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Titans
In General
- Canon Foreigner: While all of the main Titans take inspiration from established characters (Croaton borrows a bit from IDW's Metrotitan, Iaconus borrows from Metroplex, and the Dweller is very loosely inspired by the G1 Dweller) they're entirely new characters created for the show.
- Genius Loci: Sentient cities that can manipulate their architecture against any intruders.
- Time Abyss: The Titans are ancient beings many of whom were responsible for the populations on Cybertron's sister planets. While they're major historical figures, the specifics of their history is unclear to many bots.
Ghost Town (Unmarked Spoilers)
Croaton
Voiced by: Mike Rose (English)
An ancient Titan who came with colonists to colonize the uninhabited world, but his colonists were all abducted while Croaton himself got bombarded and stuck in his city mode. By brainwashing Windblade into giving him the Allspark, he restored himself and fled off to find his colonists.
- BFG: He has a gargantuan Arm Cannon strapped to his left forearm.
- Brainwashed and Crazy: When he confronts the Quintessons who stole his citizens their weapons overpower him and they mind-control him. Windblade frees him but at the cost of shattering her own minds.
- Easily Forgiven: Despite the fact he brainwashed Windblade into bringing him the Allspark, once he clarified his motives, the Autobots hold no grudge against them and forgive him for his actions.
- Genius Loci: He's the titular Ghost Town of the episode with the same name.
- Gentle Giant: He's a very loyal and caring Titan, seeking to find his colonists despite the fact they went missing a long time ago, and even returns the Allspark to the Autobots and gives them a shuttle to get back to the Ark.
- Humongous Mecha: As a Titan, he's huge even by Transformers' standards.
- Kaiju: He's a Titan.
- Not Evil, Just Misunderstood: As it eventually turns out, he's not malicious; all he wanted was to be cured and to save his colonists.
- Screw This, I'm Out of Here!: After being freed from the Quintessons' control, he takes Windblade's empty body and departs from the battlefield.
- Toyless Toyline Character: Doesn't have a toy.
- Undying Loyalty: To his colonists. Despite the fact they were abducted very long time ago, he still hopes to find and save them.
- Unwitting Instigator of Doom: Unknowingly to himself, Croaton took the escaped Starscream with him. He ends up bringing Starscream to the Quintessons, who sells out Cybertron to them.
- Villainous Underdog: He's brainwashed into being the Quintesson's warrior in the fight against Iaconus. In spite of Croaton's arsenal and abilities, he was built to colonize worlds whilst Iaconus was built to raze them. While he fights to close the power difference it's a losing battle.
- Walking Spoiler:Everything about his appearance is a spoiler.
Iaconus (Unmarked Spoilers)
Iaconus
Voiced by: Ryan Andes
The last surviving War Titan to return after the age of expansion. He was unable to cope with the new era of peace and went on a rampage, forcing his own citizens to subdue him at the cost of all but one of their lives. He was buried under what would eventually become the city of Iacon.
- Antagonist in Mourning: Despite his citizens turning against him to stop his onslaught he is still distraught when Maccadam, his last citizen, is killed.
- Awaken the Sleeping Giant: Literally. Maccadam is reluctant to wake him for fear of another rampage but Soundwave and Hot Rod want to wake him up to fight the Quintessons.
- Badass Boast: I am Iaconus. I. AM. WAR.
- BFS He wields a sword nearly as long as he is tall and considering that he's large even for a Titan, that's saying a lot.
- Blood Knight: He was literally built for war and he even went on a rampage when there's no war to fight.
- Kaiju: He's a Titan but unlike Coraton he's a War Titan which makes him even bigger than the average Titan.
- Last of Their Kind: He's the only War Titan to make it back to Cybertron when the Age of Expansion came to an end.
- Macross Missile Massacre: He can release a large swarm of missiles from all over his body.
- Mix-and-Match Weapon: He has a shield that has a Wave-Motion Gun built into it.
