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Transformers: Armada
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Transformers Armada (known in Japan as Transformers Micron Legend) is one of the many series that make up the Transformers franchise. It takes place in its own continuity, separate from the earlier series. The storyline of Armada continued in Transformers: Energon and Transformers: Cybertron (however, Cybertron was originally a separate continuity in the Japanese version). The three series are known as the "Unicron Trilogy".Unlike Transformers: Robots in Disguise before it (which was only imported to buy time), it was a 'main line' series, and as such had a large toyline.Transformers Armada mostly revolves around the Mini-Cons: a race of Transformers smaller than usual (about human size or smaller). When linked to one of their larger brethren, they cause a significant boost in power (usually resulting in extra guns appearing). Due to this, the Autobots and Decepticons warred over them until the Mini-Cons ended up leaving to stop the conflict, crash-landing on Earth millions of years in the past and laying dormant until the present day. Most of the episodes revolve around the Autobots trying to gain the support of the Mini-Cons, with the Decepticons after them with the intent to use them to conquer the Autobots, Cybertron, and presumably the universe (as usual).It is divisive among fans not only for the focus on Mini-Con collecting (leading some to call it 'Pokeformers'), but for the frequent dubbing errors. Due to rushed production, there are several conversations that don't flow properly, or clash with what's happening onscreen. Many characters have their names mixed up with other characters,' such as pretty much everyone being referred to as Leader-1 (Megatron's Mini-Con) at least once. One particularly glaring instance was Optimus saying he'd left Thrust in charge on Cybertron - and the image has "Thrust" kept in shadow because he (actually intended to be Jetfire) hasn't been introduced yet. Of course, Thrust is the name of the Decepticon master tactician, with no sign of ever having been an Autobot - a major point of confusion for viewers. Also, unfinished animation led to some low-quality scenes, and one or two truly nonsense ones (like a black spot of nothing◊ where Starscream was supposed to be in one battle.) But like most things, it had a few redeeming factors in the overall story and the reintroduction of the meta-villain Unicron. It is generally considered to improve substantially in the second half.In addition to the series, a mini-manga, called Linkage was released with the Japanese DVDs, written by Hirofumi Ichikawa, which told a separate story about a group of Mini-Cons who encounter a woman named Stella Holley, who helps them free the Mini-Cons from Unicron. The story also features several links to the animated series, and even fills a few plot holes. The series was fan-translated in collaboration with Ichikawa, and can be read online here.A comic from the now defunct Dreamwave Comics was made covering all of the series. It started out mostly mirroring the show's plot with some considerable differences (Mini-Cons could speak normally for starters, while in the show they were limited to bleeps and other electronic noises) but went off in its own direction once Simon Furman took over writing duties. The second half of the series concerns some of the first major mentions of a Transformers multiverse, Unicron invading Earth with his heralds, all Generation 1 Decepticons, and Megatron battling Generation 1 Galvatron one-on-one. The comic was received fairly positively despite (or because of?) these differences.A video game adaptation, simply called Transformers, was released for the PlayStation 2, and is considered one of the better video game adaptations of the Transformers franchise, often being called the best one as a whole, at least until War For Cybertron came around. | |
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Memento MacGuffin | |
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Memento Macguffin: The mars rocks, especially Alexis' mars rock necklace. All the rocks symbolize the children's relationship with Starscream, but while the others throw theirs away as he proceeds though the Heel–Face Revolving Door, Alexis keeps her rock. Alexis makes her rock into a necklace, upgrading its significance such that it gains empathic properties: it shatters when Starscream dies. | |
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Boisterous Bruiser | |
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Boisterous Bruiser: Jetfire is Optimus Prime's second in command, and in contrast to Optimus he is on the Hot-Blooded side - he operates on instinct and is more of a cool older brother to his men than A Father to His Men. | |
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All There in the Manual | |
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All There in the Manual: Many plot points and holes are explained in Linkage, a series of short comics packed with the Japanese DVD releases of the series. | |
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A Father to His Men | |
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A Father to His Men: Optimus Prime — but that goes without saying. At some points, Megatron displays parallel behavior toward his men, though more of an "irritable father" compared to Optimus' "doting father." | |
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The Hyena | |
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The Hyena: Cyclonus and his incessant cackling. | |
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The Medic | |
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The Medic: Red Alert. In fact, in the Japanese version his name is Ratchet, same as the G1 chief medical officer. | |
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The Spock | |
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The Spock: Red Alert tends to show aspects of it. Spock Speak: Thankfully, he stops using it after the first time. | |
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Those Two Guys | |
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Those Two Guys: Of the five kids, Billy and Fred are the most peripheral and the most closely associated with each other. There are stretches of episodes where they don't appear, and they mostly just bounce off each other. | |
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Unreliable Illustrator | |
