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| | ==Synopsis== |
| <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.
| | [[Goldbug (Shattered Glass)|Goldbug]], [[Grimlock (Shattered Glass)|Grimlock]], and [[Jazz (Shattered Glass)|Jazz]] sneak into a laboratory and discover a [[Pretender|kind of new technology]]. [[Starscream (Shattered Glass)|Starscream]] tries to stop them but ends up by getting beaten by Grimlock. Starscream warns the Autobots to surrender. Both Starscream and [[Razorclaw (Shattered Glass)|Razorclaw]] are mocked by Grimlock. But Razorclaw uses a device to open the roof and signals the [[Mayhem Suppression Squad]] to show up. |
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| | | ==Credits== |
| <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:''' [[Trent Troop]] & [[Greg Sepelak]] |
| * '''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 | | * '''Art:''' Greg Sepelak |
| * '''Colors:''' Trent Troop | | * '''Colors:''' Trent Troop |
| * '''Lettering:''' Trent Troop | | * '''Lettering:''' Trent Troop |
| * '''Editor:''' <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Pete_Sinclair" title="Pete Sinclair">Pete Sinclair</a> | | * '''Editor:''' [[Pete Sinclair]] |
| * '''Managing Editor:''' Your mother | | * '''Managing Editor:''' Your mother |
| * ''Originally published on'' <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/April_1" title="April 1">April 1</a>, 2008 | | * ''Originally published on'' [[April 1]], 2008 |
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| | ===Featured characters=== |
| (''Numbers indicate order of appearance.)'' | | {{featuredcharacters|h1=[[Decepticon|Decepticons]]|c1= |
| | * [[Razorclaw (Shattered Glass)|Razorclaw]] (4) |
| | * [[Starscream (Shattered Glass)|Starscream]] (5) |
| | * [[Colonel Deathsaurus]] (6) |
| | * [[Bug Bite (Shattered Glass)|Bug Bite]] (7) |
| | * [[Astrotrain (Shattered Glass)|Astrotrain]] (8) |
| | * [[Stonecruncher (Shattered Glass)|Stonecruncher]] (9) |
| | * [[Tailwind (Shattered Glass)|Tailwind]] (10) |
| | * [[Thundercracker (Shattered Glass)|Thundercracker]] (11) |
| | * [[Dirge (Shattered Glass)|Dirge]] (12) |
| | * [[Laserbeak (Shattered Glass)|Laserbeak]] (13) |
| | * [[Overbite (Shattered Glass)|Overbite]] (14) |
| | * [[Seawing (Shattered Glass)|Seawing]] (15) |
| | * [[Snaptrap (Shattered Glass)|Snaptrap]] (16) |
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| | * [[Jazz (Shattered Glass)|Jazz]] (1) |
| <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>
| | * [[Goldbug (Shattered Glass)|Goldbug]] (2) |
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| | * [[Grimlock (Shattered Glass)|Grimlock]] (3) |
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| * <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Razorclaw_%28Shattered_Glass%29" title="Razorclaw (Shattered Glass)">Razorclaw</a> (4)
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| * <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Bug_Bite_%28Shattered_Glass%29" title="Bug Bite (Shattered Glass)">Bug Bite</a> (7)
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| * <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Astrotrain_%28Shattered_Glass%29" title="Astrotrain (Shattered Glass)">Astrotrain</a> (8)
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| * <a href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Stonecruncher_%28Shattered_Glass%29&action=edit" class="new" title="Stonecruncher (Shattered Glass)">Stonecruncher</a> (9)
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| * <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)
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| * <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Seawing_%28Shattered_Glass%29" title="Seawing (Shattered Glass)">Seawing</a> (15)
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| * <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Snaptrap_%28Shattered_Glass%29" title="Snaptrap (Shattered Glass)">Snaptrap</a> (16)
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| | ==Items of note== |
| | * <big>''Happy April Fool!''</big> |
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| | * This entire comic was a tribute to [[Derek Yaniger]]'s artwork in the [[Marvel Comics|Marvel]] [[Generation 2 (Marvel Comics)|''Generation 2'' comics]]. |
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| | * Colonel Deathsaurus's pose is also identical to [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]'s on the third page of "[[Tales of Earth Part One]]" from the ''Generation 2'' comics. |
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| * <big>''Happy April Fool!''</big>
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| | * Bug Bite's pose is lifted from [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]]'s first appearance in ''Generation 2'' #1, "[[War Without End!]]". |
| * 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>.
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| * 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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| | ===Miscellaneous trivia=== |
| *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>. | | *When it was released online, this comic was supposed to be a three page preview to [[Shattered Glass]]. |
| It was actually an April Fools joke. A really good one. Ironically, the | | It was actually an April Fools joke. A really good one. Ironically, the |
| story and characters (Mr. T Jazz, Criminal genius Grimlock etc) were | | 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. | | all extremely popular, and influenced the ''actual'' "[[Shattered Glass (comic)|Shattered Glass]]" comic and universe. |
| *The comic was reprinted in its entirety as part of the Diamond release of the Shattered Glass comic issue. | | *The comic was reprinted in its entirety as part of the Diamond release of the Shattered Glass comic issue. |
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| | == Links == |
| [http://www.botcon.com/botcon08/08comicpreview/previewpage1.jpg Shattered Expectations Page 1]<br> | | [http://www.botcon.com/botcon08/08comicpreview/previewpage1.jpg Shattered Expectations Page 1]<br> |
| [http://www.botcon.com/botcon08/08comicpreview/previewpage2.jpg Shattered Expectations Page 2]<br> | | [http://www.botcon.com/botcon08/08comicpreview/previewpage2.jpg Shattered Expectations Page 2]<br> |
| [http://www.botcon.com/botcon08/08comicpreview/previewpage3.jpg Shattered Expectations Page 3] | | [http://www.botcon.com/botcon08/08comicpreview/previewpage3.jpg Shattered Expectations Page 3] |
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