History ComicBook / Revolution2016

-->—'''[[ComicBook/{{MASK}} Matt Trakker]]''' and '''[[ComicBook/GIJoeIDW Scarlett]]'''

--->'''Thundercracker:'''Hey, watch out, that's where I keep the ''ammo''. That ''burning'' arm.

Meanwhile, the Space Knight known as ROM is still hard at work destroying his longtime enemy, the Dire Wraiths. However, when his mission collides with the conflict between the Joes and the Cybertronians, the result proves to be...catastrophic. Not only that, but a RagtagBunchOfMisfits from Microspace (a subatomic realm) dubbed the ''Micronauts'' are drawn into the conflict too, as is their enemy Baron Karza...

* MistakenIdentity: G.I. Joe are under the impression that Rom's Cybertronian (despite being ''much smaller'' than they are), so[[spoiler:when he kills (an imposter of) Joe Colton, it's enough reason to declare war on the Transformers]].

* ''[[ComicBook/TransformersRobotsInDisguise Transformers]]'': Revolution #1

What do you get when you cross the likes of ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' and ''Franchise/GIJoe'', but instead of [[ComicBook/TransformersVSGIJor giving them to the guy behind]] ''WebComic/AmericanBarbarian'', you throw in ''ComicBook/ActionMan'', ''[[ComicBook/RomIDW ROM]]'', ''[[ComicBook/MicronautsIDW Micronauts]]'', and ''ComicBook/{{MASK}}''? Odds are you'll wind up with '''Revolution'''.

What do you get when you cross the likes of ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' and ''Franchise/GIJoe'', but instead of giving them to the guy behind ''WebComic/AmericanBarbarian'', you throw in ''ComicBook/ActionMan'', ''[[ComicBook/RomIDW ROM]]'', ''[[ComicBook/MicronautsIDW Micronauts]]'', and ''ComicBook/{{MASK}}''? Odds are you'll wind up with '''Revolution'''.

** Colton's profile in issue 2 mentions Sergeant Savage, of the very short-lived G.I. Joe spin-off ''Sgt. Savage and His Screaming Eagles''.

* AnArmAndALeg: Jazz's arm gets shot off by G.I. Joe after Rom shows up. And Jazz ''liked'' that arm.

* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler: G.I Joe during the final battle with Karza]].

* ContinuityNod: If [[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Revolution_Prelude#Notes the first related story]] is any indication, the staff will use these to better explain how it's possible for all the adventures that have been going on to take place in the same world. It helps that one of the heads, John Barber, is famous for using this trope to his advantage.

* MistakenIdentity: G.I. Joe are under the impression that Rom's part of the Transformers[[spoiler:, so when he kills (an imposter of) Joe Colton, it's enough reason to declare war on the Transformers]].

** Miles Mayhem. And yet both Scarlett and Matt Traker don't see anything suspicious about him.

* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: A Dire Wraith winds up impaled on the Washington Monument.

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* OneWingedAngel: [[spoiler: Karza uses his "Enerchange" ability to absorb a couple of Ore-13 enhanced Dire Wraiths, turning him into a giant monster. It ultimately took Soundwave, Matt Trakker, the Micronauts, Mainframe and ROM working together to take him down.]]

Meanwhile, the Space Knight known as ROM is still hard at work destroying his longtime enemy, the Dire Wraiths. However, when his mission collides with the conflict between the Joes and the Cybertronians, the result proves to be...catastrophic. Not only that, but a RagtagBunchOfMisfits from Microspace (a smaller universe) dubbed the ''Micronauts'' are drawn into the conflict too, as is their enemy Baron Karza...

Meanwhile, the Space Knight known as ROM is still hard at work destroying his longtime enemy, the Dire Wraiths. However, when his mission collides with the conflict between the Joes and the Cybertronians, the result proves to be...catastrophic. Not only that, but a RagtagBunchOfMisfits from a smaller universe dubbed ''Microspace'' are drawn into the conflict too, as is their enemy Baron Karza...

Meanwhile, the Space Knight known as ROM is still hard at work destroying his longtime enemy, the Dire Wraiths. However, when his mission collides with the conflict between the Joes and the Cybertronians, the result proves to be...catastrophic.

** Miles Mayhem, and VENOM itself, came from the MASK initiative started by GI Joe to combat the Transformers.

* BackdoorPilot: The miniseries will serve as this for IDW's ongoing ''M.A.S.K.'' series.

* DependingOnTheArtist: In Revolution proper Miles is in good shape and was a redhead in his youth. In the M.A.S.K. series, Miles is out of shape and seemed to have grey hair when he was younger as well.

