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▲{{quote| '''Optimus Prime''': Our worlds are in danger! To [[Saving the World|save them and the galaxy]], we must find the four [[Plot Coupon|Cyber Planet Keys]] before the Decepticons can use them for evil! ''It'' is our mission! [[Kid Appeal Character|Hot Shot]]! Jetfire! [[Time Master|Vector Prime]]! Landmine! Scattershot! [[The Captain|Optimus Prime]]! Transform and roll out!}}
The entire universe is in danger! The ancient, planet-sized Transformer known as Unicron, whose spark was contained by the Autobots in a sun in ''Transformers Energon'', has now turned into a black hole called the Unicron Singularity. It is sucking the universe up, and only the four [[Plot Coupon|Cyber Planet Keys]], each stored on a [[Adventure Towns|different planet]], can stop its destructive power.
Oh, and [[A Wizard Did It|due to the Unicron Singularity]], [[Retcon|all the Transformers are back on Cybertron, there are new characters and some of the old ones]] [[Beast Wars
[[Fridge Brilliance|Though it's vauge enough that one could argue that the Unicron Singularity ''connected'' the ''Armada'' and ''Energon'' universe to the ''Cybertron'' reality, and Transformers Cybertron's reality is suffering from the actions of the Autobots and Decepticons from that universe.]]
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Generally considered by fans to be the best of the Unicron Trilogy, which started with ''[[Transformers Armada|Armada]]'' and continued with ''[[Transformers Energon|Energon]]'', ''[[Transformers Cybertron]]'' is a fairly unassuming yet fun series that stands out against ''Armada'' and ''Energon'' because even though it's not astoundingly good, it's at least light-years ahead of ''Energon''.
Like ''Energon'' before it, ''Cybertron'' -co-produced between [[GONZO]]<ref> of ''[[Trinity Blood]]'', ''[[Chrono Crusade]]'' and ''[[Gad Guard]]''</ref> and [[Sunwoo]] <ref> of ''[[Family Guy]]'', ''[[Darkwing Duck]]'' and ''[[Metajets]]''</ref>- was animated with a mixture of hand-drawn animation and CGI. However, ''Cybertron'' used more traditional CGI for the Transformers, in line with what had been used for ''[[
Also, [[The Hero|Optimus Prime]] [[Transforming Mecha|turns into]] '''[[Rule of Cool|a]] ''[[Crazy Awesome|flying]]'' [[Rule of Cool|fire truck]]'''.
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* [[Amplifier Artifact]]: Cyber Keys. Also, Megatron's Unicron Armour and the Matrix of Leadership can act like this.
* [[An Axe to Grind]]: The giant Transformer Metroplex's weapon is a [[BFA]] called Sparkdrinker. It's as tall as he is. And Metroplex is twenty stories tall. Also, Scourge's beast-mode tail is an axe when he is in robot mode.
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* [[Arc Words]]: 'Til All Are One. As in, one in purpose. When the transformers of Cybertron and the four colonized worlds come together to help thwart Galvatron's plans, Primus declares that all ARE one.
* [[Asskicking Pose]]: In SPADES.
* [[Awesome Moment of Crowning]]: Starscream, after growing to supreme size. The crown is [[Shout
* [[Badass Grandpa]]: Landmine. He's the one who taught Optimus how to fight, and can still kick serious Decepticon aft. Vector Prime, to a lesser extent. Also Backstop.
* [[Battle Cry]]: Yes. One of the most worthy of mention is the following:
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* [[Big Bad Ensemble]]: Megatron is the [[Big Bad]] at first, but eventually Starscream manages to become a secondary [[Big Bad]] in his own right.
* [[Big Bad Wannabe]]: Ransack and Crumplezone.
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* [[Blind Idiot Translation]]: Not nearly as bad as the previous dubs, but errors still occur here and there, such as the wrong characters being voiced.
* [[The Berserker]]: Overhaul, bordering on [[Leeroy Jenkins]].
* [[
** Primus, being a planet-sized [[Physical God]], would have a huge gun. However, in the end, we wields one that's a space battleship as a gigantic cannon that counts as a [[
* [[BFS]]: Vector Prime's sword, Rhisling, by dint of being a Transformer-scale claymore.▼
* [[Big Badass Wolf]]: Snarl's altmode.
