History TransformersMoreThanMeetsTheEye / TropesEToI

* ForWantOfANail:
** It's strongly implied at the end of issue 1 that the Lost Light was such an event; seemingly minor for anyone outside of the crew, but actually have massive consequences. The message from the future was sent to prevent this but failed due to no one hearing it.
** In issue 35 [[spoiler: Brainstorm's meddling in the past creates an alternate timeline where the Decepticons were never able to overthrow the Senate. As a result the Great War never took place, the Functionist Council eventually took control of the Senate instead, Minimus Ambus never became Ultra Magnus, Dominus Ambus never disappeared, Chromedome and Rewind never got together, functionism and ratioism is planetary law on Cybertron, the Black Box Consortia pressured Cybertron into selling Luna 2, and the Lost Light crew never met each other to go on their quest.]]

* FiveManBand: While technically villains, the Scavengers are {{Villain Protagonist}}s, and fit the archetypes:TheLeader is Krok, TheLancer is Misfire, TheSmartGuy position is filled by Crankcase (or Spinister, when his talents are put to use), TheBigGuy is Spinister, TheChick is Flywheels and the SixthRanger are Fulcrum and Grimlock.
** While not emphasized and only featured in one issue, the "Swerve Posse" also consists of five members that more or less fit the parts, with Swerve as TheLeader, Rewind as TheLancer, Skids as TheBigGuy, Rung as TheSmartGuy, Tailgate as TheChick and Whirl as the SixthRanger and TokenEvilTeammate.

** Metrotitans.
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* TheGhost: The Knights Of Cybertron.

** In issue 22 we learn that there's a ForeverWar going on [[UpToEleven even longer and more ridiculous]] than the Great War; the Stentarian war between the Ammonites and Terradores. It's been going on for '''sixteen-million years'''. It also caused [[GreatOffscreenWar the Shattering]], which is the whole reason the Galactic Council was formed.

* GrandfatherParadox: Defied with [[spoiler: Brainstorm's briefcase. However he made it, he managed to find a way to circumvent the paradox, allowing the new timeline to slowly bed in around the current timeline.]]

* IfYouKillHimYouWillBeJustLikeHim: [[spoiler:The reason Ratchet tells First Aid that they can't kill Pharma, because then they'd be no better than him, and he'd still win. However, First Aid disagrees rather vehemently with Ratchet about this, so it remains to be seen if they'll actually do it or not. First Aid ultimately decides to go through with it in issue 21 by shooting Pharma in the head as Pharma laughs about all the harm he's caused.]]

* HighConcept: How James Roberts pitched the series to IDW: "Rodimus and Drift set off to find the Knights of Cybertron".

* HoYay: Chromedome and Rewind are the primary canon couple. Any weak pretense of it just being 'close friendship' went out the window in #44. Of course as robots they aren't ''really'' gay but... yeah, okay, they're gay.
** There's also implications of something building between Tailgate and Cyclonus, although it feels strange thanks to one being twice the height of the other.

* HypotheticalCasting: James Roberts has said that Overlord is based off of Creator/JohnSimm's performance as the Master from ''Doctor Who'', Creator/MarkHamill as Pharma's voice, and Susan Blu as Tailgate. Nick Roche is partial to Creator/AndrewScott as Overlord's voice. Alex Milne has said that he sees Creator/BrentSpiner as the voice for Rung, Creator/DavidKaye as Tarn, and Jeffery Combs as Ratchet. Colorist Josh Burcham has proposed Creator/AdamBaldwin as Whirl.