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Unreliable Illustrator: The show is a frequent victim of poor quality animation in general. While a lot of it is due to the fact this was the first full-length anime of Actas, the main culprit is Executive Meddling from Cartoon Network. As they forced the show to be rushed as they wouldn't sign it unless there was a certain amount of episodes finished. The first few episodes are very common victims of this, due to the fact they use completely different character design for a significant chunk of the cast. By the time of the the Unicron battles, the animation often averts this and looking much better than before. The worst of the episodes in terms of this are Linkup and Decisive Battle. The former has many badly drawn scenes through the episode(albeit this was addressed for the Japanese broadcast, with most of the episode being re-drawn), and the latter not only has a lot of bad quality◊shots◊, but also suffers from both Stock Footage and Special Effects Failure, with reused scenes that dont match the context of the episode(in one instance, with the episode itself happening during the day, they re-uses scenes from a earlier episode that happened during the night) and a lot of missing laser, lighting and sound effects on top of inconsistent backgrounds(The Japanese version doesn't overhaul it that much but does address the missing laser, lightning and sound effects, as well as keeping backgrounds consistent and editing the re-used footage to match the episode). | |
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Wave-Motion Gun | |
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Wave-Motion Gun: The Hydra Cannon. | |
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Verbal Tic | |
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Verbal Tic: "...Tidal Wave..." or "...Shock..." in Japan | |
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More than Mind Control | |
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More than Mind Control: Unicron to the minicons. | |
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HypocriticalHumour | |
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Hypocritical Humour: In "Conspiracy", when Demolishor is planning an attack on Starscream, he looks to the others for support, including Sideways: | |
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More Dakka | |
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More Dakka: Powerlinx and super modes tend to bring this into play. Most notably Optimus combined with Overload and Jetfire. Megatron can do this too, combining with Tidal Wave for the most dakka of any Megatron to date. | |
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Ax-Crazy | |
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Ax-Crazy: To Cyclonus, shooting stuff is the meaning of life. But honestly, he's more of a pain in the ass than a serious threat. | |
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Psycho for Hire | |
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Psycho for Hire: Cyclonus | |
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The Unintelligible | |
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The Unintelligible: Mini-Cons vocalize in whirs and beeps, although High Wire starts making full sentences much later. | |
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Best Served Cold | |
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Best Served Cold: Wheeljack traps himself, the one he believes responsible for ruining his life, and a mostly innocent bystander in a burning abandoned factory. | |
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Defector from Decadence | |
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Defector from Decadence: Starscream, after Megatron and Thrust use him as a diversion and abandon him after the Deceptions withdraw. Watch out for that Heel–Face Revolving Door, though. | |
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Bad Boss | |
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Bad Boss: Megatron often behaves like a schoolyard bully in sharp contrast to Optimus Prime. Starscream calls him out on it after his Heel–Face Turn and just before his death. | |
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Captain Obvious | |
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Captain Obvious: The kids probably contributed to the fandom's dislike of human characters in general. A great deal of the time, their role in an episode was to spend half an hour giving statements like this: | |
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Manipulative Bastard | |
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Manipulative Bastard: Sideways, and to a lesser extent, Thrust. | |
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Bittersweet Ending | |
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Bittersweet Ending: Unicron is defeated and the war between the Transformers ends, but Galvatron sacrificed himself to achieve this, and Optimus renounces leadership, feeling that he is unworthy of it. And Unicron is still around, having simply moved onto another planet. | |
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Spock Speak | |
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Spock Speak: Thankfully, he stops using it after the first time. | |
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2D Visuals, 3D Effects | |
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2D Visuals, 3D Effects: Anytime an effect is used, like when the Autobots use the Warp Bridge, it's very blatantly computerized and stands out against the otherwise 2D animation. The flagships for all three factions in the episode "First Encounter" are also rendered in CGI, being the only proper, non-effect use of CGI in the show. | |
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Intergenerational Friendship | |
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Intergenerational Friendship: The kids and the Transformers, Smokescreen and Hot Shot. | |
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Smug Snake | |
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Smug Snake: Thrust practically IS this ideal. | |
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Temporal Paradox | |
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Temporal Paradox: A predestination paradox occurs in "Drift", where the kids travel back in time and meet the Mini-Cons when they are created, and tell them to escape from Cybertron and come to Earth, which in turn is required for all the subsequent events, including the time travel itself, apparently carried out by Highwire. First, however, the kids stop by in the alternate past where Unicron used the Mini-Cons, who never left Cybertron, to make the Transformers fight each other to exhaustion, before imprisoning and digesting them. Did we mention that the viewer gets no explanation for this? | |