- No Place for a Warrior: He struggled to find his place after of the Age of Expansion and ultimately turned his weapons on Cybertron itself.
- Off with His Head!: He's killed when Judge Starscream opens a portal to Unspace and tendrils from it tear his head off.
The Dweller
Voiced by: Dick Terhune
A tentacled titan that lives in the Argon Sea.- Blue-and-Orange Morality: Downplayed. His motives aren't that alien, but his morality is based on his purpose as a city. He will enslave Cybertronians so they may live inside of him, fulfilling his role as a Titan.
- Expy: Of Cthulhu, being an octopus-headed giant that is trapped beneath the sea. While Cthulhu was trapped in the city of R'lyeh, the Dweller IS the city.
- Karma Houdini: While his list of evil deeds hasn't had time to grow, The Dweller is probably the most powerful antagonist still at large after the series ends.
- Pet the Dog: It took pity on Windblade, relating to being incomplete, and giving back her piece of her mind.
- Tentacled Terror: Their head looks like an octopus and they have several gargantuan tentacles they use to try to grab onto the heroes.
Quintessons
The Judge
Judge
Voiced by: Jeremy Levy (Death), Dick Terhune (Chaos), Saskia Marx (Cruelty and Judgement), Tony Daniels (Ego)
The main leader of the Quintesson invasion.
- Adaptational Badass: The original Quintesson Judges from the G1 cartoon were not active fighters and could even be physically restrained by lone humans. Here, they're Multiversal Conquerors with powers bordering on that of a Physical God.
- Adapted Out: The faces of Wrath, Laughter and Bitterness are absent, replaced by Cruelty, Ego and Chaos.
- Ax-Crazy: All the faces qualify, but almost all of Death's lines revolve around wanting someone executed or killed.
- Bad Boss: When their forces fail to secure Iaconus, the Judge enters into the battle and begins blasting into the fray, striking enemy and ally alike. When they demonstrate how to destroy a universe with Unspace, they kill one of their Sharkticons with it.
- Beam Spam: Whenever things start going bad, they tend to fire at everything.
- Canon Foreigner: The faces of Cruelty, Ego and Chaos are new faces created for Cyberverse.
- Composite Character: Cruelty is basically a female version of the usual face of Wrath.
- Disc-One Final Boss: The Judge establishes early on that while they're the leader of the invasion force, they've already passed judgment on the universe they were created for and they're paving the way for a new judge for this universe. As such, their title is Acting Judge. After a grueling fight, the Judge is destroyed and the new Judge, Starscream, unveils himself as the true villain of the "End of the Universe" arc.
- Give Me a Reason: Three of the five faces look forward to torture. When Hot Rod refuses to tell the Judge how he's managed to evade capture for so long, Death declares him in contempt, Chaos indicates he was hoping that would happen, and Cruelty eagerly declares Hot Rod must suffer.
- Kangaroo Court: Every universe and individual person they judge is always guilty, regardless of evidence. They even teach this to new Judges in their training.
- Mythology Gag: According to the Quintesson rules for new judges, all universes are to be judged as guilty no matter what. The original Quintessons did just that, even when they ruled their victims "innocent".
- Two Girls to a Team: The "team" being the Judge's faces; Death, Ego and Chaos have male voices, while Judgement and Cruelty have female voices.
The Scientist
Scientist
"Welcome to my laboratory. Are you admiring my work?"
Voiced by: Dick Terhune
The brains behind the Quintesson invasion.
- Brain Monster: His larger bodies all have brains covered by glass and his real body is basically just a brain with a cybernetic eye, a torso and spider limbs.
- Chessmaster Sidekick: While it is the Judge who leads the Quintessons, the Scientist is the one making sure everything is running smoothly. He created the simulation that traps the Cybertronians and he is the one to drain the population. When the Quintessons invade, the Scientist is the one who creates the Judge of the universe and then goes to serve under them.