▲* [[
* [[Broken Faceplate]]: Optimus Prime's mouthplate is shattered during the final battle, although he is the victor.
* [[Butt Monkey]]: Thundercracker. So many times.
** Ransack and Crumplezone later join him.
* [[By the Power of Greyskull]]: "<insert name here>, Transform!", "Cyber Key Power!", "[[Harbinger of Asskicking|Optimus Prime, Super Mode!]]"
* [[Calling Your Attacks]]: More [[Egregious]] in ''Galaxy Force'' than Cybertron.
** Thundercracker comes up with bigger and more grandiose names for simple attacks as the series goes on. However, ''they actually work as advertised.''
* [[The Cameo]]: G1 Soundwave in tape-player form. First being used by Sideways in one episode, then in the epilogue being carried by ''this'' series' Soundwave. G1 Soundwave's cameo model is detailed to the point of having G1 Laserbeak in tape mode visible within him.
* [[Combining Mecha]]: In Super Mode, Optimus Prime can combine with Leobreaker to form Savage Claw Mode, or with Wing Saber to form Sonic Wing Mode. Megatron can combine in a similar fashion with Leobreaker's Evil Knockoff Nemesis Breaker to form Dark Claw Mode.
* [[Conspicuous CG]]: ''Very'' conspicuous. The Transformers are in (Non Cel-Shaded) CG and the human characters are traditionally animated.
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** Megatron then returns the gesture the very episode after after he evolves into Galvatron, he not only blocks the axe with one hand, he snatches it and defeats Metroplex with his own weapon to add insult to injury.
* [[Dangerous Forbidden Technique]]: Vector Prime's Time Reverse power. Using it shortens the users life. One or two minutes are okay, but three days to a week? Too dangerous.
* [[Defeat Means Explosion]]: When Optimus and Leobreaker stab Megsy, an inexplicable explosion follows, and sends him flying! Or when Metroplex powers up his axe and brings it down and somehow causes a battle-ending explosion.
* [[Defeat Means Friendship]]: Override to Hot Shot, though this is helped by him aiding her a few times and genuinely impressing her with his drive to win.
* [[Determinator]]: A few examples. Overhaul against Scourge, Hot Shot in the last race against Override, and then Starscream on his Foe Tossing Charge. Hot Shot, Red Alert, and Scattorshot refusing to give up after their Near Death Experience is one of the triggers for their Mid-Season Upgrade. Galvatron gets a second wind in [[Transformers
* [[Deus Ex Machina]]: Plenty of it, [[Tropes Are Not Bad|and in a good way]]. In fact, ''Cybertron'' gets to have a lot of fun with this trope due to some of the show's basic premises.
* [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?]]: [[Evil Counterpart|Darkly]] [[Inverted Trope|inverted]]. In episode 49, Galvatron (while hopped up on power from the Omega Lock and the Cyber Planet Keys]] stuns a weakened Primus with a blast of dark energy. Played somewhat straight with Primus' second beatdown of Starscream.
* [[Distant Finale]]: The last episode's end credits show {{spoiler|[[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|Lori and Coby getting married and Dr. Suzuki holding what is presumably her and Colonel Franklin's baby.]]}}.
* [[Dub
** But if you ''do'' take it on its own, though, as the dub team evidently felt was the choice, it's not so bad. The [[All There in the Manual]] retcons are pretty weak, and exist mainly to please Aaron Archer, who insisted on it.
* [[Dub Name Change]]: Naturally. In some cases, these are better. It's a bit of a list but:
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** Force Chips became Cyber Keys
** Planet Force became Cyber Planet Keys
** The Chip Square became the Omega Lock.
** The starship ''Mu'' became the ''Ogygia''
** The starship ''Pangaea'' became the ''Lemuria''
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* [[Dull Surprise]]: Although it still suffered from this, ''Cybertron'' was in general better about this (characters are now capable of smiling, sneering, glaring etc, although all talking is still "mouth open, mouth closed".)
** That's just a common cheat in anime, to avoid a dub having to redo the lip sync.
* [[Epic Flail]]: Primus uses energy ropes to [[Improvised Weapon|convert]] the moons of Cybertron into [[Dual
* [[Evil Knockoff]]: Nemesis Breaker to Leobreaker.