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Kid-Appeal Character | |
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Kid-Appeal Character: It's easy to want to root for Hot Shot. Plus, the kids in the show root for him, so it's easy for impressionable viewers to follow their example. | |
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The Farmer and the Viper | |
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The Farmer and the Viper: In one episode, Hoist decides to help Tidal Wave, who is stuck in a narrow tunnel. Tidal Wave promptly thanks him by knocking him on his ass. | |
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Good Old Fisticuffs | |
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Good Old Fisticuffs: Scavenger demonstrates his badassery early on by fighting unarmed. He even tests himself against the Star Saber bare-handed. | |
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Power Crystal | |
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Power Crystal: On a few Transformers. | |
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Gotta Catch Them All | |
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Gotta Catch Them All: The plot of the first thirteen episodes is focused around gaining Mini-cons as allies. | |
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Danger Room Cold Open | |
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Danger Room Cold Open: "Jungle" begins with Starscream, Demolishor, and Cyclonus losing to a simulated Optimus Prime thanks to their poor teamwork. This gets a Book End at the end of the episode, where Starscream utterly curb-stomps the same simulation with the power of his new Mini-Con, Swindle. | |
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The Dragon | |
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The Dragon: Starscream is Megatron's right-hand man at first. Later Thrust wins Megs' favor, but the dalliance only lasts until Starscream rejoins the fold. | |
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Green Aesop | |
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Green Aesop: The episode "Jungle" features a heavy-handed ecological message. | |
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Hulk Speak | |
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Hulk Speak: Tidal Wave. | |
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Inconsistent Dub | |
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Inconsistent Dub: And how. A much more straight example is the fact they use the wrong names many, many times across the series. For example, Leader-1(Megatron's mini-con) was applied to about every named mini-con at least once, and some characters reverted to their Japanese names at times (Hot Rod for Hot Shot, Shockwave instead of Tidal Wave and, more infamously, Jet Convoy in the debut episode of Jet Optimus/Jet Prime combination. | |
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As Long as There Is Evil | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_5dff009d | comment |
As Long As There Is Hatred: Unicron claims that the war-like nature of the Transformers has energized him. | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_5dff009d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_5dff009d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Armada | hasFeature |
Transformers: Armada / int_5dff009d | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_610d5e4e | type |
Shoulders of Doom | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_610d5e4e | comment |
Shoulders of Doom: Lots of characters got 'em, but Hot Shot's inspired a meme. | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_610d5e4e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_610d5e4e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Armada | hasFeature |
Transformers: Armada / int_610d5e4e | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_617f0563 | type |
Heel–Face Turn | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_617f0563 | comment |
Heel–Face Turn: The Decepticons. All of them, except Thrust. The survivors even maintain this status through the beginning of Transformers Energon. | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_617f0563 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_617f0563 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Armada | hasFeature |
Transformers: Armada / int_617f0563 | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_6439de78 | type |
Heroic Sacrifice | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_6439de78 | comment |
Heroic Sacrifice: Smokescreen, Starscream Optimus as usual, even Megatron in the last episode. All of them get better at some point, at least in the sequel series. | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_6439de78 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_6439de78 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Armada | hasFeature |
Transformers: Armada / int_6439de78 | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_658a406d | type |
Not Too Dead to Save the Day | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_658a406d | comment |
Not Too Dead to Save the Day: In "Miracle", the Autobots are being overpowered by the Decepticons in an asteroid field, and Hot Shot, as Megatron says, is indeed "a poor substitute for Optimus Prime". But Sparkplug and Perceptor summon a team of glowing space-traveling Mini-Cons, who, with their sparks and the data in the Matrix, bring Optimus Back from the Dead. | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_658a406d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_658a406d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Armada | hasFeature |
Transformers: Armada / int_658a406d | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_67e82be2 | type |
Shoulder Cannon | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_67e82be2 | comment |
Shoulder Cannon: Optimus Prime gets these when combined with Overload. | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_67e82be2 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_67e82be2 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Armada | hasFeature |
Transformers: Armada / int_67e82be2 | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_68068108 | type |
Evil Laugh | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_68068108 | comment |
Evil Laugh: Almost all of the Decepticons, most notably Cyclonus and Megatron. Though Wheeljack had a pretty creepy one in his introduction. | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_68068108 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_68068108 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Armada | hasFeature |
