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* BadassInDistress: Wheeljack.

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* BadassInDistress: Wheeljack.Wheeljack is captured and impersonated. By episode's end, the impostor is exposed and the real Wheeljack is rescued.



* BluffTheImposter: A suspicious Bulkhead asks "Wheeljack" to tell the story about how they fought together at the Battle at Darkmount Pass. "Wheeljack" tells the story flawlessly, but Bulkhead was never at Darkmount. He proceeds to set the record straight on the imposter.
-->'''Bulkhead:''' I'd already left the Wreckers to join up with Optimus, but you wouldn't know that if all you did was access Wheeljack's public service record.
* BoringButPractical: For what it is worth, Starscream's plan to destroy the Autobot base was remarkably simple and effective: Send in an infiltrator, get him to open the groundbridge with fixed coordinates, and then swarm the base with Decepticon foot troopers. It only failed because there were factors he didn't foresee or know about: 1, The Autobot base was shielded to avoid detection, 2, Bulkhead having known Wheeljack personally enough to know all the stories, 3, the groundbridge was scrambled because of the Scraplets (which he had absolutely no knowledge of), and 4, the fact that Wheeljack got loose because his guard got arrogant and [[NeckSnap too close]]. And if it weren't for that last part, Starscream would have won in a matter of moments.

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* BluffTheImposter: A suspicious Bulkhead asks "Wheeljack" to tell the story about how they fought together at the Battle at Darkmount Pass. "Wheeljack" tells the story flawlessly, but Bulkhead was never at Darkmount. He proceeds to set the record straight on the imposter.
except...
-->'''Bulkhead:''' I wasn't there. I'd already left the Wreckers to join up with Optimus, but you wouldn't know that if all you did was access Wheeljack's public service record.
* BoringButPractical: For what it is worth, Starscream's plan to destroy the Autobot base was remarkably simple and effective: Send in an infiltrator, get him to open the groundbridge with fixed coordinates, and then swarm the base with Decepticon foot troopers. It only failed because there were factors he didn't foresee or know about: 1, The Autobot base was shielded to avoid detection, 2, Bulkhead having known Wheeljack personally enough to [[BluffTheImpostor know all the stories, stories]], 3, the groundbridge was scrambled because of the Scraplets (which he had absolutely no knowledge of), and 4, the fact that Wheeljack got loose because his guard got arrogant and [[NeckSnap too close]]. And if it weren't for that last part, Starscream would have won in a matter of moments.



* TheComicallySerious: Ratchet [[GrumpyOldMan does not like parties.]]

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* TheComicallySerious: Ratchet [[GrumpyOldMan does not like parties.]]parties]].



* DevilInPlainSight: Makeshift in disguise was acting weird, had creepy moments (visible to the characters) and had an unhealthy obsession with the location of Autobot's base. Nobody suspects anything (except Bulkhead, who thought that his friend was acting weird).

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* DevilInPlainSight: Makeshift in disguise was acting weird, had creepy moments (visible to the characters) and had an unhealthy obsession with the location of Autobot's Autobots' base. Nobody suspects anything (except Bulkhead, who thought that his friend was acting weird).



* GenreBlindness: The "Wheeljack" was just rescued from Decepticons and his main questions are the location of the base on the map. It's a basic premise for an impostor-plot but nobody realises it (even Bulkhead only thinks that his friend is acting weirdly).
* IWarnedYou: While in captivity, Wheeljack tells Starscream that Bulkhead will inevitably see through any imposter.
* IdiotBall: The Autobots and kids hold it very hard in this episode. "The Wheeljack" was just rescued from Decepticons and his main questions are location of the base and her map. [[DevilInPlainSight Everyone with a piece of mind]] (or [[GenreSavvy Genre Savviness]]) [[DevilInPlainSight immediately think something's wrong]]. [[GenreBlindness Except our heroes]]. Plus, [[IgnoredExpert others didn't believe Bulkhead at first]].

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* GenreBlindness: The "Wheeljack" was just rescued from the Decepticons and his main questions are the location of the base on the map. It's a basic premise for an impostor-plot but nobody realises it (even Bulkhead only thinks that his friend is acting weirdly).
* IWarnedYou: While in captivity, Wheeljack tells Starscream that Bulkhead will inevitably see through any imposter.
imposter. {{Exaggerated|Trope}} in that Bulkhead '''''immediately''''' sees through Makeshift's disguise, but everyone else [[IgnoredExpert fails to catch on]].
* IdiotBall: The Autobots and kids hold it very hard in this episode. "The Wheeljack" "Wheeljack" was just rescued from Decepticons the Decepticons, and his main questions are the location of the their base and her on the map. [[DevilInPlainSight Everyone with a piece of mind]] (or [[GenreSavvy Genre Savviness]]) [[DevilInPlainSight immediately think something's wrong]]. [[GenreBlindness Except our heroes]]. Plus, [[IgnoredExpert others didn't believe Bulkhead at first]].



* ImposterForgotOneDetail: Part of Bulkhead's BluffTheImposter, the fake Wheeljack recounts their time together in the Darkmount battle as Wreckers. Bulkhead says this before pointing out that he was with Optimus at that time.
* [[OhCrap Oh Scrap]]: Makeshift's last words are a subdued "Oh no."
* OutOfCharacterAlert: Because Bulkhead is Wheeljack's old friend, he practically immediately realised that something wrong with his "friend".

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* ImposterForgotOneDetail: Part of Bulkhead's BluffTheImposter, the fake Wheeljack recounts their time together in fighting beside Bulkhead at the Darkmount battle as Wreckers. Battle of Darkmount. Bulkhead says this he got all the details right, before pointing out that he was Bulkhead himself wasn't there: he'd already joined up with Optimus at by that time.
* [[OhCrap Oh Scrap]]:
time. But the impostor wouldn't have known that if all he had for reference was Wheeljack's service record.
*OhCrap:
Makeshift's last words are a subdued "Oh no."
no" before [[WhyAmITicking the bomb attached to him]] detonates.
* OutOfCharacterAlert: Because Bulkhead is Wheeljack's old friend, he practically immediately near-immediately realised that something was wrong with his "friend"."friend" but everyone points out, [[BothSidesHaveAPoint not unreasonably]], that Wheeljack might have changed a bit over the long period of time since Bulkhead last saw him. It takes a BluffTheImpostor test to confirm that Bulkhead is correct.



* WalkingTheEarth: Optimus pffers Wheeljack a place with the Autobots, but Wheeljack decides he's not ready to give up his freelancer lifestyle [[PutOnABus and leaves for the moment to explore Earth.]]

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* WalkingTheEarth: Optimus pffers offers Wheeljack a place with the Autobots, but Wheeljack decides he's not ready to give up his freelancer lifestyle [[PutOnABus and leaves for the moment to explore Earth.]]Earth and search for other Autobot survivors]].

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