Animals - Revision history

Some Dweeb at 21:40, 2 November 2025

2025-11-02T21:40:35Z

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	* "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSuqV9-atWc Living With the Human Machines]" by {{w\|Strangelove (band)\|Strangelove}}<ref>{{citesocial\|quote=The second song from MTMTE #46 is 'Living With The Human Machines' by Strangelove: https://t.co/kKrfrlkFT2\|link=https://twitter.com/jroberts332/status/660242332625825792\|name=James Roberts\|site=Twitter\|year=2015\|month=10\|day=30\|(defunct=)}}</ref>		* "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSuqV9-atWc Living With the Human Machines]" by {{w\|Strangelove (band)\|Strangelove}}<ref>{{citesocial\|quote=The second song from MTMTE #46 is 'Living With The Human Machines' by Strangelove: https://t.co/kKrfrlkFT2\|link=https://twitter.com/jroberts332/status/660242332625825792\|name=James Roberts\|site=Twitter\|year=2015\|month=10\|day=30\|(defunct=)}}</ref>
	* "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmiRWwAXexY Bowl of Oranges]" by {{w\|Bright Eyes (band)\|Bright Eyes}}<ref>{{citesocial\|quote=The third and final song from MTMTE #46 is the most important. It's 'Bowl of Oranges' by Bright Eyes: https://t.co/zwgGTIQvXb\|link=https://twitter.com/jroberts332/status/660249561634574336\|name=James Roberts\|site=Twitter\|year=2015\|month=10\|day=31\|(defunct=)}}</ref>		* "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmiRWwAXexY Bowl of Oranges]" by {{w\|Bright Eyes (band)\|Bright Eyes}}<ref>{{citesocial\|quote=The third and final song from MTMTE #46 is the most important. It's 'Bowl of Oranges' by Bright Eyes: https://t.co/zwgGTIQvXb\|link=https://twitter.com/jroberts332/status/660249561634574336\|name=James Roberts\|site=Twitter\|year=2015\|month=10\|day=31\|(defunct=)}}</ref>

			===Foreign Localization===
			'''Swedish:'''
			* ''Title:'' "'''Djur'''" ("Animals")

	===Covers (3)===		===Covers (3)===
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	** Collects [[The Transformers: Windblade\|''Windblade'' (2015)]] issues [[Windblade vol. 2 issue 6\|#6]]–[[The Will of the Few\|7]], [[The Transformers: Robots in Disguise\|''The Transformers'' (2012)]] issues [[The Transgressors\|#44]]–[[The Nothing Man\|45]], ''[[Combiner Wars (comic)\|Combiner Hunters]]'' [[An Uneventful Night\|#1]], ''[[The Transformers: Sins of the Wreckers\|Sins of the Wreckers]]'' issues [[Sins of the Wreckers issue 1\|#1]]–[[Sins of the Wreckers issue 5\|5]], ''More than Meets the Eye'' issues #45–47 & #48–49, and ''[[The Transformers Holiday Special]]: [[Choose Me]]'' & ''[[The Thirteenth Day of Christmas]]''.		** Collects [[The Transformers: Windblade\|''Windblade'' (2015)]] issues [[Windblade vol. 2 issue 6\|#6]]–[[The Will of the Few\|7]], [[The Transformers: Robots in Disguise\|''The Transformers'' (2012)]] issues [[The Transgressors\|#44]]–[[The Nothing Man\|45]], ''[[Combiner Wars (comic)\|Combiner Hunters]]'' [[An Uneventful Night\|#1]], ''[[The Transformers: Sins of the Wreckers\|Sins of the Wreckers]]'' issues [[Sins of the Wreckers issue 1\|#1]]–[[Sins of the Wreckers issue 5\|5]], ''More than Meets the Eye'' issues #45–47 & #48–49, and ''[[The Transformers Holiday Special]]: [[Choose Me]]'' & ''[[The Thirteenth Day of Christmas]]''.
	** Hardcover format.		** Hardcover format.

			* '''''Transformers: Några av mina bästa vänner är Autoboter''''' <small>([[November]], [[2025]])</small>
			** Collects ''More than Meets the Eye'' issues #39 & #41-46, ''Drift: Empire of Stone'' issues #1-4 and the ''Revolution'' one-shot.
			** Swedish reprint. Hardcover format.


	<gallery>		<gallery>
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	File:DefinitiveG1Collection v66.jpg\|'''''The Definitive G1 Collection: Volume 66: Speak, Memory''''' – cover art by [[Dan Khanna]] (Getaway) and [[Hayato Sakamoto]] (retro)		File:DefinitiveG1Collection v66.jpg\|'''''The Definitive G1 Collection: Volume 66: Speak, Memory''''' – cover art by [[Dan Khanna]] (Getaway) and [[Hayato Sakamoto]] (retro)
	File:IDWCollectionP2V10.jpg\|'''''The IDW Collection Phase Two: Volume 10''''' – cover art by [[Marcelo Matere]]		File:IDWCollectionP2V10.jpg\|'''''The IDW Collection Phase Two: Volume 10''''' – cover art by [[Marcelo Matere]]
			File:MTMTE SWE 05.jpg\|'''''Några av mina bästa vänner är Autoboter''''' – cover art by Alex Milne and Josh Perez
	</gallery>		</gallery>

Quirky-artist-charlie: /* Synopsis */ For emphasis!

2025-08-26T00:44:19Z

Synopsis: For emphasis!