Transformers: Armada / int_68068108 | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_68832e62 | type |
Human-Focused Adaptation | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_68832e62 | comment |
Human-Focused Adaptation: Most of the series, particularly the first half, is about the kids' view of the Autobot/Decepticon war. | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_68832e62 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_68832e62 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Armada | hasFeature |
Transformers: Armada / int_68832e62 | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_68845c99 | type |
Brawler Lock | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_68845c99 | comment |
Brawler Lock: The show's approach to battle scenes is mostly made up of this this sort of grappling, Blade Lock, and aerial shots of fire fights. | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_68845c99 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_68845c99 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Armada | hasFeature |
Transformers: Armada / int_68845c99 | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_6a85e9e1 | type |
Dub-Induced Plot Hole | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_6a85e9e1 | comment |
Dub-Induced Plot Hole: A given, when considering the rushed nature of the English dub (which carried over into most of the foreign dubs). As noted above with the Thrust example, the constant misnaming of characters can affect plot points badly. In addition, a particular noticeable one in early episodes: the Autobots had no idea where the Decepticon base is located, only for the english dub to change a line into them pointing its on the Moon, while in future episodes its a plot point the fact they don't know where its located, so they can't plan an assault. | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_6a85e9e1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_6a85e9e1 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Armada | hasFeature |
Transformers: Armada / int_6a85e9e1 | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_6ec4232f | type |
Casting Gag | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_6ec4232f | comment |
Casting Gag: Hand-in-hand with the Actor Allusion; the voices for Optimus and Megatron previously voiced Optimus Primal and the BW!Megatron in Beast Wars. | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_6ec4232f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_6ec4232f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Armada | hasFeature |
Transformers: Armada / int_6ec4232f | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_727a65e0 | type |
Gaslighting | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_727a65e0 | comment |
Gaslighting: Megatron manages to get the Decepticons (including Starscream himself) to think Starscream is crazy, in order to get the Star Saber from him. | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_727a65e0 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_727a65e0 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Armada | hasFeature |
Transformers: Armada / int_727a65e0 | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_72856b70 | type |
Godzilla Threshold | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_72856b70 | comment |
Godzilla Threshold: In the comic, the Air Defense Mini-Con team willingly lets themselves be used by Armada Megatron as the Star Saber to defeat G1 Galvatron. This is after spending most of the series doing everything in their power to hide from Megs and avoid being used as a Decepticon weapon. | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_72856b70 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_72856b70 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Armada | hasFeature |
Transformers: Armada / int_72856b70 | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_733e007a | type |
Unwitting Pawn | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_733e007a | comment |
Unwitting Pawn: Hot Shot, Starscream, Thrust, especially, and possibly probably more. | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_733e007a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_733e007a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Armada | hasFeature |
Transformers: Armada / int_733e007a | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_73641290 | type |
The Strategist | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_73641290 | comment |
The Strategist: Thrust There IS a difference between a strategist - whether a plan should go through to achieve the long-term goal - and a tactician - how a plan goes down. | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_73641290 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_73641290 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Armada | hasFeature |
Transformers: Armada / int_73641290 | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_754df088 | type |
Put on a Bus | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_754df088 | comment |
Put on a Bus: Once Simon Furman took over writing duties in the Armada comic, the kids were all but ignored. | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_754df088 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_754df088 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Armada | hasFeature |
Transformers: Armada / int_754df088 | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_77b03c0a | type |
Remember the New Guy? | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_77b03c0a | comment |
Remember the New Guy?: Overload is never introduced, he just appears out of nowhere in one episode as a trailer for Optimus, and everyone acts like he's been there the whole time. Overload's bio on his 2008 "Universe" toy pokes fun at this, saying that he is now on a quest to discover the mystery of his origins. | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_77b03c0a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_77b03c0a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Armada | hasFeature |
Transformers: Armada / int_77b03c0a | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_790a1a93 | type |
Ineffectual Loner | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_790a1a93 | comment |
Ineffectual Loner: Blurr, the triple-changing speedster with antisocial tendencies. Hot Shot starts a rivalry with him, though eventually the two become friends. | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_790a1a93 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_790a1a93 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Armada | hasFeature |
