History Recap / TransformersAnimatedS3E11EndgamePartII

* BittersweetEnding: Optimus and his team return to Cybertron with the reassembled Allspark, Megatron in tow, and Omega Supreme in peak condition. But Prowl sacrificed his spark to completely reassemble the Allspark.

* IfYouKillHimYouWillBeJustLikeHim: Subverted; Optimus spares Megatron not to maintain moral high ground, but because death would be the easy way out, and Megatron doesn't deserve that.

** Starscream is finally offed once and for all when Prowl and Jazz pull out his Allspark fragment. Possibly subverted, as a deleted scene would've had Slipstream revive him with part of her own fragment at the end of the episode, though the canoncity of that scene is debatable.

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* BookEnds:
** In the series premiere, Prowl told Optimus that IWorkAlone and was promptly lethally injured by his own reckless decision, his life only saved by the power of the Allspark. The series ends with Prowl knowingly performing a HeroicSacrifice by laying down his life for the Allspark to save everyone, with his final act after death being to save Optimus.

* GoOutWithASmile: Prowl smiles at Jazz before performing his HeroicSacrifice.

** Starscream naturally begins freaking out when Prowl and Jazz start telepathically pulling the Allspark fragment from his head.

* WorthyOpponent: Megatron finally calling Optimus by his real name and forsaking his plans in favor of destroying Prime shows that he finally recognizes the Autobot as this.

* LostInTranslation: In the Japanese dub, Megatron already knows Optimus's name so to maintain the [[StatusQuoIsGod status quo]] of Optimus and Megatron being arch-enemies in every other incarnation of the franchise. As a result, the MyNameIsInigoMontoya lines lose narrative impact (as their dynamic in ''Animated'' is akin to DavidVersusGoliath respectively; Megatron wouldn't bother acknowledging an inferior opponent) and come off more as Megatron deliberately insulting Optimus as combat trash talk.

* AscendToAHigherPlanOfExistence: Prowl being able to manifest as a ghost after his death indicates that rather than simply going offline, the Ninja-bot became one with the Allspark.

* AscendedToAHigherPlanOfExistence: Prowl being able to manifest as a ghost after his death indicates that rather than simply going offline, the Ninja-bot became one with the Allspark.

* KilledOffForReal: Starscream is finally offed once and for all when Prowl and Jazz pull out his Allspark fragment. Possibly subverted, as a deleted scene would've had Slipstream revive him with part of her own fragment at the end of the episode, though the canoncity of that scene is debatable.

* LostInTranslation: In the Japanese dub, Megatron already knows Optimus's name so to maintain the [[StatusQuoIsGod status quo]] of Optimus and Megatron being rivals in every other part of the franchise. As a result, the MyNameIsInigoMontoya lines lose narrative impact (as their dynamic in ''Animated'' is akin to DavidVersusGoliath respectively; Megatron wouldn't bother acknowledging an inferior opponent) and come off more as Megatron deliberately insulting Optimus as combat trash talk.

* VillainousBreakdown: Megatron, Starscream, and Shockwave.

* BondVillainStupidity: Before applying the finishing touches to the Lugnut Supremes, Shockwave as Longarm activates Arcee so she can give him the Project Omega security codes... when she's sitting right in front of Megatron. Arcee obviously recognizes Megatron (with Megatron outright saying that once she gives it up, the Decepticons will have control of Omega Supreme), so she obviously refuses. This forces them to shut her down again, and searching for the codes in her databanks is harder (as she's missing a security upgrade patch) as opposed to her verbally telling it if they hadn't had her activated in front of Megatron.

* EarnYourHappyEnding: Team Prime along with their allies return to Cybertron with Megatron and his team in cuffs, and are hailed as heroes. [[BittersweetEnding However, Prowl is dead]], and had the show continued, [[HappyEndingOverride the remaining Decepticons]] [[TheEndOrIsIt would've continued to be a problem.]]

* EarnYourHappyEnding: Team Prime along with their allies return to Cybertron with Megatron and his team in cuffs, and are hailed as heroes. [[BittersweetEnding However, Prowl is dead]], and had the show continued, the remaining Decepticons would've continued to be a problem.