- Cloudcuckoolander: His reasoning for choosing a parade specifically in the simulation?Scientist: It doesn't matter what universe you're from. Everyone loves a parade.
- The Collector: He collects different colored Soundwaves from the universes that are judged.
- Family-Unfriendly Death: His real body is squashed to death by Wheeljack.
- Faux Affably Evil: He's excitable and positively giddy when he meets, and then tries to kill, Hot Rod and Soundwave. He's also very passionate about his work in destroying universes and collecting frozen Soundwaves.
- Fighting a Shadow: He has a seemingly never-ending supply of bodies but it turns out his real body is hidden inside his lab.
- Glass Cannon: His bodies have intense firepower but can be destroyed with a single hit. Every time one is destroyed, he deploys another.
- Gory Discretion Shot: We don't actually see Wheeljack crush his real body, since that would be messy.
- Mad Scientist: He creates the judges meant to destroy the universes deemed guilty and talks about them like he's making a work of art.
- My Brain Is Big: Both his real body and his remote ones have abnormally large brains, to showcase his intelligence.
- Nice Job Fixing It, Villain: He fixes Soundwave to add to his collection, without taking any precautions. Soundwave immediately shoots at him and helps Hot Rod escape.
- Smug Snake: The Scientist has overseen countless universes try and fail to stop him and it's given him an overconfident streak. He treats the Autobots and Decepticons as curiosities that pose little threat to him as everytime they smash his body he brings a new one out. Even his fixing of Soundwave is a testament to his arrogance; hundreds of Soundwaves have tried to fight him and all have failed, why not give him his weapons back?
- Soft-Spoken Sadist: Always speaks in a calm and polite manner. Is also directly responsible for the technology used for wiping countless universes from existence.
- Welcome to Corneria: Every single time someone arrives in his workspace, he repeats his greeting of "Welcome to my laboratory." One might think he programmed his bodies to say that, but considering he says it every time, it's clear he's just fucking with his guests.
Lord Gnaw
Lord Gnaw
Voiced by: Jeremy Levy
The leader of the Sharkticons and the Chief Baliff of the Quintesson Occupation.
- The Dragon: The Sharkticon Baliffs command the Prosecutors and Gnaw in turn commands them. He's the field commander of the Quintesson forces and the one who handles the Cybertronians directly.
- King Mook: He's the leader of the Sharkticons and puts up a better fight agaisnt Windblade than the rest, athough still falls easily.
- Red Baron: Lord Gnaw, Fist of the Judge.
Prosecutors
Prosecutors
The foot soldiers of the Quintesson forces.
- Adaptational Badass: Their G1 inspiration were largely non-combatents who were easily pushed around. in Cyberverse they're much larger, faster, and their tentacles have lasers. They make up the primary attack force of the Quintessons, a role they've never had before.
- Expy: The Quintesson arc is heavily inspired by The Matrix and the Prosecutors are modeled after the Sentinels.
- Mecha-Mooks: While the entire cast are robots, the Prosecutors are closest to this trope being a legion of largely mindless drones that are killed en masse.
The Other Universe (Unmarked spoilers ahead)
"The Other One"
"The Other One" aka Megatron X
Voiced by: Marc Thompson (English), Shigeru Chiba (Japanese)
An alternate version of Megatron from another universe in which he won the war for Cybertron.
- All There in the Manual: Official materials call him "Megatron X".
- Alternate Self: He's an alternate version of Megatron from another universe.
- The Dreaded: Everyone fears him, desperate to protect Cybertron from his wrath and flee at any chance possible.
- Eviler than Thou: In the main universe, Megatron allowed Optimus to leave after he refused his offer of an alliance. This Megatron killed Optimus on the spot for it, taking his Matrix and using it to win the war. Mainstream Megatron is openly intimidated by him, forgoing continuing the war in favor of planning for his arrival.
- Final Boss: If one were to disregard the two post-series movies, he is the final opponent faced in the show.