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	[[File:FortMaxCuddles.jpg\|thumb\|upright=1.6\|Aww, the widdle maniac enforcer just wanted cuddles.]]		[[File:FortMaxCuddles.jpg\|thumb\|upright=1.6\|Aww, the widdle maniac enforcer just wanted cuddles.]]
	Aboard the ''Concordant'', Maximus contacts [[Rung (G1)\|Rung]] to tell him about the day's events. Rung advises him to rethink his approach to peace-keeping: times have changed, and the Scavengers are now the rule, rather than the exception, when it comes to Decepticons. Maximus cannot deny it, especially since Spinister left him instructions on how to reverse the brain-damage to the Roboids, who now surround him on his ship.		Aboard the ''Concordant'', Maximus contacts [[Rung (G1)\|Rung]] to tell him about the day's events. Rung advises him to rethink his approach to peace-keeping: times have changed, and the Scavengers are now the rule, rather than the exception, when it comes to Decepticons. Maximus cannot deny it, especially since Spinister left him instructions on how to surgically reverse the brain-damage to the Roboids, who now surround him on his ship.

	Two hours later, at Demus's now-abandoned junkyard, a Decepticon [[Worldsweeper]] arrives, piloted by Demus's mystery co-conspirators. The two robots open a hatchway to a hidden chamber beneath Demus's office, containing rows of strange pods inside which ''something'' is growing. One suggests moving the operation, but the other refuses, warning that to do so threatens their ability to meet their deadline, and will incur the wrath of the "[[Adaptus\|Grand Architect]]". As the robot advocates aborting and starting again, they both turn, revealing the gear-like hieroglyph on their chests...		Two hours later, at Demus's now-abandoned junkyard, a Decepticon [[Worldsweeper]] arrives, piloted by Demus's mystery co-conspirators. The two robots open a hatchway to a hidden chamber beneath Demus's office, containing rows of strange pods inside which ''something'' is growing. One suggests moving the operation, but the other refuses, warning that to do so threatens their ability to meet their deadline, and will incur the wrath of the "[[Adaptus\|Grand Architect]]". As the robot advocates aborting and starting again, they both turn, revealing the gear-like hieroglyph on their chests...

Saix: clean up, replaced: Scavenger (group) → Scavengers (G1) (2)

2023-08-04T00:36:12Z

clean up, replaced: Scavenger (group) → Scavengers (G1) (2)

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	==Synopsis==		==Synopsis==
	Aboard his ship the ''[[Concordat]]'', on approach to [[Tebris VII]], [[Fortress Maximus (G1)\|Fortress Maximus]] is listening to the paranoid [[Red Alert (G1)\|Red Alert]] ramble on over the comm about a hidden message he thinks he's found in ''[[Wreckers: Declassified]]'' when he spots the crashed ''[[Weak Anthropic Principle]]'' on the planet's surface. Red identifies the craft and looks up its owners, unaware that he's reading the [[Autopedia]] articles the [[~~Scavenger~~ (~~group~~)\|Scavengers]] themselves have vandalized with hyperbolic backstories for themselves, and Max heads down to the planet's surface to confront his original target, [[Demus]].		Aboard his ship the ''[[Concordat]]'', on approach to [[Tebris VII]], [[Fortress Maximus (G1)\|Fortress Maximus]] is listening to the paranoid [[Red Alert (G1)\|Red Alert]] ramble on over the comm about a hidden message he thinks he's found in ''[[Wreckers: Declassified]]'' when he spots the crashed ''[[Weak Anthropic Principle]]'' on the planet's surface. Red identifies the craft and looks up its owners, unaware that he's reading the [[Autopedia]] articles the [[Scavengers (G1)\|Scavengers]] themselves have vandalized with hyperbolic backstories for themselves, and Max heads down to the planet's surface to confront his original target, [[Demus]].

	A short time later, Demus lies dead on the floor of his office, and Maximus places the Scavengers under arrest. [[Misfire (G1)\|Misfire]] succeeds in distracting the Autobot long enough for [[Crankcase (G1)\|Crankcase]] to blast him, and the Scavengers scatter into the scrapyard outside, hiding amongst the junk. When [[Krok (G1)\|Krok]] starts anxiously clicking his "clicker" once again, Misfire finally loses his temper and snatches the device from Krok's hand, revealing it to be not a communicator, but a severed finger. Krok explains that the finger belonged to a member of his old squad named [[Radar]], who was killed alongside the rest of his teammates by the [[Wreckers]]. Radar turned into a telecommunications array, and while Krok admits that he ''does'' click his finger when nervous, he also does it to use the finger's still-functioning mechanism to scan for Decepticons in the area. He almost always detects none... but today, as he snatches the finger back from Misfire, Krok can see it has detected hundreds of Decepticons all around them. Stalking the Scavengers through the yard, Fortress Maximus calls out to them with an explanation: Demus is actually a slave trader, and his "[[Roboid]]" toys are not toys at all, but lobotomized Cybertronians trapped in a beast-mode and sold as "torture dolls" to organic races to take their frustrations out on.		A short time later, Demus lies dead on the floor of his office, and Maximus places the Scavengers under arrest. [[Misfire (G1)\|Misfire]] succeeds in distracting the Autobot long enough for [[Crankcase (G1)\|Crankcase]] to blast him, and the Scavengers scatter into the scrapyard outside, hiding amongst the junk. When [[Krok (G1)\|Krok]] starts anxiously clicking his "clicker" once again, Misfire finally loses his temper and snatches the device from Krok's hand, revealing it to be not a communicator, but a severed finger. Krok explains that the finger belonged to a member of his old squad named [[Radar]], who was killed alongside the rest of his teammates by the [[Wreckers]]. Radar turned into a telecommunications array, and while Krok admits that he ''does'' click his finger when nervous, he also does it to use the finger's still-functioning mechanism to scan for Decepticons in the area. He almost always detects none... but today, as he snatches the finger back from Misfire, Krok can see it has detected hundreds of Decepticons all around them. Stalking the Scavengers through the yard, Fortress Maximus calls out to them with an explanation: Demus is actually a slave trader, and his "[[Roboid]]" toys are not toys at all, but lobotomized Cybertronians trapped in a beast-mode and sold as "torture dolls" to organic races to take their frustrations out on.
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	* '''''[[Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection]]: Volume 66: Speak, Memory''''' <small>([[December 25]], [[2019]])</small>		* '''''[[Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection]]: Volume 66: Speak, Memory''''' <small>([[December 25]], [[2019]])</small>
	** Collects ''More than Meets the Eye'' issues #43–49.		** Collects ''More than Meets the Eye'' issues #43–49.
	** Bonus material includes a one-page article about the [[~~Scavenger~~ (~~group~~)\|Scavengers]], a cover gallery and a forward by [[Simon Furman]].		** Bonus material includes a one-page article about the [[Scavengers (G1)\|Scavengers]], a cover gallery and a forward by [[Simon Furman]].
	** Hardcover format.		** Hardcover format.

