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'''Following the '''''Ark''''''s destruction, the new Dinobots are unleashed!  But what ancient horror is behind Grimlock's miraculous transformation?'''
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==Synopsis==
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<b>Following the <i>Ark</i>'s destruction, the new Dinobots are unleashed!  But what ancient horror is behind Grimlock's miraculous transformation?</b>
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<table id="toc" class="toc" summary="Contents"><tr><td><div id="toctitle"><h2>Contents</h2></div>
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<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Synopsis"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Synopsis</span></a></li>


<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Stats"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Stats</span></a></li>
==Stats==
<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Featured_characters"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Featured characters</span></a></li>
'''Writers:''' [[S. Trent Troop|S. Trent Troop]] and [[Greg Sepelak|Greg Sepelak]]&lt;br /&gt;
<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Quotes"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Quotes</span></a></li>
'''Pagecount:''' 36pp&lt;br /&gt;
<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Notes"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">Notes</span></a>
'''Originally published:''' online exclusive for the [[Transformers Collectors' Club|Transformers Collectors' Club]] on December 5, 2008 &lt;br /&gt;
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'''Illustrations''': [[Evan Gauntt|Evan Gauntt]]


<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Errors"><span class="tocnumber">5.1</span> <span class="toctext">Errors</span></a></li>
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* [[Optimus Prime (Shattered Glass)|Optimus Prime]] (3)
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* [[Huffer (Shattered Glass)|Huffer]] (4)
<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Transformer_references"><span class="tocnumber">6.1</span> <span class="toctext">Transformer references</span></a></li>
* [[Hound (Shattered Glass)|Hound]] (5)
<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Real-world_references"><span class="tocnumber">6.2</span> <span class="toctext">Real-world references</span></a></li>
* [[Rodimus (Shattered Glass)|Rodimus]] (6)
* [[Arcee (Shattered Glass)|Arcee]] (7)
* [[Grimlock (Shattered Glass)|Grimlock]] (18)
* [[Wheeljack (Shattered Glass)|Wheeljack]] (19)
* [[Blurr (Shattered Glass)|Blurr]] (20)
* [[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]] (21)
* [[Jazz (Shattered Glass)|Jazz]] (23)
* [[Goldbug (Shattered Glass)|Goldbug]] (24)
* [[Drench (Shattered Glass)|Drench]] (27)
* [[Cliffjumper (Shattered Glass)|Cliffjumper]] (28)
* [[Ratchet (Shattered Glass)|Ratchet]] (29)


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* [[Starscream (Shattered Glass)|Starscream]] (1)
<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#External_links"><span class="tocnumber">7</span> <span class="toctext">External links</span></a></li>
* [[Megatron (Shattered Glass)|Megatron]] (2)
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* [[Sideswipe (Shattered Glass)|Sideswipe]] (8)
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* [[Gutcruncher (Shattered Glass)|Gutcruncher]] (9)
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* [[Soundwave (Shattered Glass)|Soundwave]] (11)
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* [[Crasher (Shattered Glass)|Crasher]] (12)
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* [[Dirge (Shattered Glass)|Dirge]] (13)
* [[Thundercracker (Shattered Glass)|Thundercracker]] (14)
* [[Bludgeon (Shattered Glass)|Bludgeon]] (15)
* [[Carnivac (Shattered Glass)|Carnivac]] (16)


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* [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] (10)
 
* [[Goryu (Shattered Glass)|Goryu]] (17)
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* [[Slugfest (Shattered Glass)|Slugfest]] (22)
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* [[Swoop (Shattered Glass)|Swoop]] (25)
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* [[Omega Terminus|Omega Terminus]] (26)
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<p><b>Writers:</b> <a href="/wiki/S._Trent_Troop" class="mw-redirect" title="S. Trent Troop">S. Trent Troop</a> and <a href="/wiki/Greg_Sepelak" title="Greg Sepelak">Greg Sepelak</a><br />
 