- Killed Offscreen: The series' Finale Movie "The Perfect Decepticon" establishes that he succumbs to his injuries in the interim between the movie and his previous appearance in the main series' final episode.
- Pretender Diss: He deems the main universe Megatron to be unworthy of his name since he failed to destroy the Autobots and win the war due to his sense of honor towards Optimus Prime.
- Near-Villain Victory: He almost succeeds in overpowering Optimus with his Matrix. Only thanks to Windblade's last mind fragment destroying its connection to the Primes from within is Optimus able to prevail.
- The Sociopath: What separates him from his main counterpart is his complete lack of empathy and willingness to do anything to get power. This mindset not only allowed him to murder his former friend Optimus, but drove him to exterminate every Cybertronian except his Perfect Decepticons, who are nothing more than mindless slaves bent to his bidding. And he intends to invade the multiverse both for conquest and the thrill of slaughtering Cybertronians and other sentient beings again.
- Viler New Villain: He supplants Megatron as the final villain of season 3. Not only is he much more powerful than Megatron but he highlights some of Megatron's more redeeming traits like his respect for Optimus and his decision to compromise when necessary. Megatron X, by contrast, is a violent genocidal monster who's a danger to the multiverse.
- You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: He wiped out his own troops in favor of the "Perfect" Decepticons he made using Vector Sigma and the Allspark.
Tarn
Tarn
Voiced by: Marc Thompson
A Perfect Decepticon with a personality of his own who appears to be on the Autobots and Decepticons' side at first, but later turns out to be as evil as his world's Megatron, only wanting the Cortex Helm so he can have the rest of his kind under his control.
- An Arm and a Leg: He's missing his left arm. Not that it stops him from dominating in combat.
- Adaptation Name Change: The comic book version's real name was Damus who adopted the name Tarn when he joined the Decepticon Justice Division. The DJD all took on codenames from the first five cities conquered by the Decepticons, with Tarn himself named after the city Megatron came from. In Cyberverse Tarn is his actual name.
- Adaptational Wimp: Downplayed. Tarn's fighting ability compared to his original comic self is hampered because of his injuries, but in spite of them, he's still a fearsome combatant. Cyberverse Tarn lacks his MTMTE self's infamous voice which could kill Cybertronians if he spoke at a certain frequency. However, said ability was hit hard by the Inverse Law of Utility and Lethality and because it was a guaranteed kill he could never successfully use it against the protagonists.
- Arm Cannon: He's got two on his right arm. Several Decepticon supersoldiers are shown to wield smaller ones on their left arms but Tarn's had that one torn off before he appeared.
- Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: His betrayal comes much later in the episode but it's telegraphed in his very first scene. After the Autobots and Decepticons rescue Tarn from a pair of supersoldiers, he coldly executes his brethren while they're restrained; an action which shocks Optimus.
- Broken Faceplate: Tarn's most easily recognizable feature is the massive crack that splits his face in half, contrasting him from the rest of the Decepticon supersoldiers who somehow manage to never take any lasting damage, even when fighting each other.
- Canon Immigrant: Imported directly from the pages of The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye.
- Death Cry Echo: Ends up giving one when Soundwave vaporizes him (and Soundwave himself) with an overcharged soundblast.
- Dies Differently in Adaptation: The 2005 IDW continuity had Tarn killed by Megatron in the 55th issue of The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye. In this continuity, Tarn meets his end at the hands of Soundwave sacrificing himself.
- Evil All Along: He initially seems to be the single Decepticon supersoldier who wants no part of the ways of his violent brethren, but ultimately turns out to be manipulating the Autobots and Decepticons so he can use the Cortex Helm to gain control of the other Decepticon supersoldiers and lay siege on Cybertron.
- Faux Affably Evil: In the same vein as the character he was based on. When Tarn reveals his true nature he's shown to carry himself with a theatrical, casual flair. Killing Autobots isn't just his purpose, it's also entertainment and he tells Shadow Striker to have some fun executing Bumblebee and Thunderhowl.