Usfmm at 05:10, 12 May 2023

2023-05-12T05:10:34Z

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Cyberlink420 at 20:17, 1 March 2023

2023-03-01T20:17:05Z

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	*Fortress Maximus's pose and placement on page 3 hearken back to page 3 of [[How Ratchet Got His Hands Back\|issue #5]], where he had similarly brutalized a 'con (or two) following a long absence and a dramatic return in the [[Some Of My Best Friends Are Autobots\|preceding]] [[Life After the Big Bang\|issue.]]		*Fortress Maximus's pose and placement on page 3 hearken back to page 3 of [[How Ratchet Got His Hands Back\|issue #5]], where he had similarly brutalized a 'con (or two) following a long absence and a dramatic return in the [[Some Of My Best Friends Are Autobots\|preceding]] [[Life After the Big Bang\|issue.]]
	*Fortress Maximus's involvement in the [[Simanzi Massacre]] is mentioned, something we heard about before in [[Interiors\|issue #6]].		*Fortress Maximus's involvement in the [[Simanzi Massacre]] is mentioned, something we heard about before in [[Interiors\|issue #6]].
	Krok describes Radar's death at the hands of the Wreckers—specifically, Roadbuster, who tore out his spine and "made him eat it"—as "a terrible affair." The use of the term "affair" isn't random; Roberts ~~[https://twitter.com/jroberts332/status/656957570490474497~~ noted on Twitter] before this issue's release that it would feature "a specific link [to] [[Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 1\|''Last Stand of the Wreckers'' #1]]—a tiny* loose end that's taken nearly six years to tie up." This indicates that the incident was the mysterious "[[Roadbuster affair]]" mentioned in that issue.		Krok describes Radar's death at the hands of the Wreckers—specifically, Roadbuster, who tore out his spine and "made him eat it"—as "a terrible affair." The use of the term "affair" isn't random; Roberts noted on Twitter before this issue's release that it would feature "a specific link [to] [[Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 1\|''Last Stand of the Wreckers'' #1]]—a tiny* loose end that's taken nearly six years to tie up."<ref>{{citesocial\|quote=There's a specific link between MTMTE #46 and LSOTW #1 - a tiny loose end that's taken nearly six years to tie up. Who'll spot it first?\|link=https://twitter.com/jroberts332/status/656957570490474497\|name=James Roberts\|site=Twitter\|year=2015\|month=10\|day=21\|(defunct=)}}</ref> This indicates that the incident was the mysterious "[[Roadbuster affair]]" mentioned in that issue.
	**This is also our first look at Roadbuster's extreme brutality, which we soon see more of in ''[[The Transformers: Sins of the Wreckers\|Sins of the Wreckers]]''. This is possibly a subtle setup!		**This is also our first look at Roadbuster's extreme brutality, which we soon see more of in ''[[The Transformers: Sins of the Wreckers\|Sins of the Wreckers]]''. This is possibly a subtle setup!
	*In the same flashback sequence, Krok is seen wielding [[Gatoraider]], who was alluded to by [[Skullcruncher (G1)\|Skullcruncher]] as Krok's "dead pet" in the previous issue.		*In the same flashback sequence, Krok is seen wielding [[Gatoraider]], who was alluded to by [[Skullcruncher (G1)\|Skullcruncher]] as Krok's "dead pet" in the previous issue.
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	===Soundtrack===		===Soundtrack===
	*"[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ghgl-Zy7PCg It's Not Funny Anymore]" by {{w\|Babybird}}<ref>[https://twitter.com/jroberts332/status/660241664028639232 James Roberts on Twitter]</ref>		*"[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ghgl-Zy7PCg It's Not Funny Anymore]" by {{w\|Babybird}}<ref>{{citesocial\|quote=The first song from MTMTE #46 is 'It's Not Funny Anymore' by Babybird: https://t.co/neZqyj4C6a\|link=https://twitter.com/jroberts332/status/660241664028639232\|name=James Roberts\|site=Twitter\|year=2015\|month=10\|day=30\|(defunct=)}}</ref>
	*"[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSuqV9-atWc Living With the Human Machines]" by {{w\|Strangelove (band)\|Strangelove}}<ref>[https://twitter.com/jroberts332/status/660242332625825792 James Roberts on Twitter]</ref>		*"[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSuqV9-atWc Living With the Human Machines]" by {{w\|Strangelove (band)\|Strangelove}}<ref>{{citesocial\|quote=The second song from MTMTE #46 is 'Living With The Human Machines' by Strangelove: https://t.co/kKrfrlkFT2\|link=https://twitter.com/jroberts332/status/660242332625825792\|name=James Roberts\|site=Twitter\|year=2015\|month=10\|day=30\|(defunct=)}}</ref>
	*"[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmiRWwAXexY Bowl of Oranges]" by {{w\|Bright Eyes (band)\|Bright Eyes}}<ref>[https://twitter.com/jroberts332/status/660249561634574336 James Roberts on Twitter]</ref>		*"[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmiRWwAXexY Bowl of Oranges]" by {{w\|Bright Eyes (band)\|Bright Eyes}}<ref>{{citesocial\|quote=The third and final song from MTMTE #46 is the most important. It's 'Bowl of Oranges' by Bright Eyes: https://t.co/zwgGTIQvXb\|link=https://twitter.com/jroberts332/status/660249561634574336\|name=James Roberts\|site=Twitter\|year=2015\|month=10\|day=31\|(defunct=)}}</ref>