Transformers: Armada / int_790a1a93 | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_7ab81664 | type |
Kick Them While They Are Down | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_7ab81664 | comment |
Kick Them While They Are Down | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_7ab81664 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_7ab81664 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Armada | hasFeature |
Transformers: Armada / int_7ab81664 | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_7ea2a915 | type |
Animation Bump | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_7ea2a915 | comment |
Animation Bump: The final few episodes have a very noticeable increase in animation quality. | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_7ea2a915 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_7ea2a915 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Armada | hasFeature |
Transformers: Armada / int_7ea2a915 | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_801c7e4a | type |
Quest for Identity | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_801c7e4a | comment |
Overload's bio on his 2008 "Universe" toy pokes fun at this, saying that he is now on a quest to discover the mystery of his origins. | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_801c7e4a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_801c7e4a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Armada | hasFeature |
Transformers: Armada / int_801c7e4a | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_8411ab92 | type |
Red Oni, Blue Oni | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_8411ab92 | comment |
Red Oni, Blue Oni: Hot Shot and Red Alert. Later, Blurr as the Blue Oni. | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_8411ab92 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_8411ab92 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Armada | hasFeature |
Transformers: Armada / int_8411ab92 | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_889cff96 | type |
Quirky Miniboss Squad | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_889cff96 | comment |
Quirky Miniboss Squad: Cyclonus and Demolishor, joined by Tidal Wave/Mirage in Energon. | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_889cff96 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_889cff96 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Armada | hasFeature |
Transformers: Armada / int_889cff96 | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_8967e17f | type |
Back from the Dead | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_8967e17f | comment |
Back from the Dead: What did you expect? Optimus Prime, of course! There is a touch-and-go incident with Smokescreen as well, see Family Unfriendly Death below. | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_8967e17f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_8967e17f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Armada | hasFeature |
Transformers: Armada / int_8967e17f | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_8c681acc | type |
Third-Person Person | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_8c681acc | comment |
Third-Person Person: Tidal Wave | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_8c681acc | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_8c681acc | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Armada | hasFeature |
Transformers: Armada / int_8c681acc | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_8e20979 | type |
Wham Episode | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_8e20979 | comment |
Wham Episode: "Sacrifice", "Crisis", "Cramp", and to lesser extents "Credulous" and "Past" parts one and two. | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_8e20979 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_8e20979 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Armada | hasFeature |
Transformers: Armada / int_8e20979 | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_8e9cf84e | type |
||
| Transformers: Armada / int_8e9cf84e | comment |
"Blind Idiot" Translation: Definitely has issues with misidentifying characters and losing track of the finer points. However, so far as idiocy goes, you ain't seen nothing yet. | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_8e9cf84e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_8e9cf84e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Armada | hasFeature |
Transformers: Armada / int_8e9cf84e | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_8ed5c6e4 | type |
Asshole Victim | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_8ed5c6e4 | comment |
Asshole Victim: When Thrust is trapped in a seam on Unicron's body, Galvatron leaves him to be slowly crushed to death. It would be cruel, but Thrust was a power hungry asshole. | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_8ed5c6e4 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_8ed5c6e4 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Armada | hasFeature |
Transformers: Armada / int_8ed5c6e4 | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_90d44f44 | type |
Karmic Death | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_90d44f44 | comment |
Karmic Death: Oh boy, did Thrust ever earn his miserable demise. | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_90d44f44 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_90d44f44 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Armada | hasFeature |
Transformers: Armada / int_90d44f44 | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_91652846 | type |
Hero-Worshipper | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_91652846 | comment |
Hero-Worshipper: Sideswipe idolizes Blurr to such a degree that he follows his hero to Earth. When Blurr pawns Sideswipe off on Hot Shot, it doesn't take long for Sideswipe to transfer his hero worship to Hot Shot. | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_91652846 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_91652846 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Armada | hasFeature |
Transformers: Armada / int_91652846 | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_950bbfa7 | type |
Take a Third Option | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_950bbfa7 | comment |
Take a Third Option: Hot Shot tries, and may have succeeded if not for a mole's interference. | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_950bbfa7 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_950bbfa7 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Armada | hasFeature |
Transformers: Armada / int_950bbfa7 | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_95265081 | type |