- Final Boss: As the main villain of "The Perfect Decepticon", he is the final antagonist faced in the series overall.
- Handicapped Badass: He's missing his left arm, but is easily capable of overpowering Optimus Prime.
- No Body Left Behind: Right before donning the Cortex Helm again, Soundwave unleashes his most powerful soundblast ever to annihilate him and himself to save Cybertron. All that's left of him is a charred crater where he last stood.
- Nuke 'em: Given his near-invulnerability as a Decepticon Supersoldier, nothing can hurt him. At least, nothing short of being at ground zero of Soundwave's overcharged soundblast.
- Shut Up, Kirk!: When Optimus points out that using the Cortex Helm to control the others makes him no better than those Megatron originally stood up against, he bluntly retorts "That's fine", and sends more of his forces after Optimus.
Perfect Decepticons
Decepticon Supersoldiers
Voiced by: Ryan Nicolls
A race of Decepticon supersoldiers created when Megatron X acquired the Allspark. They're obedient, dangerous, and hard to defeat much less kill.
- Always Chaotic Evil: A perfect race of obedient soldiers that wiped out the Autobots and most of the Decepticons of their universe. This is eventually subverted in the finale. When free will is given to the Supersoldiers they choose their own morality. Tarn becomes a cruel monster but most of the soldiers lay down their weapons and agree to peace.
- Arm Cannon: they have two fusion cannons on their right arm and a smaller laser on their left.
- Conservation of Ninjutsu: They were Megatron X's Elite Mooks and in their debut; he sends a small contingent to provide a difficult fight for the heroes. After that, the entire army of Supersoldiers shows up on Cybertron only to prove incredibly ineffective with their single-minded desire to fight each other rather than the protagonists. However, once Tarn gets a hold of the Cortex Helm they invert this trope, and even with an Enemy Mine and Heroic Second Wind the Supersoldiers are just too numerous and too powerful to be stopped. It takes Soundwave's sacrifice to finally put a stop to them and even then it was because they chose to stand down.
- Expy: They're modeled after Tarn from Transformers: More than Meets the Eye. Eventually one of them actually becomes Cyberverse's version of Tarn.
- Lightning Bruiser: The soldiers are incredibly tough and light on their feet. Standard munitions can't penetrate their dense armor and they utilize multiverse teleporters to Teleport Spam their enemies into submission.
The Mercenaries (Unmarked Spoilers)
In General
Mercenaries
Voiced by: Jaime Lamchick (Nightbird), Marc Thompson (Bug Bite), Rich Orlow (Afterburner), Ryan Andes (Doublecrosser)
A group of Cybertronian mercenaries who seize the opportunity to freeze the Autobots and Decepticons in the middle of their peace treaty to rob them.
- Adaptation Species Change:
- Nightbird is a Cybertronian rather than a man-made robot like her Sunbow cartoon counterpart.
- Taking a cue from his counterpart in Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy, this version of Bug Bite is a native Cybertronian rather than a dimension-hopping GoBot who put his brain into a Cybertronian shell.
- Crippling Over Specialization: The Immobilizer is an incredibly powerful weapon, capable of freezing entire planets in time. The Mercenaries tend to over-rely on it because their fighting abilities are average at best and when a counter is developed they're put in a difficult spot.
- Foil: All of the mercenaries, being based on the models of other characters, also sport inverse personalities to match.
- Soundblaster is loud, boisterous, and relies entirely on the Immobilizer to win fights.
- Nightbird is reclusive and barely talks.
- Doublecrosser's halves constantly argue.
- Bug Bite constantly belittles and insults his teammates.
- Karma Houdini: Aside from Soundblaster (who loses both Buzzsaw and his legs), they get to depart Cybertron AND be free of Trypticon's tyrannical employment with no repurcussions for their actions.
