Editing User:LIVRONIPEPPRONI/The Twain Phenomenon

[[File:Jazz DyingAction.jpg|right|upright=2.5|thumb|"OOOH I love Jazz I have Left and Right and Up and Down and Diagonal Jazz!! X3"]]
'''The Twain Phenomenon''' is fandom terminology that refers to the splitting of a character via pulling or ripping into two seperate pieces. Characters who are cut or broken into several pieces do not fall under this definition. While this may seem like a trivial distinction, this specific form of execution has proven to be oddly prevalent in Transformers media, having appeared across multiple continuities and becoming something of an unintentional running gag.

==Examples==
===''Transformers'' film===
In an attempt to delay [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] during the climactic Battle of Mission City, [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]] bravely faced the chrome marauder alone despite being significantly outmatched in size and strength. During the latter half of their brutal scuffle, Jazz defiantly inquired whether Megatron wanted "a piece" of him. The Decepticon tyrant responded to this taunt by literally tearing the smaller bot into two separate halves, pulling him apart from the waist. It can be assumed that the joke was lost on Jazz, who died from Megatrons bout of physical comedy before he could appreciate the irony of his own words. {{storylink|Transformers (film)|Transformers}}

===''Revenge of the Fallen'' film===
[[File:ROTF ze little one.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.50|Shortphobia at work. 2009 really was a different time.]]
After a quick examination of [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]]'s broken body, [[Scalpel (ROTF)|Scalpel]] expressed the need for some [[For parts|spare parts]] to replace the ones destroyed in the battle of [[Mission City]]. Some sources say that [[Scrapmetal (ROTF)|Scrapmetal]] was then torn into two by [[Long Haul (ROTF)|Long Haul]] for spare parts. This is a disputed instance, however, as the smallest constructicon can be seen ripped into multiple pieces almost immediatly after. {{Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}

===2005 IDW continuity===
[[File:Galvatron rips beastformer into twain.jpg|thumb|left|upright= 1.20|This guy has issues.]]
The monstrous [[Doublecross]] demonstrated their brutality during his rampage against Machination forces. Upon his arrival, Doublecross methodically slaughtered several [[Sunstreaker clone|Machination Headmasters]] by ripping them in two with his bare hands. {{storylink|Maximum Dinobots issue 3|Maximum Dinobots #3}}

[[File:MTMTE 54 Tarn Kills Ravage.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.50|]]
[[Galvatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Galvatron]] brutally murdered Headmaster [[Myskrion]]. He then killed his beastformer partner. {{storylink|Earthfall Part 3: The Mind Bomb|The Mind Bomb}}

In the attack on [[Necroworld|The Necroworld]], a temporary power-up acquired by the Autobots wore off allowing [[Tarn (G1)|Tarn]] to join the fight. [[Ravage (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ravage]] gets at him, resulting in the cassette getting ripped clean in half. This moment has [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]] join the battle and later demolish his ex-fanboy. {{storylink|The Dying of the Light Part 5: Rage, Rage|Rage, Rage}}

[[File:Ceremony-IcebirdKillsIronhide.jpg|thumb|left|upright=2.20|Copybear? Copybird? Copyboth.]]
During the battle against Unicron, A maximal sharing a boydtype with [[Icebird]] took [[Ironhide (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ironhide]] by surprise and broke the poor veteran in half. To add insult to injury, the mutant began to prattle on about death and decay. He was then (thankfully) shot in the face. {{storylink|Ceremony}}

===Classics Webcomic===
During a mission to an abandoned energon refinery in [[Altihex]], [[Road Hazard]] and the Urban Renewal Team were ambushed by a cobbled-together killing machine remotely controlled by [[Broadside]]. Road Hazard, along with his friends, were killed in the ensuing chaos. When the surviving Mini-Cons returned to investigate, Road Hazard's body was discovered ripped in half at the torso and mostly unrecognizable from the savage attack. {{storylink|The New World}}

===''Transformers One'' film===
[[File:Sentinel prime death Megatron.jpeg|right|thumb|upright=1.50|Backbreaking.]]
During the climactic battle at Iacon, [[Megatron (One)|D-16]] confronted the treacherous [[Sentinel Prime (One)|Sentinel Prime]] after the false Prime's crimes were broadcast to all of Cybertron. When [[Optimus Prime (One)|Orion Pax]] took a fusion cannon blast meant for Sentinel and fell, the enraged D-16 turned his full fury on the now-helpless tyrant via ripping the false Prime apart. {{Transformers One (film)|Transformers One}}

===''War for Cybertron'' video game===
[[File:Omega Supreme Destroys Destroyer.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.50|]]
[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] led a team including [[Ironhide (WFC)|Ironhide]] and [[Warpath (WFC)|Warpath]] to rescue [[Omega Supreme (WFC)|Omega Supreme]] from Decepticon captivity outside the Omega Gate. The Decepticons had been torturing the giant Autobot and corrupting him with Dark Energon. After [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] began repairing Omega Supreme, the group was attacked by Decepticon reinforcements including a [[Destroyer (WFC)|Destroyer]]. Having regained enough functionality, Omega Supreme casually ripped the attacking Destroyer into two pieces via a magnetic pull and good-old rocket hand to the back. {{storylink|Transformers: War for Cybertron}}

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