	===Covers (3)===		===Covers (3)===

Saix: /* Synopsis */clean up, replaced: Wreckers → Wreckers

2023-01-20T17:56:21Z

Synopsis: clean up, replaced: Wreckers → Wreckers

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	Aboard his ship the ''[[Concordat]]'', on approach to [[Tebris VII]], [[Fortress Maximus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Fortress Maximus]] is listening to the paranoid [[Red Alert (G1)\|Red Alert]] ramble on over the comm about a hidden message he thinks he's found in ''[[Wreckers: Declassified]]'' when he spots the crashed ''[[Weak Anthropic Principle]]'' on the planet's surface. Red identifies the craft and looks up its owners, unaware that he's reading the [[Autopedia]] articles the [[Scavenger (group)\|Scavengers]] themselves have vandalized with hyperbolic backstories for themselves, and Max heads down to the planet's surface to confront his original target, [[Demus]].		Aboard his ship the ''[[Concordat]]'', on approach to [[Tebris VII]], [[Fortress Maximus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Fortress Maximus]] is listening to the paranoid [[Red Alert (G1)\|Red Alert]] ramble on over the comm about a hidden message he thinks he's found in ''[[Wreckers: Declassified]]'' when he spots the crashed ''[[Weak Anthropic Principle]]'' on the planet's surface. Red identifies the craft and looks up its owners, unaware that he's reading the [[Autopedia]] articles the [[Scavenger (group)\|Scavengers]] themselves have vandalized with hyperbolic backstories for themselves, and Max heads down to the planet's surface to confront his original target, [[Demus]].

	A short time later, Demus lies dead on the floor of his office, and Maximus places the Scavengers under arrest. [[Misfire (G1)\|Misfire]] succeeds in distracting the Autobot long enough for [[Crankcase (G1)\|Crankcase]] to blast him, and the Scavengers scatter into the scrapyard outside, hiding amongst the junk. When [[Krok (G1)\|Krok]] starts anxiously clicking his "clicker" once again, Misfire finally loses his temper and snatches the device from Krok's hand, revealing it to be not a communicator, but a severed finger. Krok explains that the finger belonged to a member of his old squad named [[Radar]], who was killed alongside the rest of his teammates by the [[~~Wrecker~~]]s. Radar turned into a telecommunications array, and while Krok admits that he ''does'' click his finger when nervous, he also does it to use the finger's still-functioning mechanism to scan for Decepticons in the area. He almost always detects none... but today, as he snatches the finger back from Misfire, Krok can see it has detected hundreds of Decepticons all around them. Stalking the Scavengers through the yard, Fortress Maximus calls out to them with an explanation: Demus is actually a slave trader, and his "[[Roboid]]" toys are not toys at all, but lobotomized Cybertronians trapped in a beast-mode and sold as "torture dolls" to organic races to take their frustrations out on.		A short time later, Demus lies dead on the floor of his office, and Maximus places the Scavengers under arrest. [[Misfire (G1)\|Misfire]] succeeds in distracting the Autobot long enough for [[Crankcase (G1)\|Crankcase]] to blast him, and the Scavengers scatter into the scrapyard outside, hiding amongst the junk. When [[Krok (G1)\|Krok]] starts anxiously clicking his "clicker" once again, Misfire finally loses his temper and snatches the device from Krok's hand, revealing it to be not a communicator, but a severed finger. Krok explains that the finger belonged to a member of his old squad named [[Radar]], who was killed alongside the rest of his teammates by the [[Wreckers]]. Radar turned into a telecommunications array, and while Krok admits that he ''does'' click his finger when nervous, he also does it to use the finger's still-functioning mechanism to scan for Decepticons in the area. He almost always detects none... but today, as he snatches the finger back from Misfire, Krok can see it has detected hundreds of Decepticons all around them. Stalking the Scavengers through the yard, Fortress Maximus calls out to them with an explanation: Demus is actually a slave trader, and his "[[Roboid]]" toys are not toys at all, but lobotomized Cybertronians trapped in a beast-mode and sold as "torture dolls" to organic races to take their frustrations out on.

	To get Maximus off their backs, Crankcase radios Misfire to express concern for [[Grimlock (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Grimlock]], deliberately allowing Max to hear him in hopes that Grimlock will be considered a more important target. Red Alert confirms Grimlock's presence, and Max heads off to investigate, leaving the Scavengers to pull themselves together. [[Fulcrum]] is annoyed that Krok has never told them about the fate of his old squad before, but Krok retorts that they took neither his depression, nor the self-delusion that his squad was still alive that he once labored under, seriously. ''That'', Krok tells them, is why he wanted Demus's money: he planned to use it to build a treatment center for those Cybertronians like himself, who are suffering from various mental disorders as a result of the war. Fulcrum calls him out on his hypocrisy—the fact that he was willing to ''sell'' the mentally-disabled Grimlock—and the suitably shamed Krok admits he was letting the ends justify the means. Knowing that Grimlock, as a former [[Garrus-9]] inmate, will be re-arrested by Maximus, Misfire insists they go to his aid, and a repentant Krok agrees. Unable to fly thanks to Demus's inhibitor chips, the Scavengers saddle up some [[Equinoid]] Roboids, and ride out to their ship.		To get Maximus off their backs, Crankcase radios Misfire to express concern for [[Grimlock (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Grimlock]], deliberately allowing Max to hear him in hopes that Grimlock will be considered a more important target. Red Alert confirms Grimlock's presence, and Max heads off to investigate, leaving the Scavengers to pull themselves together. [[Fulcrum]] is annoyed that Krok has never told them about the fate of his old squad before, but Krok retorts that they took neither his depression, nor the self-delusion that his squad was still alive that he once labored under, seriously. ''That'', Krok tells them, is why he wanted Demus's money: he planned to use it to build a treatment center for those Cybertronians like himself, who are suffering from various mental disorders as a result of the war. Fulcrum calls him out on his hypocrisy—the fact that he was willing to ''sell'' the mentally-disabled Grimlock—and the suitably shamed Krok admits he was letting the ends justify the means. Knowing that Grimlock, as a former [[Garrus-9]] inmate, will be re-arrested by Maximus, Misfire insists they go to his aid, and a repentant Krok agrees. Unable to fly thanks to Demus's inhibitor chips, the Scavengers saddle up some [[Equinoid]] Roboids, and ride out to their ship.