- Multiple Head Case: Doublecrosser has two heads with individual personalities who don't get along well.
- Palette Swap; Every Mercenary is a swap of an existing character.
- Soundblaster is a recolored Soundwave model.
- Buzzsaw is a recolored Laserbeak model.
- Afterburner is a recolor of the Dirge/Ramjet model.
- Nightbird is a recolor of Arcee's model with an additional face mask.
- Doublecrosser is a recolor of Rack'n'Ruin.
- Bug Bite is a recolor of Bumblebee.
- Pet the Dog: The Mercenaries decide to cut and run when Trypticon takes to the field and leave the injured Soundblaster behind, save for Nightbird who goes back for him and even helps him onto the ship.
Soundblaster
Voiced by: Marc Thompson
The assigned leader of the Mercenaries who holds a grudge against Soundwave.
- An Arm and a Leg: Soundblaster ends up losing both his legs after the Mercenaries' battle with the Dinobots.
- And Your Little Dog, Too!: He takes Laserbeak and painfully shoves him into his chest compartment to hurt Soundwave.
- Decomposite Character: Soundblaster is once again a separate individual from Soundwave.
- Evil Is Petty: Soundblaster bears a grudge against Soundwave for defeating him in a beatboxing competition during the war. He abandoned the faction, came back to raze Cybertron, and stole Laserbeak all to get back at Soundwave for wounding his pride. That said his other major atrocities, destroying worlds, are largely unrelated to his grudge and mostly in pursuit of wealth and power.
- Nice Job Fixing It, Villain: Soundblaster unfreezes Laserbeak and steals him from Soundwave in an act of revenge. This ends up causing problems when Laserbeak breaks free and steals the Immobilizer out of his hands.
Trypticon
Trypticon
Voiced by: Billy Bob Thompson
An enormous Cybertronian who turns out to be the Mercenaries' backer.
- Adaptational Jerkass: Trypticon's not often depicted as a particularly malevolent character and even among his more evil outings this one stands above them as a monster who loots and destroys numerous planets for personal gain.
- Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever: The biggest Cybertronian antagonist yet.
- Bad Boss: Acts like a Benevolent Boss towards the Mercenaries but then shows he does not tolerate their failure by igniting their makeshift prison.Grimlock: What a beast! And a terribly abusive employer!
- Corrupt Corporate Executive: His personality and motive say "tyrannical planet-destroying monster", but his mannerisms scream "shrewed businessman trying to build a new warehouse".
- Deadly Euphemism: When he says you're "fired", he means that you will be incinerated for stepping out of line.
- Fate Worse than Death: Trypticon is the Immobilizer's last victim and ends up being turned into a monument for the aptly-named Trypticon Plaza.
- Faux Affably Evil: Trypticon is eloquent and well-spoken while also being incredibly cruel and malevolent. He's impressed by the Dinobot's strengths and makes a charismatic sales pitch to join his faction right before attempting to burn his old minions alive.
- The Man Behind the Man: He turns out to be the one giving the Cybertronian Mercenaries their orders.
- Omnicidal Maniac: Seeks to destroy Cybertron, while having destroyed other planets in the past, and seeking to give such fate to countless more.
- Walking Spoiler:It's impossible to bring him up without spoiling the ending of "The Immobilizers".
- We Can Rule Together: Offers Grimlock and the Dinobots to work for him after they beat the Mercenaries. They reject the offer.
Others
Maccadam
Maccadam
Voiced by: Dick Terhune (English), Yoji Ueda (Japanese)
A bartender, owner and proprietor of Maccadam's Old Oil House. Might be more than he seems.
- Ascended Extra: This is easily Maccadam's biggest role in animation and Transformers fiction in general. Similiarly, Alchemist Prime is one of the lesser-used members of the Thirteen Primes, while in Cyberverse, he's the most prominent of the group.
