History Characters / TransformersAnimatedOtherAutobots

* AdaptationalDumbass: He is far more savage than even G1 Grimlock, being easily manipulated by the Decepticons on multiple occasions. Likewise, he is a terrible leader for the Dinobots, thus kicking out Snarl for bonding with Scrapper.
* AdaptationalVillainy: While G1 Grimlock felt envy at Optimus Prime and looked down on his pacifism, he still respected the latter to some extent. Likewise, despite his BloodKnight tendencies, G1 Grimlock did not approve of the Decepticons' cruelty, thus fighting alongside the Autobots. In contrast, this version is an outright JerkAss that often stands against Prime and the others.
* AdaptationalWimp: It's safe to say that he isn't quite as strong as his G1 version, being easily cowed by the Magnus Hammer and an upgraded Sari, as well as getting his skid plate kicked by Jetfire and Jetstorm.

* TheSpeechless: They're never shown speaking at all, and rarely even make animal noises.

* InNameOnly: While most characters in the series are somewhat based on older ones, these two don't really have anything in common with older versions of Jetfire or Jetstorm aside from the fact that they fly (the original Jetfire being a giant robot who was once friends with Starscream and a former scientist, while Jetstorm was a Vehicon drone created from the spark of Silverbolt by Megatron). Their designs are actually from a much earlier phase of the series, and weren't intended to be associated with any preexisting character.

* HateSink: While he's ultimately innocent of the crimes he was framed for and did seem to be friends with Ironhide, he was also a smarmy jerk who liked to flaunt his superiority over everybody else. Shockwave seems to use this unpleasant personality to his advantage, given how he readily frames Wasp when Bumblebee accidentally presents him with the opportunity.

* RedHerringMole: Bumblebee thought that he was the traitor reporting to the Decepticons. He's innocent and the real culprit is Longarm Prime/Shockwave.
* RevengeBeforeReason: Cares more about getting even with Bumblebee for ruining his life than redeeming himself and proving his innocence of being a Decepticon spy.
* TheRival: To Bumblebee when they were cadets. Justified since at that time, he is too insane to think rationally.

* DumbMuscle: He was deliberately designed with a simplistic processor to prevent him from questioning the commands of his mentor-bot...or thinking too hard about the number of deaths he'd be responsible for.

-->'''Omega:''' You taught me to protect like an Autobot, but all I did was destroy like a Decepticon

* AdaptationalBadass: This incarnation of [=Wasp/Waspinator=] is much, ''much'' scarier and more villainous than the Waspinator in Beast Wars, who was mostly the ChewToy of the series, being blown apart frequently.

* AntiVillain: When you don't focus too much on his obsession with getting even with Bumblebee, he's not such a bad guy.
* ArchEnemy: To Bumblebee.

* ButtMonkey: Much like his ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars'' counterpart, although in this series, it's not played for laughs. He ended up getting framed for being a Decepticon spy, going to jail for 50+ years, and went ''insane''. And then he is tricked into becoming a techno-organic monstrosity by Blackarachnia and explodes into pieces on what may or may not be a version of the prehistoric Earth from ''Beast Wars''. Like his predecessor, he lives through the dismemberment, but the scene of him trying to pull himself back together is terrifying rather than comedic.

* DeconstructedCharacterArchetype: Of the original Waspinator, he takes some of the original's iconic characteristics, but with a horrifying twist. His quirky speech patern is the result of going insane at the hands of the stockade run by the ''Autobots'' and seeing him blown up to pieces is rather horrifying than funny.

* HateSink: While he's ultimately innocent of the crimes he was framed for and did seem to be friends with Ironhide, he was also a smarmy jerk who liked to flaunt his superiority over everybody else. Shockwave seemed to use this unpleasant personality to his advantage, given how he readily frames Wasp when Bumblebee accidentally presents him the opportunity.

* NotDistractedByTheSexy: When he turns into Waspinator he doesn't seem to be falling over Blackarachnia, and with the discovery of her using him he proceeds to brutally beat her until the transwarp build up stops him.

* TheRival: To Bumblebee when they were cadets.

* HiddenDepths: In the unproduced season 4 premier, ''Trial of Megatron'', he shows himself to be a very competent (if sleazy) lawyer, as he manages to [[spoiler: get Megatron's charges down to "Assault on a space bridge repair ship", something Sentinel likens to a parking ticket. Rattletrap successfully argued that the terms of surrender dictated that the Deceptions agreed to be banished from Cybertron in lieu of being prosecuted for their war crimes, while Megatron's actions on Earth were outside Autobot jurisdiction.]]