Roasting bad transformers characters

Discussion in 'Transformers Earthspark and Cartoon Discussion' started by Ultimaster09, Dec 31, 2020.

  1. mn_128875

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    WFC Netflix Optimus prime’s deep voice is actually more higher than his IQ
     
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    WFC megatron talks so slowly, he makes those bot voices used by memers sound like Tywin Lannister
     
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    That storyline would get nothing more than my absolute hatred. I personally like Rodimus a hell of a lot better than Optimus.

    Again, it was Optimus' own fault that he died. The brains of the WFC Trilogy Optimus took over his senses and brought his demise. He was fucked anyway (especially if you look at the Marvel adaptation of the movie).
     
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    BW Scorponoks personality is so bland you could mistake it for literally ANY other character with unquestioning loyalty. And trust me, there’s a lot.
     
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    His personality isn't bland.

    For that to happen, he'd have to have one first.
     
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    Prime Starscream looks like he takes photos of people in a grocery store
     
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    Rid Cyclonus because he’s delusional not to realized Megatron wants nothing to do with the decepticons.
     
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    Drs. Swafford and Morgan in "The Return of Optimus Prime" (G1). How these two morons ever got to be research scientists given their sheer idiocy is beyond me.
     
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    I get the feeling that either Jessica Morgan is adopted, or her mother is (or was) the brains of the family. :p 
     
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    To quote myself from another thread:

    I didn't want to hate Earthrise Optimus. I really didn't. But he's SO BAD. He was bad in Siege, and he got worse in Earthrise. The way the character was depicted as an out-of-touch, incompetent idiot, his dialogue, his ludicrously...slow....rate...of....speech, the vocal direction given to the voice actor...all these things combined led to a version of Optimus Prime so bad that I was actively rooting for him to be killed off. (I found the voice actor to be at least tolerable in Cyberverse, so I think that at least most of what made this Optimus' voice so terrible is attributable to the vocal direction.)

    He's worse than G1's Dad Prime, who set the standard for Optimus. He's worse than Armada's Warrior Prime, who had no trouble fighting Megatron. He's worse than Cybertron's Epic Stock Footage Prime, who had doubts but still led with confidence. He's worse than Animated's Rookie Prime, who was fun and fresh and handled the inexperienced leader thing really well. He's worse than Speechimus Prime from Prime, who, while sometimes dull, still had cool fight scenes, spoke way more normally than ER Prime and wasn't a pinball in his own plot. He's worse than Cyberverse's Introvertimus Prime, which added an interesting foible to the character. He's worse than IDW's Irritatingly Morally Ambigous Prime, who was at least somewhat interesting. He's worse than "Give Me Your Face" Prime from the live-action movies. GMYF Prime at least had agency. He took action to stop the villains, and he made some good calls. (And he was voiced by Peter Cullen, so that helped.) He's worse than boring, confusing Fat-imus Prime from Energon. Fat-imus spoke like a normal person, was voiced by Gary Chalk, and never had trouble fighting Megatron for stupid reasons. He's worse than RID 2015's incredibly boring Cardboardimus Prime. I never expected to dislike an Optimus more than Cardboardimus Prime, but ER Prime-henceforth Stupidus Prime-blows him out of the water.

    There are very few Transformers characters that I strongly dislike. Many versions of Wheelie are annoying. Headmasters Chromedome made me want to punch him in the face. Headmasters Daniel was obnoxious. Energon Ironhide was pathetic and whiny. Energon Kicker, while not the worst human character in the franchise (that's Headmasters Daniel) was an incredibly irritating, arrogant jerk. The ROTF twins, regardless of whether or not they were stereotypes, were annoying and made cringeworthy jokes, and Sam's parents in that movie were even more cringeworthy. My dislike for all of these characters combined pales in comparison to how much I dislike Stupidus Prime. (Siege's Optimus, while still frustrating, wasn't as bad as Earthrise's.) I thought nothing could top Headmasters Chromedome, but I was wrong. Stupidus Prime is SO MUCH WORSE.