S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47: /* Continuity notes */

2020-11-12T12:50:57Z

Continuity notes

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	*Fortress Maximus's pose and placement on page 3 hearken back to page 3 of [[How Ratchet Got His Hands Back\|issue #5]], where he had similarly brutalized a 'con (or two) following a long absence and a dramatic return in the [[Some Of My Best Friends Are Autobots\|preceding]] [[Life After the Big Bang\|issue.]]		*Fortress Maximus's pose and placement on page 3 hearken back to page 3 of [[How Ratchet Got His Hands Back\|issue #5]], where he had similarly brutalized a 'con (or two) following a long absence and a dramatic return in the [[Some Of My Best Friends Are Autobots\|preceding]] [[Life After the Big Bang\|issue.]]
	*Fortress Maximus's involvement in the [[Simanzi Massacre]] is mentioned, something we heard about before in [[Interiors\|issue #6]].		*Fortress Maximus's involvement in the [[Simanzi Massacre]] is mentioned, something we heard about before in [[Interiors\|issue #6]].
	Krok describes Radar's death at the hands of the Wreckers—specifically, Roadbuster, who tore out his spine and "made him eat it"—as "a terrible affair." The use of the term "affair" isn't random; Roberts [https://twitter.com/jroberts332/status/656957570490474497 noted on Twitter] before this issue's release that it would feature "a specific link [to] [[Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 1\|''Last Stand of the Wreckers'' #1]] ~~- a~~ tiny* loose end that's taken nearly six years to tie up." This indicates that the incident was the mysterious "[[Roadbuster affair]]" mentioned in that issue.		Krok describes Radar's death at the hands of the Wreckers—specifically, Roadbuster, who tore out his spine and "made him eat it"—as "a terrible affair." The use of the term "affair" isn't random; Roberts [https://twitter.com/jroberts332/status/656957570490474497 noted on Twitter] before this issue's release that it would feature "a specific link [to] [[Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 1\|''Last Stand of the Wreckers'' #1]]—a tiny* loose end that's taken nearly six years to tie up." This indicates that the incident was the mysterious "[[Roadbuster affair]]" mentioned in that issue.
	**This is also our first look at Roadbuster's extreme brutality, which we soon see more of in ''[[The Transformers: Sins of the Wreckers\|Sins of the Wreckers]]''. This is possibly a subtle setup!		**This is also our first look at Roadbuster's extreme brutality, which we soon see more of in ''[[The Transformers: Sins of the Wreckers\|Sins of the Wreckers]]''. This is possibly a subtle setup!
	*In the same flashback sequence, Krok is seen wielding [[Gatoraider]], who was alluded to by [[Skullcruncher (G1)\|Skullcruncher]] as Krok's "dead pet" in the previous issue.		*In the same flashback sequence, Krok is seen wielding [[Gatoraider]], who was alluded to by [[Skullcruncher (G1)\|Skullcruncher]] as Krok's "dead pet" in the previous issue.

Emvee: link

2020-06-29T17:17:55Z

link

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	*[[Red Alert (G1)\|Red Alert]] (2)		*[[Red Alert (G1)\|Red Alert]] (2)
	*''[[Roadbuster (G1)\|Roadbuster]]'' (9)		*''[[Roadbuster (G1)\|Roadbuster]]'' (9)
	*''[[Springer (G1)\|Springer]]'' (11)		*''[[Springer (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Springer]]'' (11)
	*''[[Topspin (G1)\|Topspin]]'' (12)		*''[[Topspin (G1)\|Topspin]]'' (12)
	*[[Grimlock (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Grimlock]] (14)		*[[Grimlock (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Grimlock]] (14)

Yaxuo: /* top */fixing link, replaced: IDW timeline → 2005 IDW timeline

2020-06-26T00:26:07Z

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	'''The Scavengers face down Fortress Maximus to save Grimlock, and learn a little something about helping others in the process.'''		'''The Scavengers face down Fortress Maximus to save Grimlock, and learn a little something about helping others in the process.'''

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	* '''''[[The Transformers: The IDW Collection Phase Two: Volume 10\|The IDW Collection Phase Two: Volume 10]]''''' <small>([[January 1]], [[2020]]) ISBN 1684055849 / ISBN 978-1684055845</small>		* '''''[[The Transformers: The IDW Collection Phase Two: Volume 10\|The IDW Collection Phase Two: Volume 10]]''''' <small>([[January 1]], [[2020]]) ISBN 1684055849 / ISBN 978-1684055845</small>
	:* Contains [[The Transformers: Robots in Disguise\|''The Transformers'' vol. 2]] issues [[The Transgressors\|#44]] to [[The Nothing Man\|#45]], ''More than Meets the Eye'' issues #45 to #49, [[The Transformers: Windblade\|''Windblade'' vol. 2]] issues [[Windblade vol. 2 issue 6\|#6]] to [[The Will of the Few\|#7]], the ''[[The Transformers: Sins of the Wreckers\|Sins of the Wreckers]]'' miniseries, ~~and~~ the ~~one-shots for~~ ''[[An Uneventful Night\|Combiner Hunters]]'' and ''[[The Transformers Holiday Special]]''.		:* Contains [[The Transformers: Robots in Disguise\|''The Transformers'' vol. 2]] issues [[The Transgressors\|#44]] to [[The Nothing Man\|#45]], ''More than Meets the Eye'' issues #45 to #49, [[The Transformers: Windblade\|''Windblade'' vol. 2]] issues [[Windblade vol. 2 issue 6\|#6]] to [[The Will of the Few\|#7]], the ''[[The Transformers: Sins of the Wreckers\|Sins of the Wreckers]]'' miniseries, the ''[[An Uneventful Night\|Combiner Hunters]]'' one-shot and "[[Choose Me]]" and "[[The Thirteenth Day of Christmas]]" from ''[[The Transformers Holiday Special]]''.