<b>Pagecount:</b> 36pp<br />
<b>Originally published:</b> online exclusive for the <a href="/wiki/Transformers_Collectors%27_Club" title="Transformers Collectors' Club">Transformers Collectors' Club</a> on December 5, 2008 <br />
<b>Illustrations</b>: <a href="/wiki/Evan_Gauntt" title="Evan Gauntt">Evan Gauntt</a>
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<th style="background:#FFEEEE"> <a href="/wiki/Autobots" class="mw-redirect" title="Autobots">Autobots</a></th><th style="background:#EEEEFE"> <a href="/wiki/Decepticons" class="mw-redirect" title="Decepticons">Decepticons</a></th><th style="background:#FFEEB8"> Others
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<ul><li> <a href="/wiki/Optimus_Prime_%28Shattered_Glass%29" title="Optimus Prime (Shattered Glass)">Optimus Prime</a> (3)
 
</li><li> <a href="/wiki/Huffer_%28Shattered_Glass%29" title="Huffer (Shattered Glass)">Huffer</a> (4)
</li><li> <a href="/w2/index.php?title=Hound_%28Shattered_Glass%29&amp;action=edit" class="new" title="Hound (Shattered Glass)">Hound</a> (5)
</li><li> <a href="/wiki/Rodimus_%28Shattered_Glass%29" title="Rodimus (Shattered Glass)">Rodimus</a> (6)
</li><li> <a href="/w2/index.php?title=Arcee_%28Shattered_Glass%29&amp;action=edit" class="new" title="Arcee (Shattered Glass)">Arcee</a> (7)
</li><li> <a href="/wiki/Grimlock_%28Shattered_Glass%29" title="Grimlock (Shattered Glass)">Grimlock</a> (18)
 
</li><li> <a href="/wiki/Wheeljack_%28Shattered_Glass%29" title="Wheeljack (Shattered Glass)">Wheeljack</a> (19)
</li><li> <a href="/wiki/Blurr_%28Shattered_Glass%29" title="Blurr (Shattered Glass)">Blurr</a> (20)
</li><li> <a href="/wiki/Side_Burn_%28RID%29" title="Side Burn (RID)">Side Burn</a> (21)
</li><li> <a href="/wiki/Jazz_%28Shattered_Glass%29" title="Jazz (Shattered Glass)">Jazz</a> (23)
</li><li> <a href="/wiki/Goldbug_%28Shattered_Glass%29" title="Goldbug (Shattered Glass)">Goldbug</a> (24)
 
</li><li> <a href="/wiki/Drench_%28Shattered_Glass%29" title="Drench (Shattered Glass)">Drench</a> (27)
</li><li> <a href="/wiki/Cliffjumper_%28Shattered_Glass%29" title="Cliffjumper (Shattered Glass)">Cliffjumper</a> (28)
</li><li> <a href="/wiki/Ratchet_%28Shattered_Glass%29" title="Ratchet (Shattered Glass)">Ratchet</a> (29)
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<ul><li> <a href="/wiki/Starscream_%28Shattered_Glass%29" title="Starscream (Shattered Glass)">Starscream</a> (1)
 
</li><li> <a href="/wiki/Megatron_%28Shattered_Glass%29" title="Megatron (Shattered Glass)">Megatron</a> (2)
</li><li> <a href="/wiki/Sideswipe_%28Shattered_Glass%29" title="Sideswipe (Shattered Glass)">Sideswipe</a> (8)
</li><li> <a href="/w2/index.php?title=Gutcruncher_%28Shattered_Glass%29&amp;action=edit" class="new" title="Gutcruncher (Shattered Glass)">Gutcruncher</a> (9)
</li><li> <a href="/wiki/Soundwave_%28Shattered_Glass%29" title="Soundwave (Shattered Glass)">Soundwave</a> (11)
</li><li> <a href="/wiki/Crasher_%28Shattered_Glass%29" title="Crasher (Shattered Glass)">Crasher</a> (12)
 