Leeroy Jenkins | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_95265081 | comment |
Leeroy Jenkins: Hot Shot picks the wrong moment to run in, guns blazing, on more than one occasion. | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_95265081 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_95265081 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Armada | hasFeature |
Transformers: Armada / int_95265081 | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_97522514 | type |
Heel–Face Revolving Door | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_97522514 | comment |
Heel–Face Revolving Door: Starscream, surprisingly! And Sideways, Hoo boy, Sideways. | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_97522514 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_97522514 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Armada | hasFeature |
Transformers: Armada / int_97522514 | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_9a8c7632 | type |
Dumb Is Good | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_9a8c7632 | comment |
Dumb Is Good: Dim-witted Demolishor is probably the closest thing to a 'nice' Decepticon that you're going to find. In fact, in the sequel series he seems to have Autobot sympathies and actually fights on their side for a while before Megatron comes back from the dead. He's an all-right guy. | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_9a8c7632 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_9a8c7632 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Armada | hasFeature |
Transformers: Armada / int_9a8c7632 | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_9a99d3df | type |
Stealth Mentor | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_9a99d3df | comment |
Stealth Mentor: Scavenger, at first. | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_9a99d3df | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_9a99d3df | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Armada | hasFeature |
Transformers: Armada / int_9a99d3df | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_9afa05c7 | type |
Family-Unfriendly Death | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_9afa05c7 | comment |
Family-Unfriendly Death: If humans died the way Transformers do, it would be truly grizzly. The Requiem Blaster warps Smokescreen's torso beyond repair. Optimus shatters under the force of the Hydra Cannon. Thrust is crushed to death from the feet up. And then there's Starscream...ole Screamer had two! First he gets blasted like Thrust (though messing with the timeline saved him), then Galvatron impales him, and finally meets his end getting disintegrated by Unicron. | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_9afa05c7 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_9afa05c7 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Armada | hasFeature |
Transformers: Armada / int_9afa05c7 | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_9b73b497 | type |
The Only One Allowed to Defeat You | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_9b73b497 | comment |
The Only One Allowed to Defeat You: Megatron becomes rather depressed when Optimus is killed. (He gets better, and all is well.) | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_9b73b497 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_9b73b497 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Armada | hasFeature |
Transformers: Armada / int_9b73b497 | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_9cde2df1 | type |
Hand Cannon | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_9cde2df1 | comment |
Hand Cannon: Aside from individual Transformer weapons, there's the assembled Requiem Blaster and Hydra Cannon. | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_9cde2df1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_9cde2df1 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Armada | hasFeature |
Transformers: Armada / int_9cde2df1 | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_9d6e002e | type |
Whole Episode Flashback | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_9d6e002e | comment |
Whole Episode Flashback: "Past". | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_9d6e002e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_9d6e002e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Armada | hasFeature |
Transformers: Armada / int_9d6e002e | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_a0947d78 | type |
Token Trio | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_a0947d78 | comment |
Token Trio: Rad is white, Carlos is Hispanic, Alexis seems white but according to the creators, she is of Vietnamese heritage. | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_a0947d78 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_a0947d78 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Armada | hasFeature |
Transformers: Armada / int_a0947d78 | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_a18fda9c | type |
Dumb Muscle | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_a18fda9c | comment |
Dumb Muscle: Tidal Wave, most emblematically. Transforming into an entire battleship, he towers above every other Decepticon (or Autobot for that matter), and while his processor doesn't pack much power he's not so much stupid as he is single-minded and easily frustrated. His Pokémon Speak tendencies don't help the image of him as a complete knucklehead, either. Cyclonus and Demolishor both have some traits of this as well. | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_a18fda9c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_a18fda9c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Armada | hasFeature |
Transformers: Armada / int_a18fda9c | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_a195310a | type |
Red Is Heroic | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_a195310a | comment |
Red Is Heroic: Discussed when a kid says that red robots are always the good guys. | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_a195310a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_a195310a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Armada | hasFeature |
Transformers: Armada / int_a195310a | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_a24670a4 | type |
Benevolent Boss | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_a24670a4 | comment |
Benevolent Boss: Optimus Prime is hardly Optimus Prime if he doesn't respect and value of his troops. | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_a24670a4 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_a24670a4 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Armada | hasFeature |
