and every Autobot encouraging him he takes up the role.

* [[Comic Trio]]: The Seekers form one with Starscream as the schemer, Skywarp as the follower, and Thundercracker as the complainer.

* [[Commander Contrarian]]: Breakdown, who spends most of the Decepticon campaign complaining, much to Megatron's annoyance.

** Barricade also questions Megatron a few times, but since he's only around for one mission, he doesn't get as much opportunity to snark.

* [[Composite Character]]: Barricade has a body design that seems to be more of a G1-ized version of his ''Movie'' form, rather than being based on the G1 Micromaster—though as a Scout, he is the smallest member of the party. The developers have also admitted that Barricade owes more to his movie "mecha bad cop" persona than the original G1 character.

** Megatron's quip about relieving them of the burdens of freedom and choice could also be interpreted as satire, since the Decepticons are forcing Iacon's people to join, similar as to how Zeta prime's caste system forced Megatron and many others to be lower-class workers. Eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth.

* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Most of the Autobots and Decepticons get a couple sarcastic lines off throughout the game, even the ones that were never that humorous. Like Megatron:

'''Megatron''': [[Sarcasm Mode|Yes, Breakdown. I'm well known for my sparkling sense of humour]]. }}

** Megatron gets another good one in at Breakdown's expense:

'''Megatron''': Yes, Breakdown. Your ''constant whining'' saw us through. }}

* [[The Determinator]]: This is Megatron's defining characteristic. The entire Decepticon campaign has various characters telling Megatron that he cannot do what he's trying to do (control Dark Energon, storm the gates of the Autobot capital, defeat Omega Supreme). Megatron's response is to give them all the finger and do it anyway.

** And even in his backstory, before his rise to power, he was like this (charismatic and leading by example). See the Gladiator tropes above.

* [[I Will Show You X]]: Skywarp's belated response to Starscream's Not-So-[[Stealth Insult]].

'''Starscream''': You always do... }}

* [[Incoming Ham]]: Everyone spouts a line like this when they transform back into robot mode. Or out of robot mode, really.

* [[Legacy Character]]: Sort of. The post of Prime is when a society formalizes this trope. Zeta Prime, Optimus's predecessor, is a character in the story. {{spoiler|He is captured by the Decepticons and tortured. Soundwave kills him by draining the last of his life energy. Afterwards, [[Due to the Dead|Optimus brings his body home]] and is chosen by the Autobot High Council to succeed him as Prime}}.

* [[Macross Missile Massacre]]: If you face [[Airborne Mook|flyers]], expect these. Oh, and:

** {{spoiler|Trypticon}}. DEAR GOD, {{spoiler|Trypticon}}!

** Everybody has a rocket launcher that does this in the Wii game.

* [[Old Soldier]]: Ironhide's age and experience are commented upon during the game, especially on the mission he shared with Optimus and Warpath.

* [[Palette Swap]]: As expected, there are a few characters who essentially have the same appearance, but different colours (i.e. Starscream and the Seekers as usual). The game even gives you the option to do this yourself as part of multiplayer customization.

'''[[Anti-Villain|Thundercracker:]]''' Ugly? You and I look the SAME! }}

* [[Paper-Thin Disguise]]: One of the powers of the Scientist class, basically a [[Palette Swap]]. It's even more paper thin to other scientists, who can see the health gauges of all actual allies, but not disguised enemy Scientists, and even more so when someone tries this as Shockwave who has a very unique character model which involves a big purple glowing chest which when using this ability becomes a big red glowing chest. The lack of these obvious distinctions, however, makes it possible to fool an enemy who isn't a fellow Scientist long enough to club them with a melee attack, usually.

* [[Sniper Pistol]]: All weapons except for the [[Short-Range Shotgun|Scatter Blaster and EMP Shotgun]] can be used for semi-effective sniping with Precision Aim mode on. The Energon Battle Pistol takes this literally, with a 5x scope in Precision Aim mode—the only weapon that zooms in farther is the Null Ray, a dedicated sniper rifle with a 10x scope.

* [[Sociopathic Soldier]]: Obviously a Decepticon trait, with Brawl being the biggest example, but Warpath also shows very little reluctance about blowing a keghole into someone.

* [[Soul Jar]]: {{spoiler|The Autobot Matrix of Leadership is a portion of the soul of Primus, given to Optimus by Primus himself. This is the most comprehensive origin story ever given to the mythology concept}}.

* [[Spin Attack]]: The ability called Whirlwind.

* [[The Unfought]]: The Autobots and Decepticons only get to fight the opposite faction's leader in multiplayer due to their stories being sequential rather than parallel. The only duel between the leaders that is in any way related to the storyline occurs in the intro.

* [[Up to Eleven]]: Parodied near the end of the Autobot campaign.

'''Jetfire''': No, that's the ''point!'' It's about to blow! }}

* [[Villainous Breakdown]]: After Megatron loses the Core of Cybertron, his most prized asset in the war, he starts using his [[Kill Sat]] to destroy the evacuation ships. What makes this a breakdown? Earlier in the game, he actually wanted the Autobots to leave the planet. And given that Cybertron was currently dying, those ships held some of the last living members of his race.

* The vid-screen shows the station's weapon destroying all the escaping ships*

'''Ratchet''': He's... insane. }}

* [[We Have Reserves]]: Both the Decepticons and the Autobots (under Zeta Prime's command anyway) show this behaviour. Come to think of it, it's probably one reason why the Autobots are happy that Optimus is finally in charge, as he doesn't share this attitude.

* [[What Could Possibly Go Wrong?]]: {{spoiler|The Aerialbots decide to take out Trypticon's conversion cog and revert him back to his natural Cybertronian form}}.

'''Silverbolt''': Maybe not, but anything is better than this. }}

* [[What the Hell Is That Accent?]]: [[Troy Baker]]'s Jetfire clearly has ''some'' sort of accent compared to his [[American Accents|American-accented]] comrades, but there is some debate as to whether that accent is meant to be [[British Accents|British]] or [[Australian Accent|Australian]]. The fact that incarnations of Jetfire have had both accents in previous ''Transformers'' fiction<ref>(''[[Transformers (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' Jetfire had a Yorkshire accent, while ''[[Transformers Cybertron]]'' Jetfire sounded Aussie)</ref> doesn't help. ([[Word of God|According to Baker]], Jetfire's accent is a "standard" English accent that has been intentionally mutated to sound less "posh"—so more British than Australian, but not really either.)