![]() Megatron averts this as he himself considers wasting soldiers a waste of resources. A Father to His Men: A Decepticon criticizes Scorponok because he wastes their forces, while Megatron cares for his soldiers.Only one soldier does, and he has his head crushed. Even Evil Has Standards: Averted Megatron and any Decepticon who voices a complaint to Scorponok's leadership does so because he's wasting resources and forces, not out of any moral stance.Enemy Mine: The Autobots and Decepticons work together to stop the rampaging Trypticon.Elite Mooks: The Terrorcons against a battered-down Megatron.Dude, Where's My Respect?: Optimus gets this from Dai.Darker and Edgier: Easily one of the darkest stories in the IDW canon.Of course, it's soon made clear that he's no Megatron when it comes to leadership skills. Big Bad Wannabe: Scorponok wants to take control of the Decepticons, having the power and ambition to do so he seeks to strike a major blow against the Autobots by attacking an Mega-refinery so as to demoralize them, cementing his position. ![]() In both, he informs Megatron that he can't risk hesitation nor compassion, he needs to be ruthless enough to kill, steal, and ruin. He guides Megatron to the place to find a ship, and even warns him of the Sharkticon ambush. Pentius never lies to Megatron, only lecturing him on the nature of hate and evil, ideas that Megatron believes in but hasn't refined yet. Beware the Honest Ones: An evil version in Pentius, a rarity amongst the deceitful and manipulative Quintessons.The Bad Guy Wins: Megatron is the clear winner here, he survives Junkion, gets his house in order, gains a monstrous city transformer of his own, all the while leaving the Autobots go with the knowledge they couldn't beat him, and Optimus in critical condition after being uterly powerless to stop the threat.Badass Cape: Megatron acquires one as he struggles to survive Junkion, as pictured.Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever: Trypticon.Scorponok gets his leg blasted off by Megatron.Blitzwing gets his arm ripped off by Grimlock.An Arm and a Leg: Dismemberment in robots can be fixed, so it's a frequent injury.Finally, Megatron doesn't attempt to befriend them like the Autobots did, and their target is a villain as well so whether or not they are a straight example would depend on future appearances. However their meeting with Megatron is pretty much the same as their debut in the cartoon, they swarm an intruder for junk, the only difference is that they don't seem to be able to self heal. Here they've been reimagined as a decadent society who collapsed in on itself and all the survivors are cannibalistic savages instead of the scavenger race they originally were. Adaptational Villainy: Played With in regards to the Junkions.The series is written by Chris Metzen and Flint Dille, with Livio Ramondelli providing art. The Dinobots take centre stage, on the run from the law as they attempt to steal the funds to escape Cybertron, while Scorponok usurps Megatron's seat of power following his defeat at the end of Autocracy. A direct sequel to Autocracy, it continues where that series left off, with the Autobots dealing with their freedom in the very early days of the war. The Transformers: Monstrosity is a twelve-part miniseries, published by IDW Publishing between March and July 2013.
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