</li><li> <a href="/wiki/Dirge_%28Shattered_Glass%29" title="Dirge (Shattered Glass)">Dirge</a> (13)
</li><li> <a href="/w2/index.php?title=Thundercracker_%28Shattered_Glass%29&amp;action=edit" class="new" title="Thundercracker (Shattered Glass)">Thundercracker</a> (14)
</li><li> <a href="/w2/index.php?title=Bludgeon_%28Shattered_Glass%29&amp;action=edit" class="new" title="Bludgeon (Shattered Glass)">Bludgeon</a> (15)
</li><li> <a href="/w2/index.php?title=Carnivac_%28Shattered_Glass%29&amp;action=edit" class="new" title="Carnivac (Shattered Glass)">Carnivac</a> (16)
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<ul><li> <a href="/wiki/Cliffjumper_%28G1%29" title="Cliffjumper (G1)">Cliffjumper</a> (10)
</li><li> <a href="/wiki/Goryu_%28Shattered_Glass%29" title="Goryu (Shattered Glass)">Goryu</a> (17)
</li><li> <a href="/wiki/Slugfest_%28Shattered_Glass%29" title="Slugfest (Shattered Glass)">Slugfest</a> (22)
</li><li> <a href="/w2/index.php?title=Swoop_%28Shattered_Glass%29&amp;action=edit" class="new" title="Swoop (Shattered Glass)">Swoop</a> (25)
 
</li><li> <a href="/wiki/Omega_Terminus" title="Omega Terminus">Omega Terminus</a> (26)
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==Quotes==
==Quotes==
<h2><span class="editsection">[<a href="/w2/index.php?title=Dungeons_%26_Dinobots&amp;action=edit&amp;section=5" title="Edit section: Notes">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline">Notes</span></h2>
==Notes==
* Something's going on with Side Burn.  Though he speaks like a mirrorverse Side Burn would (gently ranting against "undue attention to females"), there are other indicators that he's not exactly what he seems.  He hasn't been with the Autobots long, he already had an Earth mode, and so far he's the only character, short of Crasher and Demolishor, who isn't based on someone from [[:Image:Optimusprimaluniverseend.jpg|end of the Universe conflict]] he was last seen being tossed into a [[Transwarp|transwarp]] portal by [[Omega Prime|Omega Prime]] (who, in turn, was sent not to his own home timeline but to a [[Unicron Trilogy|Unicron Trilogy]] universe). 


<ul><li> Something's going on with Side Burn.  Though he speaks like a mirrorverse Side Burn would (gently ranting against "undue attention to females"), there are other indicators that he's not exactly what he seems.  He hasn't been with the Autobots long, he already had an Earth mode, and so far he's the only character, short of Crasher and Demolishor, who isn't based on someone from <a href="/wiki/Generation_1" class="mw-redirect" title="Generation 1">Generation 1</a>.  Even Blurr notes that Side Burn feels like someone who doesn't belong here, and takes him aside and threatens him.  It's likely that Side Burn is the <i>real</i> Side Burn:  he is shown in his <i><a href="/wiki/Universe_%282003_toyline%29" title="Universe (2003 toyline)">Universe</a></i> body, and at the <a href="/wiki/Image:Optimusprimaluniverseend.jpg" title="Image:Optimusprimaluniverseend.jpg">end of the Universe conflict</a> he was last seen being tossed into a <a href="/wiki/Transwarp" title="Transwarp">transwarp</a> portal by <a href="/wiki/Omega_Prime" title="Omega Prime">Omega Prime</a> (who, in turn, was sent not to his own home timeline but to a <a href="/wiki/Unicron_Trilogy" title="Unicron Trilogy">Unicron Trilogy</a> universe). 
===Errors===
==References==
===Transformer references===
* The [[Mayhem Suppression Squad|Mayhem Suppression Squad]] makes its second appearance.  They debuted in "[[Shattered Expectations|Shattered Expectations]]."