Transformers: Armada / int_a24670a4 | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_a950584d | type |
Combining Mecha | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_a950584d | comment |
Combining Mecha: Known in this series by the copywrite-able moniker "Powerlinx", it mainly refers to Transformers interfacing with Mini-cons to enable very powerful new weapons, paralleling the plug-in gimmicks seen in the Armada toy line.The series iterates on this formula with normal-sized Transformers that can Powerlinx with each other to form Super Modes. Either Optimus Prime or Megatron serve as the head of these combined forms. | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_a950584d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_a950584d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Armada | hasFeature |
Transformers: Armada / int_a950584d | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_ad94c7a0 | type |
Scars are Forever | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_ad94c7a0 | comment |
Scars are Forever: Wheeljack has a huge scar across his Autobot insignia as a reminder of his reason for Face Heel Turning. | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_ad94c7a0 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_ad94c7a0 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Armada | hasFeature |
Transformers: Armada / int_ad94c7a0 | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_b032e4ed | type |
Ms. Fanservice | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_b032e4ed | comment |
Ms. Fanservice: Stella Holley from the DVDs' pack-in comics Linkage, a fairly mild example. | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_b032e4ed | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_b032e4ed | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Armada | hasFeature |
Transformers: Armada / int_b032e4ed | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_b2af79fb | type |
Leave the Camera Running | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_b2af79fb | comment |
Leave the Camera Running: The other problem of the series was that there were often looooong periods of nothing. | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_b2af79fb | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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Young Gun | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_b2c508ed | comment |
Young Gun: Hot Shot. Possibly Sideswipe too. | |
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Antagonist in Mourning | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_b4dcdf5b | comment |
Antagonist in Mourning: Megatron spends most of his time brooding after Optimus takes a hit from the Hydra Cannon, and only snaps out of it once Optimus is miraculously reconstituted. | |
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Villain Episode | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_b6c2e6ad | comment |
Villain Episode: "Rebellion" and to a lesser extent, "Detention". | |
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Blood Knight | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_b7c53a22 | comment |
Blood Knight: Optimus gets accused of continuing the war because he enjoys it. However, Megatron better embodies the trope; he unequivocally enjoys it. | |
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Mistreatment-Induced Betrayal | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_bce728ca | comment |
Mistreatment-Induced Betrayal: Megatron and Thrust use Starscream as a diversion in one battle and then completely abandon him in order to steal the Requiem Blaster. Later, once Starscream has returned to the base, he overhears Megatron and Thrust making fun of him behind his back and how they plan to continue to humiliate him, including using him as Cannon Fodder against the Autobots. This causes Starscream to snap, stealing the Star Saber, going on a rampage through the base, and joining the Autobots (even if it was only temporary). | |
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Did You Just Flip Off Cthulhu? | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_bda3d68a | comment |
Did You Just Flip Off Cthulhu?: Starscream fires a blast from his proton cannon during his death scene at Unicron and Megatron does the same thing shortly after. Neither has any effect as Unicron is too far out of range. The former is the better example, as it was Starscream intentionally trying to goad Unicron into exposing himself and proving his threat to Megatron. | |
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Recut | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_c3ae786a | comment |
Recut: Owing to the rush production of the American release, the Japanese version, Legend of the Microns, cleans up some (though not every instance) of the more egregious bits of animation and artwork that made it through the original release. Along with other minor changes including the odd color swap and an occasional switch up to a Mini-Con group shot. | |
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Evil Former Friend | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_c3c3c608 | comment |
Evil Former Friend: Wheeljack and Hot Shot were best friends before a traumatic event separated them. Now, Wheeljack is a Decepticon. | |
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Fallen Hero | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_c6655b23 | comment |
Fallen Hero: Wheeljack and to a lesser extent Starscream after his Heel–Face Turn. | |
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Shout-Out | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_c75df49a | comment |
Shout-Out: The series makes liberal usage of many model sheets from Generation 1. | |
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| Transformers: Armada / int_ccf46587 | type |
Redshirt Army | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_ccf46587 | comment |
Red Shirt Army: Generic background characters in the larger battle scenes come apart like tissue paper and are never mentioned (compare the reaction to Smokescreen's reversible death to the reaction to the permanent deaths of one shipful of soldiers after another near the end). | |
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Tank Goodness | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_cd809603 | comment |
Tank Goodness: Megatron could be considered a literal villainous version of this trope. | |
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Pieces of God | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_cda1a3db | comment |
Pieces of God: The Mini-cons are pieces of Unicron that rebelled, gaining independent will. | |