* [[Executive Meddling]]: Hasbro originally intended the character Overhaul to be called Trailbreaker. This would have given the character the nice transition from Trailbreaker to Leobreaker. Unfortunately, Hasbro's trademark on the name had expired forcing them to rename Trailbreaker, leaving no continuity between the names.
* [[Famous Last Words]]: "[[Transformers:
* [[Femme Fatale]]: Thunderblast. Also something of a [[Gold Digger]].
* [[Fighter Launching Sequence]]: One of the stock sequences. Quite drawn out.
* [[Final Battle]]: Optimus Prime versus Galvatron. {{spoiler|[[Transformers
* [[Foe
* [[Gainaxing]]: Thunderblast not only has a pair of big round breasts under her chest-plate, with nipples, but in some scenes in the series, they can even be seen bouncing.
* [[Gatling Good]]: Megatron's second Cyber Key weapon is a laser gatling gun. In Japan it's called a [[Exactly What It Says
* [[Get a Hold of Yourself, Man!]]: Vector Prime does this to Optimus after Optimus has been nailed with a [[Hannibal Lecture]] by Galvatron. "I've heard ''enough!''" '''*[[Warrior Therapist|PUNCH]]*'''
* [[Go Out
* [[Gratuitous English]]: ''Galaxy Force'' has as much of this as ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]'' has [[Les Yay]].
* [[The Hero]]: [[It Was His Sled|Optimus Prime]]
* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]: Vector Prime makes one. He uses Time Reverse to take the heroes back to when the interuniversal warp hole they used to reach Gigantion was open in order for them to return.
* [[Homage]]: A fair bit, such as Galvatron's colour scheme (It's G1 Megatron's). But there's one particular example in the [[Final Battle]] that stands out.
{{quote|Early in the battle:
'''Galvatron:''': Why throw away you life so recklessly Prime? It's a pity it has to end like this.
'''Optimus Prime:''' That's a question you should ask yourself, Galvatron! ''I will finish you!''
The battle rages on, until they get ready to clash with each other for the last time.
'''Optimus Prime:''' Only one shall stand, Galvatron. ''It ends here!''
'''Galvatron:''' '''NEVER!'''|Cue their final clash. {{spoiler|[[Transformers
* [[Houko Kuwashima]]: Hop (Jolt in the dub).
* [[Hot Scientist]]: Dr. Lucy Suzuki. She even has a schoolgirl skirt.
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* [[Large Ham]]: Megatron/Galvatron. But with [[David Kaye]] voicing, what did you expect? Also, Starscream, Thundercracker, Scourge...
* [[Last Villain Stand]]: Megatron. After he loses the cyber key, his minions have deserted him, and his plan to reshape the universe to his own desire is foiled, he decides to go all out and destroy Jungle World and Earth while at the same time challenging Optimus Prime to a final battle.
* [[Leeroy Jenkins]]: Hot Shot. Overhaul also has traces of this, as does Wing Saber.
* [[Lip Lock]]: Averted for the most part.
* [[Lull Destruction]]: The dub does this to compensate for the heavy use of [[Stock Footage]].
* [[Make My Monster Grow]]: Various characters do this to themselves, the first being Starscream. He does it again and becomes as big as Primus, only to have Primus [[Transformers
* [[Manipulative Bastard]]: See above, at Magnificent Bastard. Also Sideways.
* [[Martyr Without a Cause]]: [[Defied Trope|NOT THIS OPTIMUS PRIME!]]
* [[Meaningful Name]]: A few. Let's start with Hot Shot, whose name is a fair description of his attitude. And Wing Saber, whose wing flaps become the blades of his sabers in robot mode.
* [[Merchandise
* [[Mid
** Also Red Alert, Hot Shot, and Scattorshot, after their [[Near
*** Followed by Starscream, growing to giant size. And later Megatron into Galvatron.
* [[Mighty Glacier]]: Primus and Metroplex are [[Subverted Trope|subversions]] of this. So is post-upgrade Starscream.
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* [[Mythology Gag]]: On our mythology. The names of the ships match the names of legendary lost continents. The ''Atlantis'' was the first ship to crash in the Bermuda Triangle. In a more straight example, the "four wise elders" who began the space bridge project are drawn to look like G1 Optimus Prime, Hot Rod, Jazz, and Ultra Magnus.
* [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot]]: Transformers was already slagging ''made'' of this trope, and is an example of it working. Cybertron is no exception, and with Primus took this to a new level.