    Also, Headmasters Chromedome is a moronic creeper with no character development at all, and Headmasters Wheelie is a horrifying sociopath.
     
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    "Arceeithinkifoundskorponaksweaknass" "whatisitchromedome?" "Thedecepticonsymbolishisweaknass!" *pushes Arcee to the side and runs off*
     
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    Rid15 strongarm reminds me of that girl that we all had in elementary school who would snitch on you for the dumbest reasons.

    Rid15 sideswipe looks like a power rangers reject.

    Armada hotshot is almost as annoying as WFC Netflix Optimus.
     
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    I know the type of girl and Strongarm definitely doesn't remind me of that type of annoyance.
     
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    Lio Junior in Beast Wars II. He's everything I said about Chromedome a couple pages ago except that he's also a little kid.

    Well, he doesn't creepily stalk anyone like Chromedome did because a) the only semi-recurring girl in the series wouldn't stand for it if he tried and b) he has the emotional maturity of the typical "eww, girls have cooties" kid.

    As of one of the most recent episodes I've watched (but haven't posted about yet) I've identified what appears to be "the Lio Junior subplot roadmap"

    1) Lio Junior wants to take on an important mission but Convoy won't let him. So he pouts and sulks and rages at the Maximals that nobody trusts him and they all suck for denying his drive to make a difference.

    2) One of the other Maximals (often Kid or the other Magnaboss component bots) go to bat for him, telling Convoy that he's a well-meaning kid who just wants to prove himself and that Convoy should give him the chance

    3) Convoy's leadership ability evaporates as he buckles to pressure and gives Lio Junior what he wants even though he doesn't deserve it and it's far too important to trust to someone like Junior.

    4) Junior, predictably, is at the heart of his task failing either because he screwed it up through his impulsiveness or arrogance or because his inexperience meant he wasn't prepared to deal with complications

    5) In spite of Junior's failure, the Maximals either secure a small victory or mitigate most of the defeat, usually through no help from Lio Junior himself. Junior pouts and sulks about how he failed and it seems like this should be the impetus for him to have a moment of self-reflection and realization that his arrogant attitude and needless glory-seeking is stopping him from maturing and he from this point on can undergo much needed character growth.

    6) Convoy or another maximal swoops in and tells Junior that it's not his fault things worked out badly (even when it is) and that they respect his effort and enthusiasm (even when they were part of the problem) as well-meaning earnestness. As a result Lio Junior learns nothing and is free to repeat this whole process next time he's put into another similar situation

    Seriously, this is just about how every episode with a Lio Junior focused subplot goes at least as far as I've watched (which is episode 34)

    He's terrible. At least Chromedome was a swaggering arrogant jerk who was already a full-fledged Headmaster with expectations of being an elite soldier. Lio Junior has done nothing to earn the massive amount of shilling he gets from basically everyone while he bumbles and fails his way through everything he's involved in and yet also gets excused for every single selfish, immature tantrum and ego-driven bit of asshattery he pulls out along the way.
     
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    Literally every character in the Bayverse

    Seriously? How has this not been mentioned yet?

    Shitty human characters? You got it. Racist bots for no reason? You got it. Worst fucking combiner in history? You got it. Random model that can't act worth a damn? You bet. Explosions? :bay  Damn right.
    Oh and that fucking asshat who straight up said underage sex is cool and then proceeded to explain how its "legal".
     
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    the recruits from BW neo are some of the most annoying cliché anime characters ever
     
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    Twins are not racist. Just stereotypes
     
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    You can literally use clips of armada cyclonus, demolisher, hotshot, sideswipe (both armada and Rid15), strongarm, WFC Netflix Optimus, rattrap, and the armada humans as weapons to kill people.

    Don’t ask how I know this......
     
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    Strongarm and Rattrap clips don't kill people, they turn them to extra muscular chads (I've seen that happen).
     
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    The three main humans from cybertron are the worst.
     
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