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	[[File:FortMaxCuddles.jpg\|thumb\|upright=1.6\|Aww, the widdle maniac enforcer just wanted cuddles.]]		[[File:FortMaxCuddles.jpg\|thumb\|upright=1.6\|Aww, the widdle maniac enforcer just wanted cuddles.]]
	Aboard the ''Concordant'', Maximus contacts [[Rung (G1)\|Rung]] to tell him about the day's events. Rung advises him to rethink his approach to peace-keeping: times have changed, and the Scavengers are now the rule, rather than the exception, when it comes to Decepticons. Maximus cannot deny it, especially since Spinister left him instructions on how to reverse the brain-damage to the Roboids, who now surround him on his ship.		Aboard the ''Concordant'', Maximus contacts [[Rung (G1)\|Rung]] to tell him about the day's events. Rung advises him to rethink his approach to peace-keeping: times have changed, and the Scavengers are now the rule, rather than the exception, when it comes to Decepticons. Maximus cannot deny it, especially since Spinister left him instructions on how to surgically reverse the brain-damage to the Roboids, who now surround him on his ship.

	Two hours later, at Demus's now-abandoned junkyard, a Decepticon [[Worldsweeper]] arrives, piloted by Demus's mystery co-conspirators. The two robots open a hatchway to a hidden chamber beneath Demus's office, containing rows of strange pods inside which ''something'' is growing. One suggests moving the operation, but the other refuses, warning that to do so threatens their ability to meet their deadline, and will incur the wrath of the "[[Adaptus\|Grand Architect]]". As the robot advocates aborting and starting again, they both turn, revealing the gear-like hieroglyph on their chests...		Two hours later, at Demus's now-abandoned junkyard, a Decepticon [[Worldsweeper]] arrives, piloted by Demus's mystery co-conspirators. The two robots open a hatchway to a hidden chamber beneath Demus's office, containing rows of strange pods inside which ''something'' is growing. One suggests moving the operation, but the other refuses, warning that to do so threatens their ability to meet their deadline, and will incur the wrath of the "[[Adaptus\|Grand Architect]]". As the robot advocates aborting and starting again, they both turn, revealing the gear-like hieroglyph on their chests...

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	*Fortress Maximus's pose and placement on page 3 hearken back to page 3 of [[How Ratchet Got His Hands Back\|issue #5]], where he had similarly brutalized a 'con (or two) following a long absence and a dramatic return in the [[Some Of My Best Friends Are Autobots\|preceding]] [[Life After the Big Bang\|issue.]]		*Fortress Maximus's pose and placement on page 3 hearken back to page 3 of [[How Ratchet Got His Hands Back\|issue #5]], where he had similarly brutalized a 'con (or two) following a long absence and a dramatic return in the [[Some Of My Best Friends Are Autobots\|preceding]] [[Life After the Big Bang\|issue.]]
	*Fortress Maximus's involvement in the [[Simanzi Massacre]] is mentioned, something we heard about before in [[Interiors\|issue #6]].		*Fortress Maximus's involvement in the [[Simanzi Massacre]] is mentioned, something we heard about before in [[Interiors\|issue #6]].
	Krok describes Radar's death at the hands of the Wreckers—specifically, Roadbuster, who tore out his spine and "made him eat it"—as "a terrible affair." The use of the term "affair" isn't random; Roberts ~~[https://twitter.com/jroberts332/status/656957570490474497~~ noted on Twitter] before this issue's release that it would feature "a specific link [to] [[Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 1\|''Last Stand of the Wreckers'' #1]]—a tiny* loose end that's taken nearly six years to tie up." This indicates that the incident was the mysterious "[[Roadbuster affair]]" mentioned in that issue.		Krok describes Radar's death at the hands of the Wreckers—specifically, Roadbuster, who tore out his spine and "made him eat it"—as "a terrible affair." The use of the term "affair" isn't random; Roberts noted on Twitter before this issue's release that it would feature "a specific link [to] [[Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 1\|''Last Stand of the Wreckers'' #1]]—a tiny* loose end that's taken nearly six years to tie up."<ref>{{citesocial\|quote=There's a specific link between MTMTE #46 and LSOTW #1 - a tiny loose end that's taken nearly six years to tie up. Who'll spot it first?\|link=https://twitter.com/jroberts332/status/656957570490474497\|name=James Roberts\|site=Twitter\|year=2015\|month=10\|day=21\|(defunct=)}}</ref> This indicates that the incident was the mysterious "[[Roadbuster affair]]" mentioned in that issue.
	**This is also our first look at Roadbuster's extreme brutality, which we soon see more of in ''[[The Transformers: Sins of the Wreckers\|Sins of the Wreckers]]''. This is possibly a subtle setup!		**This is also our first look at Roadbuster's extreme brutality, which we soon see more of in ''[[The Transformers: Sins of the Wreckers\|Sins of the Wreckers]]''. This is possibly a subtle setup!
	*In the same flashback sequence, Krok is seen wielding [[Gatoraider]], who was alluded to by [[Skullcruncher (G1)\|Skullcruncher]] as Krok's "dead pet" in the previous issue.		*In the same flashback sequence, Krok is seen wielding [[Gatoraider]], who was alluded to by [[Skullcruncher (G1)\|Skullcruncher]] as Krok's "dead pet" in the previous issue.
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	===Soundtrack===		===Soundtrack===
	*"[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ghgl-Zy7PCg It's Not Funny Anymore]" by {{w\|Babybird}}<ref>[https://twitter.com/jroberts332/status/660241664028639232 James Roberts on Twitter]</ref>		*"[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ghgl-Zy7PCg It's Not Funny Anymore]" by {{w\|Babybird}}<ref>{{citesocial\|quote=The first song from MTMTE #46 is 'It's Not Funny Anymore' by Babybird: https://t.co/neZqyj4C6a\|link=https://twitter.com/jroberts332/status/660241664028639232\|name=James Roberts\|site=Twitter\|year=2015\|month=10\|day=30\|(defunct=)}}</ref>
	*"[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSuqV9-atWc Living With the Human Machines]" by {{w\|Strangelove (band)\|Strangelove}}<ref>[https://twitter.com/jroberts332/status/660242332625825792 James Roberts on Twitter]</ref>		*"[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSuqV9-atWc Living With the Human Machines]" by {{w\|Strangelove (band)\|Strangelove}}<ref>{{citesocial\|quote=The second song from MTMTE #46 is 'Living With The Human Machines' by Strangelove: https://t.co/kKrfrlkFT2\|link=https://twitter.com/jroberts332/status/660242332625825792\|name=James Roberts\|site=Twitter\|year=2015\|month=10\|day=30\|(defunct=)}}</ref>
	*"[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmiRWwAXexY Bowl of Oranges]" by {{w\|Bright Eyes (band)\|Bright Eyes}}<ref>[https://twitter.com/jroberts332/status/660249561634574336 James Roberts on Twitter]</ref>		*"[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmiRWwAXexY Bowl of Oranges]" by {{w\|Bright Eyes (band)\|Bright Eyes}}<ref>{{citesocial\|quote=The third and final song from MTMTE #46 is the most important. It's 'Bowl of Oranges' by Bright Eyes: https://t.co/zwgGTIQvXb\|link=https://twitter.com/jroberts332/status/660249561634574336\|name=James Roberts\|site=Twitter\|year=2015\|month=10\|day=31\|(defunct=)}}</ref>

