Shattered Expectations (SG)

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<a name="Synopsis"></a><h2><span class="editsection">[<a href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Shattered_Expectations&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Synopsis">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline">Synopsis</span></h2> <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Goldbug_%28Shattered_Glass%29" title="Goldbug (Shattered Glass)">Goldbug</a>, <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Grimlock_%28Shattered_Glass%29" title="Grimlock (Shattered Glass)">Grimlock</a>, and <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Jazz_%28Shattered_Glass%29" title="Jazz (Shattered Glass)">Jazz</a> sneak into a laboratory and discover a <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Pretender" title="Pretender">kind of new technology</a>. <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Starscream_%28Shattered_Glass%29" title="Starscream (Shattered Glass)">Starscream</a> tries to stop them but ends up by getting beaten by Grimlock. Starscream warns the Autobots to surrender. Both Starscream and <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Razorclaw_%28Shattered_Glass%29" title="Razorclaw (Shattered Glass)">Razorclaw</a> are mocked by Grimlock. But Razorclaw uses a device to open the roof and signals the <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Mayhem_Suppression_Squad" title="Mayhem Suppression Squad">Mayhem Suppression Squad</a> to show up.

<a name="Credits"></a><h2><span class="editsection">[<a href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Shattered_Expectations&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Credits">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline">Credits</span></h2>

• Story & Script: <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Trent_Troop" title="Trent Troop">Trent Troop</a> & <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Greg_Sepelak" title="Greg Sepelak">Greg Sepelak</a>
• Art: Greg Sepelak
• Colors: Trent Troop
• Lettering: Trent Troop
• Editor: <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Pete_Sinclair" title="Pete Sinclair">Pete Sinclair</a>
• Managing Editor: Your mother
• Originally published on <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/April_1" title="April 1">April 1</a>, 2008

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<table style="border: medium none rgb(128, 0, 0);" align="center" border="5" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="5"> <tbody><tr> <th style="background: rgb(255, 238, 238) none repeat scroll 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"> <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Decepticon" title="Decepticon">Decepticons</a></th><th style="background: rgb(238, 238, 254) none repeat scroll 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"> <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Autobot" title="Autobot">Autobots</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background: rgb(255, 238, 238) none repeat scroll 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" valign="top">

• <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Razorclaw_%28Shattered_Glass%29" title="Razorclaw (Shattered Glass)">Razorclaw</a> (4)
• <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Starscream_%28Shattered_Glass%29" title="Starscream (Shattered Glass)">Starscream</a> (5)
• <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Colonel_Deathsaurus" class="mw-redirect" title="Colonel Deathsaurus">Colonel Deathsaurus</a> (6)
• <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Bug_Bite_%28Shattered_Glass%29" title="Bug Bite (Shattered Glass)">Bug Bite</a> (7)
• <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Astrotrain_%28Shattered_Glass%29" title="Astrotrain (Shattered Glass)">Astrotrain</a> (8)
• <a href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Stonecruncher_%28Shattered_Glass%29&action=edit" class="new" title="Stonecruncher (Shattered Glass)">Stonecruncher</a> (9)
• <a href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Tailwind_%28Shattered_Glass%29&action=edit" class="new" title="Tailwind (Shattered Glass)">Tailwind</a> (10)
• <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Thundercracker_%28Shattered_Glass%29" title="Thundercracker (Shattered Glass)">Thundercracker</a> (11)
• <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Dirge_%28Shattered_Glass%29" title="Dirge (Shattered Glass)">Dirge</a> (12)
• <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Laserbeak_%28Shattered_Glass%29" title="Laserbeak (Shattered Glass)">Laserbeak</a> (13)
• <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Overbite_%28Shattered_Glass%29" title="Overbite (Shattered Glass)">Overbite</a> (14)
• <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Seawing_%28Shattered_Glass%29" title="Seawing (Shattered Glass)">Seawing</a> (15)
• <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Snaptrap_%28Shattered_Glass%29" title="Snaptrap (Shattered Glass)">Snaptrap</a> (16)

• <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Tentakil_%28Shattered_Glass%29" title="Tentakil (Shattered Glass)">Tentakil</a> (17)

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• <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Jazz_%28Shattered_Glass%29" title="Jazz (Shattered Glass)">Jazz</a> (1)
• <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Goldbug_%28Shattered_Glass%29" title="Goldbug (Shattered Glass)">Goldbug</a> (2)
• <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Grimlock_%28Shattered_Glass%29" title="Grimlock (Shattered Glass)">Grimlock</a> (3)

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• <big>Happy April Fool!</big>

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• This entire comic was a tribute to <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Derek_Yaniger" title="Derek Yaniger">Derek Yaniger</a>'s artwork in the <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Marvel_Comics" title="Marvel Comics">Marvel</a> <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Generation_2_%28Marvel_Comics%29" title="Generation 2 (Marvel Comics)">Generation 2 comics</a>.

• Colonel Deathsaurus's pose is also identical to <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Bludgeon_%28G1%29" title="Bludgeon (G1)">Bludgeon</a>'s on the third page of "<a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Tales_of_Earth_Part_One" class="mw-redirect" title="Tales of Earth Part One">Tales of Earth Part One</a>" from the Generation 2 comics.

• Bug Bite's pose is lifted from <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Sideswipe_%28G1%29" title="Sideswipe (G1)">Sideswipe</a>'s first appearance in Generation 2 #1, "<a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/War_Without_End%21" title="War Without End!">War Without End!</a>".

• Dirge features <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Dirge_%28Shattered_Glass%29" title="Dirge (Shattered Glass)">more homages than you can shake a Pretender shell at</a>.

• The four Pretender shells on the first page are the shells of the <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Classic_Pretenders" class="mw-redirect" title="Classic Pretenders">Classic Pretenders</a>, while the other two shells on the second page are the unreleased <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:DoublePretenders.jpg" title="Image:DoublePretenders.jpg">Double Pretenders</a>.

• Goldbug looks forward to the Decepticon uprising being "FINISHED... OVER!" Man, even the <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Furmanism" title="Furmanism">Furmanisms</a> are backwards in the mirrorverse!

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• TBA

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• When it was released online, this comic was supposed to be a three page preview to <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Shattered_Glass" title="Shattered Glass">Shattered Glass</a>.

It was actually an April Fools joke. A really good one. Ironically, the story and characters (Mr. T Jazz, Criminal genius Grimlock etc) were all extremely popular, and influenced the actual "<a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Shattered_Glass_%28comic%29" title="Shattered Glass (comic)">Shattered Glass</a>" comic and universe.

• The comic was reprinted in its entirety as part of the Diamond release of the Shattered Glass comic issue.

<a name="Links"></a><h2><span class="editsection">[<a href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Shattered_Expectations&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Links">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline"> Links </span></h2> Shattered Expectations Page 1<br> Shattered Expectations Page 2<br> Shattered Expectations Page 3