Beast Wars/Heartwarming

• The Maximals are having a discussion over the fate of Transmutate. While Silverbolt's Knight in Shining Armor is usually played for comic relief, his speech brought him to whole new levels of awesome.

Silverbolt: "Are we Predacons now? Do we destroy whatever does not fit our definition of perfection?"

• • Made all the more horrible about what happens!
  • Rampage gets plenty with his affection for Transmutate... he's usually played as a omnicidal monster so it's easy to forget he's victim as well as villain... he didn't ask to be turned into a monster by the idiots on Starbase Omicron who, in a moment of unparalleled stupidity, decided to play "Let's experiment" with the Spark of the most treacherous Decepticon to ever exist... and with Transmutate he's got a kinship, another "Freak" who is hated and feared by both sides.
    • The humanization of Rampage in this episode is epitomized in the final line. As Rampage mourns Transmutate's death, Optimus makes a comment about dealing with him, but Silverbolt, by far the most noble Maximal and the polar opposite in seemingly every way of the sociopathic Rampage, replies:

Silverbolt: "No. Let him be. For the moment, we are brothers."

• After all the ups and downs of their relationship, Blackarachnia finally joins the Maximals for good and gives her big wolf Knight in Shining Armor a kiss.

Silverbolt: "I shall always be your champion." Blackarachnia: "The way you talk." (Kisses him)

• Also crossed with a huge Tear Jerker, but the final moments of "Code Of Hero", with a fallen Dinobot surrounded by his Maximal allies after he suffered fatal injuries saving mankind's early ancestors:

Optimus Primal: "Well fought, my friend. You saved the valley. You saved the lives of those that live here. And those that are still to come." Dinobot: "Then, there is nothing to regret."

• • And:

Rattrap: "Like I said, you're just a slag-spouting saurian, but (takes Dinobot's hand) it's nice to know where you stand." Dinobot: "Upwind of you, for preference, vermin."

• • • After which Rattrap gives a huge smile, knowing that his ally still has enough strength left to engage in one last good natured volley of insults.
• At the end of "Gorilla Warfare":

Optimus: Bedside vigil, Dinobot? Not like you. Dinobot: It was my shift. Well, uh, it's good to have you back. Optimus: Back home or back to normal? Dinobot: (beat) Both. (smiles) (Optimus sees a new flower by his bed, as Dinobot exits)

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