* [[Non
* [[Norio Wakamoto]]: Flame Convoy (Scourge in the dub).
* [[Not Quite Dead]]: {{spoiler|Vector Prime. He isn't strictly dead, but now he can only exist outside of time. He can no longer venture out into the multiverse.}}
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*** {{spoiler|Basically what it means is he can't enter either of those universes any more. Others, yes, but not those two.}}
* [[Not So Harmless]]: Thundercracker, in episode 7 when he successfully springs a trap and in episode 41 when he unveils his [[Rocket Punch|supercharged punch.]]
* [[Off
** of course, seeing as Gonzo and Sunwoo are involved, this isn't a surprise.
** Some shots in the pilot have the Autobots (chiefly Optimus) using a slightly different color scheme.
* [[Oh Crap]]: Plenty of it, and with the moderately improved facial animation, you can tell. However, the best instance is in episode 49, when Galvatron has 5 supercharged attacks headed his way:
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** Sideways gets a funny one in episode 41:
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* [[Only Mostly Dead]]: Megatron after getting blown up with the collapse of his private dimension. The Armor of Unicron sustained his spirit, and absorbed energy from attacks on him to regenerate his body.
* [["On the Next Episode of..." Catchphrase]]: In ''Galaxy Force''.
* [[Opening Narration]]: The opening and ending quotes for this work's page.
* [[Physical God]]: Primus, {{spoiler|now literally.}}
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* [[Plot Hole]]: Canonically, the Unicron Singularity itself is one so massive it causes inconsistencies and memory loss in Transformers across all of the multiverse.
* [[Power Glows]]: Present, most notably in the [[Final Battle]].
* [[Pre
* [[Proud Warrior Race Guy]]: Scourge.
* [[Punch Parry]]: Optimus Prime vs. Megatron, It's as awesome as it sounds
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* [[Scott McNeil]]: Snarl, Backstop, and the race announcer. He's no longer Jetfire, though, who has a completely new voice and accent (despite other changes made to present the series as in continuity with Armada and Energon - and there ''were'' some.)
* [[Second Verse Curse]]: [[Defied Trope|Cybertron Broke The Curse.]]
** To elaborate: After [[Transformers Generation
* [[She's a Man In Japan]]: The female Override is the male Nitro Convoy in ''Galaxy Force''. This was done before with ''[[
** Hasbro paid homage to this by claiming Override posed as a male early in her racing career.
** It worked very well, too. It makes more sense ([[Dude Looks Like a Lady|She looks like she has high heels]], and chest armor is similar to the armor uniboob many female 'bots sport.)
* [[Shout
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'''Coby:''' (in a later episode) [[How Stella Got Her Groove Back|And that's how Optimus Prime got his groove back!]] }}
* [[Shoot the Shaggy Dog]]: The retcon that the energon sun collapsed to make the black hole turns the entire ''Energon'' series into one of these, annihilating the planets they fought for the whole series offscreen. Again, however, the actual show largely ignores such things (mainly, Cybertron and Jungle Planet still exist.) The screen-given (and therefore [[Canon|more official]]) explanation is that the destruction of Unicron upset the balance between good and evil, and the black hole is the result. Its first victim is an uninhabited world, [[Woolseyism|aptly named Moriturus]] - "I am about to die" in Latin.
* [[Show Hayami]]: Vector Prime's V.A. in Japan
* [[Slap Slap Kiss]]: Lori and Coby, although they never actually get to the 'kiss' part. {{spoiler|Well, one supposes they did when they got married.}}
* [[Spell My Name
* [[Steampunk]]: Vector Prime, who is mostly CLOCKWORK.
* [[Stock Footage]]: ''Cybertron'' was a serial offender. Eventually the cast virtually started [[Mystery Science Theater Three Thousand|MSTing]] it.
** More like [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshading]] it.
* [[Stupid Sacrifice]]: Averted. Optimus survives the whole way. {{spoiler|He also kills Galvatron. Alone.}} Scourge nearly makes one but Snarl talks him out of it.
* [[Super Mode]]: Optimus Prime, via the parts from his vehicle mode that go into [[Hammerspace|subspace]] when he's in normal robot mode. The fire-trucks combination ladders/water cannons/laser cannons swing under his arms to act as guns that are [[
** Heck, he even calls it "Super Mode".
* [[Super Robot]]: What Optimus is in [[Super Mode]].