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* With the Dinobots crazed and scattered, and with both teams trying to gather them up, this story calls back to the Marvel UK's "[[Dinobot Hunt|Dinobot Hunt]]," and Megatron names their mission a "Dinobot Hunt" accordingly.
<a name="Errors"></a><h3><span class="editsection">[<a href="/w2/index.php?title=Dungeons_%26_Dinobots&amp;action=edit&amp;section=6" title="Edit section: Errors">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline">Errors</span></h3>
<a name="References"></a><h2><span class="editsection">[<a href="/w2/index.php?title=Dungeons_%26_Dinobots&amp;action=edit&amp;section=7" title="Edit section: References">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline">References</span></h2>
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<ul><li> The <a href="/wiki/Mayhem_Suppression_Squad" title="Mayhem Suppression Squad">Mayhem Suppression Squad</a> makes its second appearance.  They debuted in "<a href="/wiki/Shattered_Expectations" title="Shattered Expectations">Shattered Expectations</a>."
* [[Scraplet|Scraplets]] return, but in this universe they're a healing potion.
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<ul><li> With the Dinobots crazed and scattered, and with both teams trying to gather them up, this story calls back to the Marvel UK's "<a href="/wiki/Dinobot_Hunt" class="mw-redirect" title="Dinobot Hunt">Dinobot Hunt</a>," and Megatron names their mission a "Dinobot Hunt" accordingly.
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<ul><li> <a href="/wiki/Scraplet" title="Scraplet">Scraplets</a> return, but in this universe they're a healing potion.


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* The [[Omega Terminus]] is the mirrorverse version of [[Vector Sigma|Vector Sigma]].
<ul><li> The <a href="/wiki/Omega_Terminus" title="Omega Terminus">Omega Terminus</a> is the mirrorverse version of <a href="/wiki/Vector_Sigma" title="Vector Sigma">Vector Sigma</a>.
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<ul><li> <a href="/wiki/Gygax" title="Gygax">Gygax</a>, the location on Cybertron to which Wheeljack was exiled, is named after <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Gygax" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Gary_Gygax">Gary Gygax</a>, the creator of <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dungeons_%26_Dragons" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Dungeons_&amp;_Dragons">Dungeons &amp; Dragons</a>.</i>  The name of the text story and several of its settings, themes, and objects are an overt homage to <i>Dungeons &amp; Dragons</i>.


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===Real-world references===
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* [[Gygax]], the location on Cybertron to which Wheeljack was exiled, is named after [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Gygax Gary Gygax], the creator of ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dungeons_%26_Dragons Dungeons & Dragons]''. The name of the text story and several of its settings, themes, and objects are an overt homage to ''Dungeons & Dragons''.
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<ul><li> <a href="http://www.transformersclub.com/members/fiction.cfm" class="external text" title="http://www.transformersclub.com/members/fiction.cfm" rel="nofollow">Transformers Collectors' Club exclusive fiction</a> (must be a logged-in member to access)
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Following the Ark's destruction, the new Dinobots are unleashed! But what ancient horror is behind Grimlock's miraculous transformation?

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Writers: S. Trent Troop and Greg Sepelak<br /> Pagecount: 36pp<br /> Originally published: online exclusive for the Transformers Collectors' Club on December 5, 2008 <br /> Illustrations: Evan Gauntt

(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)

Autobots Decepticons Others

Quotes

Notes

  • Something's going on with Side Burn. Though he speaks like a mirrorverse Side Burn would (gently ranting against "undue attention to females"), there are other indicators that he's not exactly what he seems. He hasn't been with the Autobots long, he already had an Earth mode, and so far he's the only character, short of Crasher and Demolishor, who isn't based on someone from end of the Universe conflict he was last seen being tossed into a transwarp portal by Omega Prime (who, in turn, was sent not to his own home timeline but to a Unicron Trilogy universe).

Errors

References

Transformer references

  • With the Dinobots crazed and scattered, and with both teams trying to gather them up, this story calls back to the Marvel UK's "Dinobot Hunt," and Megatron names their mission a "Dinobot Hunt" accordingly.
  • Scraplets return, but in this universe they're a healing potion.

Real-world references

  • Gygax, the location on Cybertron to which Wheeljack was exiled, is named after Gary Gygax, the creator of Dungeons & Dragons. The name of the text story and several of its settings, themes, and objects are an overt homage to Dungeons & Dragons.
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