** Blitzwing gets captured by G.I. Joe [[spoiler:and taken to pieces to make their own tech.]]

* DrillSergeantNasty: Miles, like you wouldn't believe. To train future members of MASK, he first breaks them down, implanting discipline, self-criticism, and demoralizing them to make them malleable. He deliberately sabotages a training exercise, leading to the death of 2 recruits he saw no potential in and in his final test he engineers a no win hostage scenario on an unstable train that kills at least a dozen civilians. All of this tragedy he uses to mold his team into the ultimate loyal soldiers in the fight for earth.

* {{Jerkass}}: The U.S. President, continuing with her depiction in ''The Transformers'' proper, berates Marissa Fairborn for things she didn't do, didn't approve of, or had no control over.

* MadScientist: In case there were any doubts about Miles Mayhem, in the M.A.S.K. one-shot, he gets help from Doctor Mindbender.

* SharedUniverse: This miniseries will kickstart the revelation that the worlds of ''Transformers'', ''G.I. Joe'', ''ROM'', ''Micronauts'', ''Action Man'', and ''M.A.S.K.'' are actually one and the same. WordOfGod also confirms ''Jem'' as a part of it, though it will not be advertised as such, though WordOfGod from ''Jem'''s specific writers is that it isn't a part of it, so the exact status is complicated.

* TortureAlwaysWorks: In the first issue of M.A.S.K. Miles tells Matt of a time he was taken behind under enemy lines and tortured to reveal information. He states that he gave up nothing, but in reality he ended up cracking under the pain. His intel lead to the death of some of his friends, whereupon he broke free of his bonds and murdered his torturers. He's ashamed of this past mistake viewing himself as weak because of it.

* UnholyMatrimony: Baron Karza turns out to have a wife, an insane woman with a fondness for torture.

* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:General Joe Colton (or rather, a Dire Wraith posing as him) dies at the hands of ROM.]]

->''"That's not a '''bad thing,''' Matt. [[AndTheAdventureContinues It just means we'll always have]] '''[[AndTheAdventureContinues something]]''' [[AndTheAdventureContinues to do.]]"''

->''"That's not a '''bad thing,''' Matt. [[AndTheAdventureContinues It just means we'll always have]] '''[AndTheAdventureContinues something]]''' [AndTheAdventureContinues to do.]]"''

What do you get when you cross the likes of ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' and ''Franchise/GIJoe'', but instead of giving them to the guy behind ''WebComic/AmericanBarbarian'', you throw in ''WesternAnimation/ActionMan'', ''[[ComicBook/RomSpaceknight ROM]]'', ''Toys/{{Micronauts}}'', and ''WesternAnimation/{{MASK}}''? Odds are you'll wind up with '''Revolution'''.

What do you get when you cross the likes of ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' and ''Franchise/GIJoe'', but instead of giving them to the guy behind ''WebComic/AmericanBarbarian'', you throw in ''WesternAnimation/ActionMan'', ''[[ComicBook/RomSpaceknight ROM]]'', ''Franchise/{{Micronauts}}'', and ''WesternAnimation/{{MASK}}''? Odds are you'll wind up with '''Revolution'''.

* AliensAreBastards: G.I. Joe certainly ''think'' this to be the case for the Transformers and ROM, but the real bastards are the Dire Wraiths.

** Miles Mayhem, and likely VENOM itself, came from the MASK initiative started by GI Joe to combat the Transformers.

* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Everyone who takes Miles Mayhem at his word. Matt Trakker's father gets the worst of it, since it's all but outright said Mayhem killed him.

* ItsPersonal: Revolution #2 has Optimus Prime going after Rom after the latter [[spoiler:killed 3 random G.I. Joe members ''and'' General Joe Colton seemingly in cold blood.]]

* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: [[spoiler:Snake-Eyes]] is noted to have been out of contact with the Joes when he returns. This is of course a reference to the events of his miniseries, and last I.D.W Joe product pre Revolution, where he was out of contact with them

** Miles Mayhem getting help from Mindbender isn't completely out of the blue. One of the Joe toylines claimed V.E.N.O.M. was a subdivision of Cobra (which does explain the name).

* OhCrap: General Joe Colton immediately orders the G.I. Joe to focus their attacks at ROM when he shows up. [[spoiler: He was actualy a Dire wraith.]]

* SharedUniverse: This miniseries will kickstart the revelation that the worlds of ''Transformers'', ''G.I. Joe'', ''ROM'', ''Micronauts'', ''Action Man'', and ''M.A.S.K.'' are actually one and the same. WordOfGod also confirms ''Jem'' as a part of it, though it will not be advertised as such, though WordOfGod from ''Jem''s specific writers is that it isn't a part of it, so the exact status is complicated.

* ActuallyADoombot: [[spoiler:''Revolution'' #1 makes it seem that ROM murdered General Joe Colton, but ROM's tie-in issue reveals that the General Joe Colton he killed was a Dire Wraith posing as Colton.]]