* [[Team Rocket Wins]]: Episode 25. {{spoiler|Starscream beats the Autobots and steals the Omega Lock.}}
* [[Tempting Fate]]: Landmine in ep. 45 when he finds Gigantion's Cyber Planet Key. "And for once, findin' one of these was a piece of cake." *Cue Starscream's entrance* "Me and my big mouth." [[Transformers
* [[That's No Moon|That's No Planetary Breakup]]: {{spoiler|It's Primus transforming.}}
* [[Theme Naming]]: The ancient starships are all named after mythical lost continents. Of course, within the show, the continents are named after the ships.
* [[The Obi
* [[The Other Darrin]]: Megatron's voice actor is different in the pilot.
* [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]]: Optimus gives a pretty good one to Galvatron, shortly before they make their final rush at each other.
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* [[There Is No Kill Like Overkill]]: Optimus using Metroplex's axe on Ransack and Crumplezone (To be fair, they had held Jolt and Bud captive briefly, and even tried the "save the hostage or catch us" routine. Prime managed ''both,'' and repaid the baddies' [[Jerkass|Jerkassery]] in full.) He [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshades]] it hilariously.
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'''Ransack and Crumplezone''': [[Oh Crap|N-n-no!]]
'''Optimus:''' That's good. [[Sarcasm Mode|After all, I'm just trying to be fair!]] *WHAM!* }}
* [[The Starscream]]: Starscream. That would seem obvious, but in the rest of the Unicron Trilogy he was more of a [[Noble Demon]].
** Also, {{spoiler|this time Starscream is far from incompetent. He carefully waits for the right opportunity, when Megatron is irritated and not thinking clearly. He then tricks Megatron into a forcefield trap in the middle of deep space. This buys him time to steal the Omega Lock and the three keys found so far, trouncing an entire team of Autobots in the process. He becomes supersized and much stronger, and fights Primus (i.e., ''God'') ''twice.'' When he clashes with Galvatron near the end he almost WINS. He's not just a serious threat in this series, he borders on ''scary.'' He also outlived Galvatron making Starscream the most dangerous Decepticon in this series alive.}}
* [[The Straight Man]]: Jetfire and Red Alert
* [[This Cannot Be!]]: Galvatron gets this a few times. Most notable is in his [[Final Battle]] with Starscream.
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Later, in episode 49, after the black hole is destroyed:
'''Galvatron:''' I don't believe it. }}
* [[This Is Something He's Got to Do Himself]]: Optimus Prime vs Galvatron.
* [[Transformation Is a Free Action]]: The English dub often has the character transforming talking about something as they go through a step by step sequence that takes about a minute at worst to complete. Gets particularly silly in the case of Metroplex, who transforms to save the comparatively small heroes from a falling object. Especially considering his transformation sequence is literally comparable to ''standing up''.
*** Not really [[Transformation Is a Free Action]], though. The talking seems to be more of an internal monologue used to fill the stock footage. The stock footage that's used like packing peanuts. Heck, sometimes the talking is used to [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshade]] the stock footage. And seen from the outside the transformations are instantaneous.
**** Prime does explain his plan while transforming once, though.
***** During the longest chunk of uninterrupted stock footage in the show.
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* [[Villainous Valour]]: Starscream when he goes after the Omega Lock.
* [[Wave Motion Gun]]: The massive warship ''Ark'', when wielded by Primus. And it's not just a Wave Motion Gun, it's a BLACK HOLE-DESTROYING Wave Motion Gun.
* [[Wham! Episode]]: Episode 25: {{spoiler|Starscream seizes the Omega Lock}}. Episode 26: {{spoiler|Megatron brings three characters to the brink of death}}. Episode 47: {{spoiler|Vector Prime dies}}.
* [[Wild Hair]]: Overhaul gets this, or the Transformer equivalent, after being reformatted into Leobreaker.
* [[Wrench Wench]]: Lori.
* [[You Are Not Alone]]:
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'''Optimus Prime:''' Vector Prime?!
'''Vector Prime:''' I shall always be watching over you from beyond time. When your need is greatest, I shall be there. And now, I have a gift. }}
* [[You Shall Not Pass]]: Vector Prime pulls one of these in the second episode. This is one of those examples where the person doing it doesn't die. It is [[Transformers
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