Plan for Everything

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« The Transformers: Robots in Disguise #15
"Plan for Everything"
Publisher IDW Publishing
First published March 27, 2013
Cover date March 2013
Written by John Barber
Pencils by Andrew Griffith
Inks by Brian Shearer
Colors by Josh Perez
Letters by Chris Mowry
Editor Carlos Guzman
Continuity IDW continuity
Chronology Current era (2013)

As the new Devastator tears through the city, old friends return to join the fight, and Arcee at last reveals where her true loyalties lie.

Synopsis

(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)

Autobots Decepticons NAILs

Quotes

"Y—tzzzk—you're not gonna get away with this. Optimus Prime will come back. He'll destroy you, even if we all fall."
"'Get away with this' indeed, little Bumblebee. Did I crush your cliché inhibitor along with your face?"

—Bumblebee and Megatron


"Sideswipe... you know what I've done. And I remember everything you did to me—but the time has come to put that aside. I know it's Starscream, but even if we have to shoot our way through hundreds of Decepticons, I can't turn—"
"Stop, stop. You had me at 'shoot our way through hundreds of Decepticons.'"

—Dirge and Sideswipe

Notes

  • Prowl states that Devastator is "mass-displaced", confirming what has been implicit for a long time, given the size of the combiner versus his components. IDW was one of the first continuities to actually address the concept of mass displacement in a Transformer story, way back in Escalation #3.
  • Sky-Byte remarks that he and Jazz are "partners on stage", referring to their double-act seen in issue #7.
  • Jazz counters that with the claim that he has always been a killer, hearkening back to his bloodstained past as a special operations agent, alluded to in All Hail Megatron #6, and more recently, his unfortunate killing of the human John Powell in issue #17 of the ongoing series.
  • Prowl notes that he can "track over 800 objects and calculate their trajectories", a specific ability of his described in his original Universe profile, which has been mentioned a few times over in issues #1 and #10 of sister title More than Meets the Eye.
  • Turmoil makes reference to Ardurian rocs, which were originally name-dropped back in Spotlight: Hardhead and made their only actual appearance in issue #6 of this series, in which they displayed the cowering trait Turmoil here highlights.
  • Prowl's narration for the issue, relating how his experiences with Spike Witwicky back on Earth during the "Police Action" storyline in the final stage of the ongoing series caused him to re-evaluate himself, was also the subject of his last bout of internal narration, back in issue #4. His final complete line before Devastator deactivates—"When I feel doubt creeping in?"—was, verbatim, the penultimate line of his narration from issue #4. Any readers would remember his final line from that issue may have seen the ending of this issue being foreshadowed, as he then speaks it as Devastator reawakens: "I think about Spike Witwicky."
  • Just how long has Arcee known about Prowl? Well, back in issue #5, she told him she "knew his secret"—that was the issue right after Bombshell took control of him, so that's how long!

Covers (3)

  • Cover A: Arcee leaping into action, as Bumblebee and Megatron's heads look off into the middle distance, by Andrew Griffith and Joana Lafuente.
  • Cover B: Megatron throttling Starscream and Bumblebee, by Casey Coller and Joana Lafuente
  • Cover RI: Monochrome red bust shot of Starscream by Marcelo Matere, continuing the previous two months' "bust" theme for the RI covers, paralleling the RI cover to More than Meets the Eye #15.

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