History Recap / TransformersG1FiveFacesOfDarkness

* SanitySlippage: After failing to process Thrull's plasma into fuel and going into stasis lock, Galvatron awakens with a degree of binary decay.

'''Scourge:''' [[ArtisticLicenseSpace There is no wind in space]].

Six months[[note]]Five years in the Japanese continuity[[/note]] after the events of ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformersTheMovie'', the Autobots are ruling Cybertron in a new GoldenAge, while the Decepticons eke out a meager existence as hungry scavengers on a dead planet. As the Autobots celebrate a new cultural renaissance, a mysterious third party watches from the shadows, preparing their revenge.

* BadBoss: Galvatron has become one due to his [[AxCrazy mental instability]], beating up his own troops for the smallest of slights. The First Magistrate of the Quintessons isn't much better, sacrificing an underling after the Autobots take him hostage. The contempt in the First Magistrate's voice indicates that he believes that [[YouHaveFailedMe any Mook who is weak enough to be captured by the enemy is of no use to him]].

* TheCakeIsALie: The Quintessons offer Galvatron the Decepticon Matrix of Leadership in exchange for him helping them retake Cybertron. There is ''no'' Decepticon Matrix of Leadership (unless you count [[https://tfwiki.net/mediawiki/images2/c/c1/Laserbeakdeterminescommand.jpg Lazerbeak]]).

'''Deliberata:''' I praise your decision. Open the pit.

* OffModel: Five of the more infamous episodes to come from the series (even for Creator/{{AKOM}}), with errors such as a miniaturized Bruticus with his individual components in part 3; Galvatron cheering for ''his own rescue'' from Thrull's lava pools in part 1; and various Decepticon generics either colored like Autobots or simply Autobots in different paint jobs throughout.

* SamePlotSequel: More or less to ''The Movie'', with the Quintessons replacing Unicron.

* HowTheMightyHaveFallen: The Decepticons.
-->'''Cyclonus:''' Once Decepticons nearly held the quadrant through terror. Now we scrap like Slaargs over a few energon cubes. Is this how you honour the memory of Galvatron? Is this the fate of the mighty Decepticon Empire?

* NotQuiteDead: Unicron.

* BehemothBattle: Metroplex vs Trypticon.

* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: When Cyclonus, Scourge, and the Sweeps suggest themselves as Galvatron's "elite guard," Galvatron decides to test their strength. The test ends when Scourge invokes this trope:

-->'''Spike:''' Release us or I turn your buddy here into blooey juice!
-->'''First Magistrate:''' We sentence Judge Deliberata to death.
-->'''Spike:''' [[WhoNamesTheirKidDude Tell me your name isn't Deliberata]].
-->'''Deliberata:''' I praise your decision. Open the pit.

-->'''Dead End:''' If we surrender our energon, we're doomed.
-->'''Breakdown:''' If we don't, we're doomed, too.
-->'''Dead End:''' Face it. We're doomed.

-->'''Cyclonus:''' There’s nothing to fear; Unicron is dead.
-->''[An ominous groan is heard]''
-->'''Cyclonus:''' [[ItsProbablyNothing Must be the wind]].
-->'''Scourge:''' [[ArtisticLicenseSpace There is no wind in space]].

! Tropes

-->'''Wiki/TFWikiDotNet:''' One gets the feeling that if you were to inform him that, by definition, [[FailedASpotCheck a republic cannot have a king]] (much less a "King of Kings"), his likely response would be to stare blankly for a long moment, and then [[OffWithHisHead order your immediate beheading]].

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* ContinuitySnarl: The ones commonly seen as the biggest (Alpha Trion [[Recap/TransformersG1WarDawn already being old]] when a dying Sentinel Prime gives him the Matrix, Megatron being built by ''eight'' Constructicons back when they were [[Recap/TransformersG1TheSecretOfOmegaSupreme supposed to be a neutral faction]]) don't actually count, as Rodimus is visualizing this in his head, with his own limited knowledge of history to fill in the blanks. Trypticon's creation in part 4 butts heads with the Japanese continuity, which had Megatron building him before 2005, but later material on both sides of the pond has attempted to reconcile this.

-->'''Scourge:''' [[SpaceDoesNotWorkThatWay There is no wind in space]].

-->'''Spike:''' [[FailOSuckyName Tell me your name isn't Deliberata]].

* MortonsFork: The Decepticons are in one. Most of them are starving, and the limited rations of energon they have accumulated are needed to revive the only viable heir to Megatron's legacy, who ''might'' be able to restore them to greatness. But their current existence is ultimately unsustainable.

-->'''Cyclonus:''' Must be the wind.

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: When Cyclonus, Scourge, and Sweep suggest themselves as Galvatron's "elite guard," Galvatron decides to test their strength. The test ends when Scourge invokes this trope:

* TookALevelInDumbass: It is here that Grimlock goes from ProudWarriorRaceGuy with average intelligence to DumbMuscle IdiotHero.

-->'''Spike:''' [[FailOSuckyName Tell me your name isn't Delibarata]].

* TheCakeIsALie: The Quintessons offer Galvatron the Decepticon Matrix of Leadership in exchange for him helping them retake Cybertron. There is ''no'' Decepticon Matrix of Leadership.

* LandfillBeyondTheStars: Goo #8739B.

* NotMeThisTime: The terrorist attack on the Galactic Olympics, and subsequent kidnapping of the Kup, Spike, and Ultra Magnus, are initially suspected to be the work of the Decepticons.

* OriginsEpisode: Ultimately proves to be this for the cartoon continuity.

* WhatTheHellHero: Rodimus short-circuits himself (the robotic equivalent of giving himself a heart attack) to trigger his Matrix vision quest. Springer and Arcee call him out on it, reminding him that he could have died.

* BadBoss: Galvatron has become one due to his [[AxCrazy mental instability]], beating up his own troops for the smallest of slights. The First Magistrate of the Quintessons isn't much better, sacrificing an underling after the Autobots take him hostage. The contempt in the First Magistrate's death indicates that he believes that [[YouHaveFailedMe any Mook who is weak enough to be captured by the enemy is of no use to him]].

* MultiPartEpisode: Five parts

* SamePlotSequel: More or less to ''The Movie''.

* TheReveal: Rodimus Prime discovers that the Quintessons are the Transformers' creators.