	===Covers (3)===		===Covers (3)===

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	Aboard his ship the ''[[Concordat]]'', on approach to [[Tebris VII]], [[Fortress Maximus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Fortress Maximus]] is listening to the paranoid [[Red Alert (G1)\|Red Alert]] ramble on over the comm about a hidden message he thinks he's found in ''[[Wreckers: Declassified]]'' when he spots the crashed ''[[Weak Anthropic Principle]]'' on the planet's surface. Red identifies the craft and looks up its owners, unaware that he's reading the [[Autopedia]] articles the [[Scavenger (group)\|Scavengers]] themselves have vandalized with hyperbolic backstories for themselves, and Max heads down to the planet's surface to confront his original target, [[Demus]].		Aboard his ship the ''[[Concordat]]'', on approach to [[Tebris VII]], [[Fortress Maximus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Fortress Maximus]] is listening to the paranoid [[Red Alert (G1)\|Red Alert]] ramble on over the comm about a hidden message he thinks he's found in ''[[Wreckers: Declassified]]'' when he spots the crashed ''[[Weak Anthropic Principle]]'' on the planet's surface. Red identifies the craft and looks up its owners, unaware that he's reading the [[Autopedia]] articles the [[Scavenger (group)\|Scavengers]] themselves have vandalized with hyperbolic backstories for themselves, and Max heads down to the planet's surface to confront his original target, [[Demus]].

	A short time later, Demus lies dead on the floor of his office, and Maximus places the Scavengers under arrest. [[Misfire (G1)\|Misfire]] succeeds in distracting the Autobot long enough for [[Crankcase (G1)\|Crankcase]] to blast him, and the Scavengers scatter into the scrapyard outside, hiding amongst the junk. When [[Krok (G1)\|Krok]] starts anxiously clicking his "clicker" once again, Misfire finally loses his temper and snatches the device from Krok's hand, revealing it to be not a communicator, but a severed finger. Krok explains that the finger belonged to a member of his old squad named [[Radar]], who was killed alongside the rest of his teammates by the [[~~Wrecker~~]]s. Radar turned into a telecommunications array, and while Krok admits that he ''does'' click his finger when nervous, he also does it to use the finger's still-functioning mechanism to scan for Decepticons in the area. He almost always detects none... but today, as he snatches the finger back from Misfire, Krok can see it has detected hundreds of Decepticons all around them. Stalking the Scavengers through the yard, Fortress Maximus calls out to them with an explanation: Demus is actually a slave trader, and his "[[Roboid]]" toys are not toys at all, but lobotomized Cybertronians trapped in a beast-mode and sold as "torture dolls" to organic races to take their frustrations out on.		A short time later, Demus lies dead on the floor of his office, and Maximus places the Scavengers under arrest. [[Misfire (G1)\|Misfire]] succeeds in distracting the Autobot long enough for [[Crankcase (G1)\|Crankcase]] to blast him, and the Scavengers scatter into the scrapyard outside, hiding amongst the junk. When [[Krok (G1)\|Krok]] starts anxiously clicking his "clicker" once again, Misfire finally loses his temper and snatches the device from Krok's hand, revealing it to be not a communicator, but a severed finger. Krok explains that the finger belonged to a member of his old squad named [[Radar]], who was killed alongside the rest of his teammates by the [[Wreckers]]. Radar turned into a telecommunications array, and while Krok admits that he ''does'' click his finger when nervous, he also does it to use the finger's still-functioning mechanism to scan for Decepticons in the area. He almost always detects none... but today, as he snatches the finger back from Misfire, Krok can see it has detected hundreds of Decepticons all around them. Stalking the Scavengers through the yard, Fortress Maximus calls out to them with an explanation: Demus is actually a slave trader, and his "[[Roboid]]" toys are not toys at all, but lobotomized Cybertronians trapped in a beast-mode and sold as "torture dolls" to organic races to take their frustrations out on.