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| Transformers: Armada / int_d13f7848 | type |
Planet Eater | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_d13f7848 | comment |
Planet Eater: Unicron, although he doesn't get up to any planet-eating in this show. | |
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Hoist by His Own Petard | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_d397657d | comment |
Hoist by His Own Petard: Thrust thinks that he's joining the winning team when he betrays Megatron to join Unicron, but Unicron abandons him almost immediately. | |
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Personal Hate Before Common Goals | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_d3f67567 | comment |
Personal Hate Before Common Goals: This becomes a major theme of the final arc of the series. Megatron prefers to wage war on the Autobots instead of teaming up with them against Unicron, even though Unicron poses an existentual threat to them all. Everyone - the Autobots and even his own men - desperately attempt to change his mind. | |
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The Captain | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_d99d9918 | comment |
The Captain: Optimus | |
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Gambit Pileup | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_de9047ac | comment |
Gambit Pileup: Just barely makes it with four to five plots going on at once. The dub makes it even harder to follow. (Megatron, Starscream, Thrust, Sideways, and Unicron, although Sideways was working for Unicron.) | |
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Expy | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_e5421161 | comment |
Expy: The character development of Starscream and Hot Shot mirrored that of Dinobot and Cheetor's respectively. | |
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| Transformers: Armada / int_e70127 | type |
The Mole | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_e70127 | comment |
The Mole: Armada loves this trope dearly and features a number of characters infiltrating the opposition, sometimes more than once. First, Scavenger lets the Decepticons hire him as a mercenary, but has no intention of sticking with them. Next, Sideways shows up. First he poses as an Autobot, then 'reveals' himself to be a Decepticon, and stays there for a while, lowering morale and messing with their heads. Later, he is uncovered as a servant of Unicron, sent to infiltrate and disrupt both factions. Later, Sideways appears to Thrust, and convinces him to become the new mole for Unicron. | |
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Old Master | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_e7b1cb24 | comment |
Old Master: Scavenger is introduced as a formidable and cunning mercenary. Once he settles in with the Autobots], he even becomes a mentor to Hot Shot and reveals a fondness for catnaps. | |
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Freudian Trio | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_e8cae797 | comment |
Freudian Trio: First Autobots: Red Alert the superego, Hot Shot the id, Optimus Prime the ego. Also the kids: Alexis the superego, Carlos the id, and Rad the ego. | |
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Dancing Mook Credits | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_ead1e891 | comment |
Dancing Mook Credits: The Transformers Armada video game for the PlayStation 2 ended its credits sequence with several of the Decepticlones and Tidal Wave working out in time with the jazzy music. | |
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Jerkass | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_eb8ec7c8 | comment |
Jerkass: Thrust | |
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Atlantis | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_ee19033d | comment |
Atlantis: The kids suspect that Underwater Ruins they visit early in an early episode titled "Ruin" are the remains of Atlantis, destroyed in conflicts over Mini-cons. | |
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The Starscream | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_eedee4d | comment |
The Starscream: As obvious as it might seem, Starscream doesn't really have his heart in the backstabbing in this show, and indeed, this continuity. However, he still has the drive to face Megatron. Thrust, on the other hand, is all too happy to plot against Megatron. | |
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| Transformers: Armada / int_f16da697 | type |
Undying Loyalty | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_f16da697 | comment |
Undying Loyalty: Demolishor is devoted to Megatron to the point that he comes off as a Yes-Man. But as the story proceeds, he develops into The Heart of the Decepticons. He knows he's not smart enough to make decisions, but when he can tell that something is wrong, he'll say so. | |
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Double Reverse Quadruple Agent | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_f4379d92 | comment |
Double Reverse Quadruple Agent: Sideways' mission is to sow discord, and he cozies up to first the Autobots and later the Decepticons to cultivate and then exploit their trust. The Deceptions do get wise eventually and attempt to reward him as a traitor deserves, but he evades them with ease and continues to meddle with them from the shadows. Sideways operates on an entirely different level from the rest of the cast - namely, Unicron's level. His goal is to bring the two factions into greater conflict (since Unicron feeds on this) and eventually enable Unicron's reawakening. | |
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| Transformers: Armada / int_f7a1c539 | type |
Three Plus Two | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_f7a1c539 | comment |
Three Plus Two: The Token Trio plus Those Two Guys. | |
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| Transformers: Armada / int_ff66d4c1 | type |
Not So Similar | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_ff66d4c1 | comment |
Not So Similar: Starscream takes offense to the insinuation he's anything like Sideways. | |
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Pet the Dog | |
| Transformers: Armada / int_ff7f34c5 | comment |
Pet the Dog: Due to a mistake on Hot Shot's part, Wheeljack was trapped in a burning building. His life was saved by Megatron. Megatron did so because he wanted to convince Wheeljack that he'd been abandoned by Autobots, and that he should join the Decepticons. Feeling betrayed by his former best friend, Wheeljack agrees. | |
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