- Almighty Janitor: A seemingly lowly bartender, who is heavily implied to be a member of the Thirteen Primes. Comes to a point that when Megatron seems about to start a fight in his bar, Macaddam turns into something that makes Megatron retreat.
- Ambiguous Situation: It is entirely possible he just might well be one of the Thirteen Primes. But he ain't saying if he is. Certainly, the fact he can apparently tell the future is very suspicious. He's later confirmed to be Alchemist Prime in "Dweller in the Depths".
- The Bartender: Operates the most popular bar on Cybertron.
- Beware the Nice Ones: While he is a Nice Guy for the most part, when angered, he can make even Megatron back off.
- Cloud Cuckoolander: Windblade and Bumblebee see him as such, due to seeming to talk about events that never happened. Even in context, he can be seen like this, since he seems to have a hard time distinguishing what will happen then and what happens now.
- Composite Character: He looks like Alchemist Prime, and is suggested to be a member of the Thirteen Primes, but shares the orange, teal, and gray color scheme of Rung (although the resemblance was apparently a "strange coincedence"). It's later revealed that he is, as heavily implied, this series' incarnation of Alchemist Prime.
- The Determinator: Espouses this philosophy to Optimus, noting that in the end the numerous failures and setbacks are often necessary for success.
- Heroic Sacrifice: He pushes Hot Rod out of the way of Iaconus's redirected Wave-Motion Gun since, unlike him, it wasn't Hot Rod's time.
- Horrifying the Horror: Dude scared Megatron into backing down by turning into... something.
- King Incognito: If indeed he is one of the Thirteen Primes, then he certainly qualifies as this under his present guise as a humble bartender.
- Last of Their Kind: He was the last remaining citizen of the war titan Iaconus after the rest all gave their lives stopping him when he went on a rampage.
- Mechanical Abomination: His alternative mode is somekind of huge clockwork shape with gears, spider legs, and a truly impressive number of guns that also deepens his voice.
- Mythology Gag: An involved one. Waaaay back in Transformers: The Ultimate Guide, it was hinted that the owner of Maccadam's was one of the first Transformers (back before the concept had much exploration). Then, when Hasbro came along and made their official list of the Thirteen, none of them were a bartender. And then Ask Vector Prime came along and jokingly suggested maybe the bartender was Alchemist Prime (who had been established in IDW's comics to be fond of drinking), albeit with the caveat that it was supposed to be just a rumor.
- Nice Guy: Regardless of who or what he is, he's pretty genial to almost everyone, and his bar was declared neutral territory for all.
- Non-Standard Character Design: His transformation is very different from other cybertonians, being some kind of monstrous form that stays somewhat humanoid and a massive change in size.
- Seers: He's apparently capable of seeing the future but sometimes has a hard time remembering it hasn't happened yet.
- Take Our Word for It: His alternate mode is never shown except in shadow. It's so terrifying that even Megatron is terrified of it.
Teletraan-X
Teletraan-X
A robotic drone designed to act as an auxiliary backup unit for Teletraan-1's data.
- Beware the Silly Ones: Grimlock throws Teletraan-X at a Seeker and he uses his armclaw to latch onto the Seeker. Despite Teletraan-X declaring "I am your doom and destruction", the Seeker doesn't take him seriously. Until Teletraan-X fires his inbuilt beam lasers, cripples the Seeker so badly he can't fly and he crashes hard into the ground. when Teletraan-X transfers into the Ark and takes control of all it's systems, he discovers the Ark has gun turrets, using them all to fight the Decepticon Seeker squad.
- Bunny-Ears Lawyer: Extremely eccentric and finicky, but also extremely helpful and devoted to his job.
- Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: He essentially vanishes after the "War for Cybertron" four parter. Then comes "The Perfect Decepticon", where he makes one last appearance.
- Deflector Shields: He can create a containment field around himself, although he uses it offensively, slamming into Decepticons. He uses it conventionally when exiting the wreckage of the cargo ship he was flying.
- Genius Loci: Once he takes over as the Ark's computer.