	To get Maximus off their backs, Crankcase radios Misfire to express concern for [[Grimlock (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Grimlock]], deliberately allowing Max to hear him in hopes that Grimlock will be considered a more important target. Red Alert confirms Grimlock's presence, and Max heads off to investigate, leaving the Scavengers to pull themselves together. [[Fulcrum]] is annoyed that Krok has never told them about the fate of his old squad before, but Krok retorts that they took neither his depression, nor the self-delusion that his squad was still alive that he once labored under, seriously. ''That'', Krok tells them, is why he wanted Demus's money: he planned to use it to build a treatment center for those Cybertronians like himself, who are suffering from various mental disorders as a result of the war. Fulcrum calls him out on his hypocrisy—the fact that he was willing to ''sell'' the mentally-disabled Grimlock—and the suitably shamed Krok admits he was letting the ends justify the means. Knowing that Grimlock, as a former [[Garrus-9]] inmate, will be re-arrested by Maximus, Misfire insists they go to his aid, and a repentant Krok agrees. Unable to fly thanks to Demus's inhibitor chips, the Scavengers saddle up some [[Equinoid]] Roboids, and ride out to their ship.		To get Maximus off their backs, Crankcase radios Misfire to express concern for [[Grimlock (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Grimlock]], deliberately allowing Max to hear him in hopes that Grimlock will be considered a more important target. Red Alert confirms Grimlock's presence, and Max heads off to investigate, leaving the Scavengers to pull themselves together. [[Fulcrum]] is annoyed that Krok has never told them about the fate of his old squad before, but Krok retorts that they took neither his depression, nor the self-delusion that his squad was still alive that he once labored under, seriously. ''That'', Krok tells them, is why he wanted Demus's money: he planned to use it to build a treatment center for those Cybertronians like himself, who are suffering from various mental disorders as a result of the war. Fulcrum calls him out on his hypocrisy—the fact that he was willing to ''sell'' the mentally-disabled Grimlock—and the suitably shamed Krok admits he was letting the ends justify the means. Knowing that Grimlock, as a former [[Garrus-9]] inmate, will be re-arrested by Maximus, Misfire insists they go to his aid, and a repentant Krok agrees. Unable to fly thanks to Demus's inhibitor chips, the Scavengers saddle up some [[Equinoid]] Roboids, and ride out to their ship.

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	*Fortress Maximus's pose and placement on page 3 hearken back to page 3 of [[How Ratchet Got His Hands Back\|issue #5]], where he had similarly brutalized a 'con (or two) following a long absence and a dramatic return in the [[Some Of My Best Friends Are Autobots\|preceding]] [[Life After the Big Bang\|issue.]]		*Fortress Maximus's pose and placement on page 3 hearken back to page 3 of [[How Ratchet Got His Hands Back\|issue #5]], where he had similarly brutalized a 'con (or two) following a long absence and a dramatic return in the [[Some Of My Best Friends Are Autobots\|preceding]] [[Life After the Big Bang\|issue.]]
	*Fortress Maximus's involvement in the [[Simanzi Massacre]] is mentioned, something we heard about before in [[Interiors\|issue #6]].		*Fortress Maximus's involvement in the [[Simanzi Massacre]] is mentioned, something we heard about before in [[Interiors\|issue #6]].
	Krok describes Radar's death at the hands of the Wreckers—specifically, Roadbuster, who tore out his spine and "made him eat it"—as "a terrible affair." The use of the term "affair" isn't random; Roberts [https://twitter.com/jroberts332/status/656957570490474497 noted on Twitter] before this issue's release that it would feature "a specific link [to] [[Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 1\|''Last Stand of the Wreckers'' #1]] ~~- a~~ tiny* loose end that's taken nearly six years to tie up." This indicates that the incident was the mysterious "[[Roadbuster affair]]" mentioned in that issue.		Krok describes Radar's death at the hands of the Wreckers—specifically, Roadbuster, who tore out his spine and "made him eat it"—as "a terrible affair." The use of the term "affair" isn't random; Roberts [https://twitter.com/jroberts332/status/656957570490474497 noted on Twitter] before this issue's release that it would feature "a specific link [to] [[Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 1\|''Last Stand of the Wreckers'' #1]]—a tiny* loose end that's taken nearly six years to tie up." This indicates that the incident was the mysterious "[[Roadbuster affair]]" mentioned in that issue.
	**This is also our first look at Roadbuster's extreme brutality, which we soon see more of in ''[[The Transformers: Sins of the Wreckers\|Sins of the Wreckers]]''. This is possibly a subtle setup!		**This is also our first look at Roadbuster's extreme brutality, which we soon see more of in ''[[The Transformers: Sins of the Wreckers\|Sins of the Wreckers]]''. This is possibly a subtle setup!
	*In the same flashback sequence, Krok is seen wielding [[Gatoraider]], who was alluded to by [[Skullcruncher (G1)\|Skullcruncher]] as Krok's "dead pet" in the previous issue.		*In the same flashback sequence, Krok is seen wielding [[Gatoraider]], who was alluded to by [[Skullcruncher (G1)\|Skullcruncher]] as Krok's "dead pet" in the previous issue.

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	*[[Red Alert (G1)\|Red Alert]] (2)		*[[Red Alert (G1)\|Red Alert]] (2)
	*''[[Roadbuster (G1)\|Roadbuster]]'' (9)		*''[[Roadbuster (G1)\|Roadbuster]]'' (9)
	*''[[Springer (G1)\|Springer]]'' (11)		*''[[Springer (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Springer]]'' (11)
	*''[[Topspin (G1)\|Topspin]]'' (12)		*''[[Topspin (G1)\|Topspin]]'' (12)
	*[[Grimlock (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Grimlock]] (14)		*[[Grimlock (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Grimlock]] (14)