- Horrible Judge of Character: Believed he could rehabilitate Starscream of all bots through kindness and trust.
- Innocently Insensitive: He initially acts completely oblivious or uncaring to Bumblebee's predicament and guilt over leaving Windblade behind, at one point even downright stating that there's no need to worry about her since she's not a crewmember. Bumblebee got clearly unamused by his words and drops him out in the middle of the road, forcing him to fly all the way by himself. However, once he acknowledges his problem, he helps him out by showing him his memories of Optimus Prime and giving him courage to come back and save Windblade.
- Legacy Character: He serves as the backup memory for the original Teletraan-1 and takes over as the Ark's computer when Teletraan-1 is damaged beyond repair.
- Living Macguffin: He holds the back-up for Teletraan-1's computer which has the location of Allspark, making him a high priority for Autobots and Decepticons alike.
- Loophole Abuse: He never accepts orders or answers the questions from the "not-crew", but will listen to Ark crewmembers. Bumblebee managed to exploit the latter by ordering Teletraan-X to accept orders and questions from Windblade. However, much to her exasperation, he still refers to her only as "not-crew".
- Only the Worthy May Pass: He'll only give information to the crew of the Ark, which is awkward given that most of said crew is lost and the only member accounted for is suffering amnesia and struggles to communicate clearly.
- The Pollyanna: He's always optimistic no matter what, even in the direst of the situations.
- Robot Buddy: Acts as one for the Ark crewmembers.
- Running Gag: He constantly refers to Windblade as 'not crew', even after being told to accept orders from her.
- He often mentions strange aspects of Earth's history (Egyptians are aliens, The Aztecs lived on the Moon, etc.) offhandedly as facts that no questions him on.
- The Smart Guy: As the Autobot ship's backup memory this was a given, but he also seems to have encyclopedic knowledge of human civilization. Most likely because he lived through all of it, he even references having been active during the time of of the dinosaurs.
- Undying Loyalty: He's eternally loyal to all crewmembers of the Ark. But only to the crew of the Ark, as Windblade had learned.
Scraplets
Scraplets
Mechanical insectoid monsters that were created by Starscream from the Allspark with the use of the reprogrammed Vector Sigma. They attack in swarms and drain their victims' energon.
- Hungry Menace: They always thirst for energon and pose a threat to anyone who cannot control them.
- More Teeth than the Osmond Family: They have lots and lots of teeth.
- No Name Given: In the series itself, they're referred to as Starscream's "children" or his "abominations". The term "Scraplets" had earlier been used offhand by Starscream in "Cube", possibly explaining this discrepancy.
- The Soulless: While Starscream says they possess the sparks of deceased Transformers (occasionally mentioning that some of them are reincarnated Thirteen Primes), Cheetor doesn't buy it and describes them as sparkless abominations.
- Vampiric Draining: They drain energon from their victims, leaving them completely immobile, yet alive.
- Zerg Rush: They rush to anything that contains energon.
Sharkticons
Sharkticons
A species of mechanical shark-like creatures who had their home planet destroyed, as the three different clans wage war against each other for the remaining resources and territory.
- Civil War: After their home planet has been destroyed, Sharkticons were divided into three clans: the Fins, the Tails, and the Snouts. And these three clans now wage war against each other for the sake of resources and territory. After their homeworld gets restored, their war finally ends and they call a permanent truce.
- Mediation Backfire: After some convincing from Cheetor, Sharkticons do end up calling a truce...against the Autobots.
- Mythology Gag: Per typical of their species, they end up working for the Quintessons.
- Proud Warrior Race: They are a species of warriors, and they sure love combat.
- Shattered World: Their home planet has been destroyed, and they are now forced to fight each other for the sake of resources and territory. Once Cheetor restores their homeworld, they end up calling a permanent truce.
- Threatening Shark: They are a race of shark-like warriors who fight each other in a non-ending war...or some third parties if they interfere.
